Awards:
The Bram Stoker short list is announced. I am jazzed to see that John Langan’s The Fisherman is on there, but as usual there are several fine books in the mix.
In case you missed the Academy Awards, here is this list of winners. Moonlight took Best Picture, even if another film literally walked off with their Oscar.
The Hugo nominations close at midnight March 17, 2017. You must be a WorldCon member,
March 1st, 2017. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 3 comments |
They Walked Like Men by Clifford D. Simak
In the history of the science fiction novel, there have been any number of depictions of invaders from other worlds trying to conquer good ol’ Mother Earth, be it with brute force and death rays (as in H.G. Wells’ seminal novel of 1898, The War of the Worlds) or more insidiously (as in Jack Finney’s 1955 masterpiece of paranoia, Invasion of the Body Snatchers).
March 1st, 2017. Sandy Ferber´s rating: 4 | Clifford D. Simak | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
It was a small town by a small river and a small lake in a small part of a Midwest state. There wasn’t so much wilderness around you couldn’t see the town. But on the other hand there wasn’t so much town you couldn’t see and feel and touch and smell the wilderness.
So reads the charming first sentence of Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree. A perfectly gothic yarn that seeks,
March 1st, 2017. Katie Burton and Jason Golomb´s rating: 4, 5 | Ray Bradbury | Children | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
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