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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 Podkayne is going on her [...]
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 the [...]
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 nuggets of gold in there [...]
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 thrown out into the wild [...]
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