Posted on March 22, 2009 by Bill the sci-fi guy
From This Day Forward (1972) features thirteen stories showcasing John Brunner’s discerning style and wit. Correction: twelve stories and a poem. If there is a general theme running through this volume, it is that of poetic justice. Karma. Bad choices and mistakes coming back to haunt you. Evil or [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
I thought it was time for some more Brunner (and hey, it’s always time for more Brunner), so I picked out More Things in Heaven from my unread books shelf and gave it a go. Published in 1973, this is an expanded and/or revised version of a 1963 work called The Astronauts Must Not [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
A while back I did a review of Charles Platt’s Dream Makers: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers at Work, a collection of interviews he conducted with numerous famous authors. The particular item I was reviewing was a 1987 hardcover edition that was, I stated at the time, a merger of two previous paperback [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted on September 4, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
I think it says something about an author’s skill when you read one of his books, and you find the first 75% of it not to your liking for whatever reason (too boring, too strange, seems like it’s not going anywhere), but by the time you’ve read the last 25% you change your mind completely [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2008 by Bill the sci-fi guy
Here’s a short video clip of some of the big names in science fiction saying a few words about the genre. These are outtakes from a series of interviews recorded by James Gunn between 1968 and 1978 as part of his Literature of Science Fiction Lecture Series. You can actually purchase a 2-DVD [...]
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