In Memoriam – Brian Aldiss
In case you hadn’t heard, Brian Aldiss passed away in the early hours of Saturday the 19th, having just celebrated …
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A Case of Conscience – James Blish
Father Ruiz-Sanchez, biologist and Jesuit priest, struggles with a moral and ethical dilemma: a planet whose inhabitants are innately peaceful, moral, and without God.
The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester
For the first time in centuries, someone has committed premeditated murder—almost unthinkable in an age of telepathy. Psychic detective Lincoln Powell will risk it all to meet out justice.
Grotto of the Dancing Deer – The Complete Clifford D. Simak, Vol. 4
In the span of his fifty-five year career, Clifford Simak penned some of the most iconic science fiction ever written: …
The Word for World is Forest – Ursula K. Le Guin
Terran exploitation of an alien planet causes the “docile” near-human natives to rise up in bloody rebellion, in this novel rich in ’70s SFnal themes.
Hothouse – Brian Aldiss
Tens of thousands of years into the far flung future, the Earth has become a veritable hothouse, home to new forms of plant life that threaten humanity with extinction.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang – Kate Wilhelm
In the face of a looming eco-apocalypse, a small band of survivalist scientists turn to cloning to preserve the human race. The clones, of course, have other goals in mind.
Adventures in Art – Virgil Finlay’s Color Covers
Virgil Finlay (1914 – 1971) was one of the dominant speculative fiction magazine artists of his day; he started doing illustrations for Weird …
Gateway – Frederik Pohl
Mankind uses abandoned alien spacecraft to explore the unknown, which often leads to disastrous consequences—or, in a few cases, to wealth beyond measure.
Adventures in Art – Virgil Finlay’s B&W Interior Art (1)
When I saw the collector’s artbook of Virgil Finlay looking for funding on Kickstarter, it got me thinking about Finlay. I consider Finlay (1914 …
In Memoriam – Lucius Shepard
I never read as much Lucius Shepard as I should. Or want to, really. I own plenty of his books. …
Battered, Tattered, Yellowed, & Creased 