Posted by Kat Hooper | May 17, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 4
Catseye by Andre Norton Andre Norton’s novels are always a good option when you’re in the mood for an exciting, fast-paced, imaginative, and family-friendly adventure story. This one stars Troy Horan, a young man who lives hand-to-mouth in a ghetto called The Dipple on the luxury planet of Korwar. He’s a refugee from his home […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Feb 17, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 3
Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak Written s(i)mack-dab in the middle of the American Civil Rights Movement, Clifford D. Simak’s Time Is the Simplest Thing utilizes the tools of science fiction to make poignant comments on the issues of the day. The novel, the author’s sixth out of an eventual 29, was […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Jul 28, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 4
Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss Yeah, Brian W. Aldiss’ Hothouse (1962) was definitely written with some chemical assistance. Maybe some LSD-spiked vegetable juice? It may have been written as a set of five short stories in 1961, but it’s a timeless and bizarre story of a million years in the future when the plants have […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | May 30, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Novel Solaris was written in 1961 by Stanislaw Lem in Polish before being made into a feature film by famous Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972. Four decades later, both James Cameron and Steven Soderbergh expressed interest in doing a remake, with Soderbergh getting the nod in 2002 because Cameron was busy with other movies. […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | May 22, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 4
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem Solaris is an amazing little novel with a colorful history. First written in 1961 by Stanislaw Lem in Polish, it was then made into a two-part Russian TV series in 1968, before being made into a feature film by famous Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972. It only reached English publication […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | May 21, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 0
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Perhaps I should confess right up front that this review of what is popularly regarded solely as a children’s book is being written by a 50+-year-old male “adult” who hadn’t read a kids’ book in many years. For me, Welsh author Roald Dahl had long been the […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Mar 13, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 14
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein Robert Heinlein was one of the most influential writers of sci-fi in the 20th century. He published more than thirty novels, several of which won awards, and many more received nominations. Considered one of the ‘big three’ alongside Asimov and Clarke — the American perspective, that is […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Nov 25, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon In the 1978 horror movie Martin, writer/director George A. Romero presented us with a young man who enjoys killing people and drinking their blood, but who may or may not be a so-called “vampire”; the film is wonderfully ambiguous all the way down the line on that score. […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Feb 7, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 5
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke Pat Harris is the captain of Selene, the only tour bus on the moon. Every day he and his stewardess, Sue Wilkins, take passengers on a trip across the moon’s Sea of Thirst. This crater filled with moondust seems similar to a lake on Earth, and Selene, […]
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