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Reading, writing, and other things

Category: Sci-Fi

  • 100 Books in 2011 review: The Number of the Beast

    The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein is one of his later novels (published in 1980) and is not just a story. The basic plotline is two couples in…


  • 100 Books in 2011 review: Edge

    I was looking forward to reading Edge by Thomas Blackthorne. I liked the blurb (which you can see in the picture). It sounded like it was going to be an…


  • 100 Books in 2011 review: Grass

    Book number 1 in the 100 books in 2011 challenge is Grass by Sherri Tepper. It’s number 48 on the SF Masterworks list. The blurb says: Generations ago, humans fled to…


  • Thoughts on reading: Matter

    This is not one of 2011’s 100 books. I read this last year and I’m a little behind in my thoughts on reading posts. I’m a huge fan of Iain…


  • Thoughts on reading: Selling Out

    I have a huge stack of books I’ve read waiting for blog posts. Some seem like much harder work than others. Selling Out by Justina Robson is one of the…


  • Misfits

    Is anybody else loving Misfits? I think it’s the best new sci-fi on the telly for ages. Can’t wait for series 3 next year!


  • Thoughts on reading: Non-Stop

    Number 33 of the SF Masterworks is Non-Stop by Brian Aldiss, which deals with the generation-ship vision of spaceflight. As I’m doing with the Fantasy Masterworks, I’m sort of making…


  • Thoughts on reading: Black Man

    I read a lot and as I’ve got better at writing (and more confident in my writing), most of what I read either makes me feel ‘I can do this…


  • Reflections on alt.fiction 2010

    Wow, what a difference two years makes. I’ve just got back from alt.fiction 2010 and it was thought-provoking and inspiring. I went to alt.fiction 2008 and it was a fun…


  • The Left Hand of Darkness

    I put The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin up for my book club to read. There was a point before I’d read it where I was getting…


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