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I’ll admit to not being the most consistent blogger in the world, but with the holidays coming up my mind has turned to books. They are (usually) a cheap and interesting present that people will appreciate – even if they don’t read them, a book will make them look more learned when displayed on the [...]
Author: Robert Heinlein Book: Podkayne of Mars Genre: Science Fiction Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This is the perfect Sci Fi coming of age tale. Heinlein always has some interesting ideas of future morals and this book explores them without being graphic. This book also shows us a simple sci fi adventure story. A girl named [...]
HG Wellsis known as one of the fathers of Science Fiction and in my opinion, some of his stories qualify as Sci Fi/Horror stories. War of the Worlds is undoubtedly a Science Fiction novel, but it’s also arguably a horror novel. There are horrible monsters (if aliens), lots of blood, disaster, death and violence. It’s just that [...]
Book: Writers of the Future, Vol. 20 Author: A collaboration of talented authors Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy Julia Rating: 10 out of 10 Comments: I’m not always always enamored with these collaboration pieces, however this particular Writers of the Future volume really stood out for me. The majority of the stories were fantastic, and there’s little [...]
Book: The Shore of Women Author: Pamela Sargent Genre: Science Fiction, Feminism Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This is a singular book – I’ve never read a work of feminist Science Fiction before, but I love it! Pamela Sargent’s moving tale of a post apocalyptic world where women have enclosed themselves in cities and men are [...]
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