I bought this collection of 33 science fiction stories because it was recommended in A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction on its "5 Parsec Shelf" of the best books in the genre. Here's what it said about the book: Anthologies, no matter how excellent, have seldom had enough impact to be "classics." B...
3.5 stars“The void neither knew nor cared. The void did not exist. It was the eternal and infinite nonexistence that dwarfed and encompassed that which did.”I was a little surprised by this book. It’s the kind of sci-fi I generally love, and the ideas seemed very current to me, but the vintage of th...
I picked this up at Powell's because I remembered loving it as a kid. Apparently I was hypnotized by the combination of two dollar words and sex, because that's all this book consists of. Spinrad is especially fond of 'puissance', 'hypnogogic' and 'lingam'.Here's a random sentence: "In truth, as I k...
Iron Dream is definitely one of the most disturbing SF novels ever written. The introduction sets up an alternate history meta-fiction premise that after WWI Adolph Hitler immigrated to the US and became a Science Fiction writer. The bulk of the text consists of Hitler's Hugo Award winning novel. ...
A fellow group member on a movie group told me that We Can Remember it for You Wholesale is the short story upon which the movie Total Recall is based. I didn't care for the movie, but I thought that was a cool idea. I'd love to read this story, and some others by Dick, since I've seen so many of t...
* 7 • Introduction • Anthony Cheetham* 9 • The Lost Continent • Norman SpinradReally excellent story that explores the (very pertinent today) dynamic between a tour guide from an economically backward country and the rich tourists he depends on for his living... In this case the "backward" country i...
And they say that science fiction can't be funny?Joe Haldeman proved them wrong in 1974 with Cosmic Laughter: Science Fiction for the Fun of It. It was a collection of nine stories by nine very funny authors. Unfortunately the book was not a great commercial success. It wasn't long before it was out...
And they say that science fiction can't be funny?Joe Haldeman proved them wrong in 1974 with Cosmic Laughter: Science Fiction for the Fun of It. It was a collection of nine stories by nine very funny authors. Unfortunately the book was not a great commercial success. It wasn't long before it was out...
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