I recently finished reading a novel that I hadn't expected to read, by an author I had previously never heard of. It's on me that I hadn't. Clifford D. Simak deserves more recognition. Nevertheless, his 1963 novel Way Station somehow ended up on my TBR (my TBR is so long I can barely keep track … Continue reading Way Station Book Review
My quest to read Golden Age science fiction continues. If you aren't familiar with my reviews, a lot of what I read includes well-known short stories. This week, I decided to read Alfred Bester's "Fondly Fahrenheit." I'm a little familiar with Bester's work, having reviewed The Stars My Destination, so I was excited for this … Continue reading Fondly Fahrenheit Short Story Review
To date, I've read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and several of his short stories. But I hadn't yet read Something Wicked This Way Comes, which delves more into fantasy and horror than science fiction. I figured there was no time like the present, and let me tell you, I have so much … Continue reading Something Wicked This Way Comes Review
Lewis Carroll's celebrated novel Alice in Wonderland takes on a whole new meaning in this sci-fi short story. One thing is for sure: I had no idea what was going on until the very end. I also finally got to read a short story with non-Euclidean geometry. Let's get into the review. This story came … Continue reading Mimsy Were the Borogroves Review
You can't talk about the Golden Age of science fiction without mentioning Damon Knight's "To Serve Man." This goes for short stories and sci-fi in general. You might know about this story from the season 3 episode 24 of The Twilight Zone. However, the story comes from Damon Knight and might be some of his … Continue reading To Serve Man Review
I know I said I would write book reviews about Golden Age science fiction. However, I made an exception with this book. I also made an exception with myself because I don't normally read military sci-fi. However, I plan on reading Starship Troopers in the future. This book, The Forever War, was written by Joe … Continue reading Forever War Review
So a year has come and gone, and that means another year over for this blog. Crazy to believe that it'll be five years next day since I started this blog. I can't wait to see where it goes this year! But a new year means new projects... Personally, it's been harder to keep up … Continue reading A New Year of New Projects!
What if you wanted to read a story that was equal parts fantasy and science fiction, adventure and misfortune? That's about what I got when reading Leigh Brackett's The Sword of Rhiannon. Reading science fiction and fantasy from the Golden Age eventually led me to this surprisingly short novel. So after reading, I decided to … Continue reading The Sword of Rhiannon Review
Welcome back to another book review! I just finished reading Alfred Bester's novel The Stars My Destination, and I gotta say, I have a lot of thoughts. In the spirit of reading more classic science fiction and learning more about well-known authors during that time, I chose this novel to learn more about Bester's writing … Continue reading The Stars My Destination Review
As November kicks off (and I realized I accidentally scheduled a Saturday post for Sunday, whoops), I thought I would write a book review for a book I recently finished. I'm talking about Anne McCaffrey's first novel in The Dragonriders of Pern series, Dragonflight. Ballantine Books published this book in 1968. However, the book previously … Continue reading Dragonflight Book Review
