I’d heard a lot about Alfred Bester’s The Demolished Man, but I’d never had a chance to read it before now. It’s a classic of science fiction, the winner of the first Hugo Award and the novel that inspired a generation of young writers into science fiction. But it’s been 50 years since TDM was [...]
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The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
Posted by cjlevinson on March 6, 2007
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Different generational views
Just finished reading an interesting essay by David Malouf called Made in England. It was published in 2003 as a Quarterly Essay, examining our relationship with Britain and how it’s changed throughout history. Malouf’s thesis is that Australia was created as a second England left to follow its own direction, and that’s why he believes [...]
Posted by cjlevinson on February 19, 2007
http://cjlevinson.com/2007/02/19/different-generational-views/
Night Train to Rigel by Timothy Zahn
I have to admit, I have something of a love-hate relationship with Timothy Zahn. His last few books have been fun science fiction reads; Angelmass was something of a throwback to the classic Golden Age of SF, while The Green and the Gray was an interesting look at the post-9/11 world, mixed with a science [...]
Posted by cjlevinson on February 2, 2007
http://cjlevinson.com/2007/02/02/night-train-to-rigel-by-timothy-zahn/
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Robert Charles Wilson has a knack for starting stories with a bang. In Darwinia, for instance, Europe disappears. Spin is no different: a shield suddenly spreads around the Earth, blocking humanity from the universe. What’s striking about Wilson’s work, however, is that Spin is as much concerned with the human impact of its story as [...]
Posted by cjlevinson on January 3, 2007
http://cjlevinson.com/2007/01/03/spin-by-robert-charles-wilson/
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