Posted by Jana Nyman | Feb 27, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 0
Forbidden Area by Pat Frank Foreign espionage and sabotage undermining the credibility of American armed forces. A counter-intelligence group mocked and silenced for its theories. Shadowy plans, decades in the making. The fate of the world caught in the balance between devastation and salvation. Pat Frank describes all of these in Forbidden Area, which was […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Oct 28, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Man Who Japed by Philip K. Dick Cult sci-fi author Philip K. Dick‘s third novel, The Man Who Japed, was originally published in one of those cute little “Ace doubles” (D-193, for all you collectors out there), back to back with E.C. Tubb’s The Space-Born, in 1956, and with a cover price of a […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | May 5, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 4
The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert The East and the West rule the world, but the West is running out of oil. The West has been sending subtugs (specialized submarines) to smuggle oil from the East, but the last twenty missions have failed. It’s treachery! Security knows that the East has a lot […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Mar 9, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 7
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester Much has been written about Alfred Bester’s classic 1956 SF novel The Stars My Destination (Tiger! Tiger! in the United Kingdom). According to Wikipedia, it is considered one of the best SF books of all time by many authors such as Neil Gaiman, Joe Haldeman, Samuel. R. Delany, […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | May 28, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 2
The 13th Immortal by Robert Silverberg The 13th Immortal is one of Robert Silverberg’s earliest novels, and though it’s not considered one of his great works, I certainly enjoyed it thoroughly and recommend it to those who like short science fiction novels from the 1950s. It’s a post-apocalyptic story about twelve immortals who have divided […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 2, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 6
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein Most of Robert A. Heinlein’s adult novels have interesting ideas or premises but many lack likeable characters and/or fun quickly-moving plots. Fortunately Double Star has all the right elements and is entertaining from start to finish. It’s one of Heinlein’s best novels, I think, and I must not be […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Sep 4, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick By 1956, the sensation of seeing his name in print was not a new one for author Philip K. Dick. Between 1952 and 1955, he had placed around 75 (!) short stories in the various science fiction magazines and digests of the day, and in 1955 his […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Aug 7, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 2
Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein Time for the Stars is one of my favorite Heinlein Juveniles, and I like his juveniles better than his books for adults, so I guess that makes Time of the Stars one of my favorite Heinlein works. It’s got everything that makes his stories so much fun […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | May 14, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Incredible Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson Every day Scott Carey is getting shorter by 1/7 of an inch. The doctors have figured out why — he was exposed to a combination of insecticide and radioactivity — but so far they have not been able to make him stop shrinking. Now Scott is only one […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Aug 30, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 7
To Live Forever by Jack Vance Note: You may also find this book published with the name Clarges. In Clarges, a city in the far future, humans have conquered death. Unfortunately, there’s just not enough room for billions of immortal people to live forever, so they’ve passed the fair-play act which divides society into 5 phyle which […]
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