I thought I might read something quick this week, and I ended up picking up Baby Is Three by Theodore Sturgeon. Having not read anything by Sturgeon up until now, I was excited to read! Let's get into the review. Theodore Sturgeon published this novella in 1952 in Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. He later expanded … Continue reading Baby Is Three Book Review
Somehow I always end up coming back to Heinlein's work. This week was no different with Between Planets, another one of Heinlein's "juvenile" books. It's been especially interesting to see how the young adult genre has changed over time. Let's get into the review. Robert A. Heinlein wrote and serialized Between Planets in 1951. The … Continue reading Between Planets Book Review
I stumbled across The Fifth Head of Cerberus a while back, and it rather unexpectedly ended up on my TBR. I had heard of Gene Wolfe, but I hadn't read any of his works up until now. But going down my list of books to read meant reading this one next. Let's get into the … Continue reading The Fifth Head of Cerberus Review
I thought I would read something different this week. I ended up reading M. P. Shiel's The Purple Cloud, which came out in 1901. The premise honestly sounded really interesting, and it was on my TBR anyway. Let's get into the review. The Purple Cloud is a novel in the "last man" genre and received … Continue reading The Purple Cloud Book Review
I did a review of Isaac Asimov's short story "The Last Question" some time ago. (If you want, check it out through here!). However, I decided to also finally read his follow-up short story, "The Last Answer." Let's get into the review. This story first appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1980. The … Continue reading The Last Answer Short Story Review
I finally got around to reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation. I knew about the series that had just come out, and of course I knew about the book. However, I didn't know what it was about, so I was excited to figure that out. Let's get into the review. The first book in the Foundation series, … Continue reading Foundation Book Review
Yet another book that I didn't expect to read that somehow landed on my TBR: The Day of the Triffids. However, I'm attempting to read Golden Age science fiction, so perhaps it was only a matter of time before I read this one. Let's get into the review. Written by John Wyndham (until his real … Continue reading The Day of the Triffids Book Review
I came into this review having already seen the 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the film based on this book. So when I started reading Jack Finney's The Body Snatchers, I had high expectations. Let's get into the review. Written by Jack Finney and serialized in 1954, The Body Snatchers follows a doctor living … Continue reading The Body Snatchers Book Review
H. P. Lovecraft's book At the Mountains of Madness might be one of the most important additions to early science fiction. Like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which effectively created sci-fi as a whole, At the Mountains of Madness introduced an entirely new kind of science fiction. I'm really excited to get into this review. H. P. … Continue reading At the Mountains of Madness Book Review
My first introduction to J. G. Ballard's work was his short story "Billennium," which I reviewed a while back. I wanted to get into more of his work. Luckily, he wrote several novels throughout the 60s. One such novel was The Drowned World, a fairly short novel that's part science fiction, part post-apocalyptic. Let's get … Continue reading The Drowned World Book Review
