Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Fiction. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

A Canticle for Leibowitz, a review

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A nuclear firestorm has caused the downfall of civilization, followed by a wave of benighted barbarism and book-burning. But the wake of the...
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Saturday, April 11, 2020

Some notes on Tarnsman of Gor, Outlaw of Gor

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A yoked Tarl Cabot beneath the haughty gaze of Lara, Tatrix of Tharna. Bondage!  Daring admission: I am reading John Norman’s contro...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Rest in Peace, Rutger Hauer

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Man, this one hurts: Blade Runner Star Rutger Hauer Has Passed Away . Hopefully he's facing his creator right now, with a scowl, and...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

A brief tribute to the stories of Ray Bradbury

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I came to Ray Bradbury at what is likely a later age than most. I never had to read Fahrenheit 451 in school; if I read one of his shor...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Godspeed, Ray Bradbury

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I'll follow up with another post later this week, but in case you haven't heard the news already: Ray Bradbury died at age 91. Br...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Metal Friday: "NM156" by Queensryche

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All this talk of the Singularity and out of control technology got me thinking of one of my favorite metal bands from back in the day: Queen...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison, a review

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More than 30 years ago in the introduction to Strange Wine (1978) Harlan Ellison railed against television, declaring it the death knell ...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

2001: A Space Odyssey, a review

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Warning: Spoilers Our species has come a long way in what amounts to a relative eyeblink of history. From apes quarreling in the dirt over...
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, a review

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My reading selection is mainly the product of my personal (and admittedly diverse, and quirky) preferences. Which is why you see a mixture o...
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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Are we becoming "The Happy Breed"?

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Still working my way through the Harlan Ellison edited anthology Dangerous Visions (highly recommended reading, by the way), and I’ve come ...
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

There has never been a craps table described quite like this

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I'm at the halfway mark of a book I've long had on my "to be read" list--the Harlan Ellison-edited anthology Dangerous Vis...
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Friday, October 7, 2011

The Golden Apples of the Sun

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Just finished this one, a collection of 22 stories ranging from science fiction to fantasy to mainstream and everything in between. Like all...
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Friday, August 5, 2011

Get out the vote: NPR poll on top 100 SF/F titles of all time

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If you haven't already heard, NPR has an open poll on the top 100 science fiction/fantasy titles of all time. To participate in the poll...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, a review

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John Joseph Adams has a well-earned reputation as The Man Who Delivers Anthologies. Barnes & Noble.com has dubbed him “the reigning kin...
Saturday, May 7, 2011

Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny, a review

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I count the first two Mad Max films among my all-time favorites . I’m a sucker for anything post-apocalyptic, but more importantly, they’re...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett—a review

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The Sword of Rhiannon (1949) was my first experience reading Leigh Brackett, one of the grand dames of science fiction along with C.L. Moor...
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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Thirty-five years of despair: The continuing relevance of Harlan Ellison’s Deathbird Stories

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I still remember many years ago reading the admonition that serves as the preface to Harlan Ellison’s Deathbird Stories (1975). I had never...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

A review of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles

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All right, then, what is Chronicles ? Is it King Tut out of the tomb when I was three? Norse Eddas when I was six? And Roman/Greek gods that...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Matheson’s I Am Legend falls short of classic status

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Warning—stop here if you don't want to be spoiled. So I just finished re-reading (actually, listening to the audio version of) Richard ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Twenty five years on, The (original) Terminator remains unstoppable

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Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remor...
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