Posted on September 30, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
It’s Banned Books Week (last week of September every year), an assertion of our freedom to read whatever we damn well please, led by the American Library Association for the last 27 years. Way to go, ALA, I’ll drink to that!
Let’s take a look at some of the science fiction and fantasy that has [...]
Filed under: books | Tagged: 1984, A Clockwork Orange, A Wrinkle in Time, Aldous Huxley, American Library Association, Anthony Burgess, Banned Books Week, books, Brave New World, Carrie, Cujo, Daniel Keyes, Fahrenheit 451, Flowers for Algernon, George Orwell, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Madeleine L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, Philip Pullman, Ray Bradbury, sci-fi, science fiction, SF, Stephen King, The Dead Zone, The Handmaid's Tale | 1 Comment »
Posted on September 28, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
One of the best things an author can do to bring a fictional universe to life, to make it feel vibrant and real, is to give that universe its own literature — and even better, to quote from it. This seems to be common in science fiction, and it’s one of those little flourishes [...]
Filed under: books | Tagged: books, BuSab Manual, C.S. Friedman, Christopher Hinz, Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune, In Conquest Born, John Brunner, Liege-Killer, sci-fi, science fiction, SF, Stand on Zanzibar, The Dosadi Experiment, The Hipcrime Vocab, The Rigors, The Stolen Journals, Whipping Star | 13 Comments »
Posted on September 26, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
I usually don’t pay much attention to those quotes on the covers of books; you know the ones, the dripping-with-honey praise from other authors for the particular book in question. I mean, all books have those, and it seems easy enough to find someone to praise just about anything. In this case, [...]
Filed under: books | Tagged: books, Camp Concentration, Samuel Delany, sci-fi, science fiction, SF, Thomas Disch, Ursula K. Le Guin | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 23, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
As the saying goes, change is good. And hey, I’m one of those people who has to rearrange their living room every six months or so. So I thought it was time for a fresh look around here. Besides, there were a few small details about the previous theme I was using [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
What can I say about one of the greatest pieces of literature of the 20th century that people haven’t already heard? I’m sure most people are familiar with this book, and even those who haven’t read it probably have a general idea of what it’s about. So without going into any great depth, [...]
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Posted on September 19, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
Shortly before his untimely death (just eight days before, in fact), Douglas Adams appeared in a tv interview series called Big Thinkers, and I thought I’d post it here for all you Adams fans.
Actually, you could call me an Adams fan, even though I’ve never read any of his work. It’s always possible I [...]
Filed under: video clips | Tagged: Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See, Richard Dawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, SF | Leave a Comment »
