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Tag Archives: science fiction
Colonization: Down to Earth
Colonization: Down to Earth© 2000 Harry Turtledove618 pages I continued reading Turtledove’s Colonization series this week. “Down to Earth” is the second book in said series, which is about Earth in the 1960s. The Lizards have held the southern hemisphere … Continue reading
The Winds of Change and Other Stories
The Winds of Change and Other Stories© 1983 Isaac Asimov Having survived the flood of term paper deadlines, I can now cool my heels and relax — and so I did, with another collection of Asimov’s short stories. This particular … Continue reading
Colonization: Second Contact
Colonization: Second Contact© 1999 Harry Turtledove598 pages A few weeks ago I read the Worldwar series by Harry Turtledove, which depicts what happens when lizard-like aliens who call themselves the Race invade Earth. While they expected to face humans armed … Continue reading
Buy Jupiter and Other Stories
Buy Jupiter and Other StoriesIsaac Asimov, © 1979207 pages Today while in the library taking notes for my two term papers, I read through Buy Jupiter and Other Stories. I did not intend to finish it, but I realized I … Continue reading
Robot Dreams
Robot DreamsIsaac Asimov © 1986Berkely Publishing, NY349 pages When I first started reading Asimov’s fiction, I started with short story collections — and this week I returned to that type of literature. Robot Dreams is a collection of short stories … Continue reading
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World Made By Hand
World Made By Hand © 2008, James Kunstler Atlantic Monthly Press, NY 317 pages I think this is the first book I’ve ever seen with its own trailer — with the narration taken directly from the plot summary on the … Continue reading
Nemesis
Nemesis© Isaac Asimov 1989Doubleday, New York364 pages Having completed Asimov’s Foundation series, I decided to return to a volume of short stories, Robot Dreams. I had some difficulty in finding a copy, and so in the meantime I read Nemesis. … Continue reading
Death Star
Death StarMichael Reaves, Steve Perry © 2007Random House, New York363 pages. “That’s no moon. That’s a space station.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi, A New HopeThe Death Star. It dominated the first Star Wars movie. Its destruction at Yavin, in the Star … Continue reading
Worldwar: Striking the Balance
Worldwar: Striking the BalanceHarry Turtledove, © 1997Random House, NY547 pages. I concluded Harry Turtledove’s Worldwar series this week, reading Striking the Balance. To recap, in May 1942 Earth was invaded by a race of short lizard-y aliens who call themselves … Continue reading
Nightfall
NightfallIsaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg, © 1990Bantam Books, New York339 pages. If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God! … Continue reading
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