I think it’s very easy to have mixed (but very strong) feelings about Dune. Thus follows two reviews in one 1: Fawning: (“It’s a science fiction classic!”) ★★★★★ On the back of the edition in my library is a quote from Arthur C. Clarke: “Unique… I know of nothing comparable to it except The Lord […]
The way I put it yesterday: today I bought a 1987 paperback reprint of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” because I liked the way it smelled Dune, which I’m almost ashamed to admit I’ve never read. I saw it on the shelf at The Crow for $2.95. If I’m to believe the cover price, this paperback (printed […]
It is difficult to say for certain if the five-star review will withstand a second reading–but we won’t know that until I subject myself to it that second time. Fortunately for me, it has gone back to its “last in line” position for at least a little while. First, the obvious stuff: this is the […]
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Among other recommendations, A Fire Upon the Deep appeared on io9’s “Twenty Science Fiction Novels that Will Change Your Life” post and after Newton’s Wake 1, I thought it would be a chance for that list to redeem itself a little. Though far from life-changing, this story is strong and plays with a number of […]
Death to Humans! Visions of the Apocalypse in Movies and Literature: Scientific American via @johnjosephadams — though I take issue with: [1] how many movies there are (since so many movies are usually so bad); [2] The Andromeda Strain (whose scale is hardly apocalyptic); and [3] that Adams' The Wastelands collection is missing! (tagged: film […]
“What took you so long to pick it up?” I did not believe the hype. Before The Windup Girl, my exposure to Bacigalupi’s work was through two short stories: “The People of Sand and Slag”–which seemed to pop-up everywhere 1 for a while; and then “Yellow Card Man”–which was in the same milieu as this […]
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