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May

The Foundation Project: The Encyclopedists

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1940's, Book Reviews, Classics, Isaac Asimov, Miscellaneous, by Famous Authors

The Encyclopedists is part 2 of the first Foundation novel. It is here that we get our first glimpse of life on Terminus, the planet on the edge of the galaxy chosen to be the home of the Foundation.
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Apr

The Foundation Project: An Introduction

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1940's, Book Reviews, Classics, Isaac Asimov, by Famous Authors

Twenty one years ago, at the tender age of seventeen, I read Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series for the very first time. No one had recommended the books to me, and I knew absolutely nothing about the series – I just happened to pick the first one off the shelf of the book store I was visiting.
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Oct

Book Review: The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith

Posted by Rusty  Published in Award Winners, Book Reviews, Classics, by Famous Authors

The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith

The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith is a 1993 collection which contains all of Mr. Smith’s science fiction short stories. Most of the stories in this collection, which are arranged in chronological order, take place in
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Oct

Book Review: The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1950's, Award Winners, Book Reviews, Classics, Ray Bradbury, by Famous Authors

The Illustrated Man

The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book by Ray Bradbury which contains 18 science fiction short stories. The stories are loosely tied together by a tattooed guy called “The Illustrated Man.” Apparently each of his tattoos is animated and tells a different story from the book.
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Sep

Book Review: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

Posted by Rusty  Published in Arthur C. Clarke, Book Reviews, Classics, by Famous Authors

The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke

Arthur C. Clarke is one of the most famous science fiction authors of all time. He wrote a lot of pieces, including many short stories, but if you are looking for one great book that includes nearly all of his short stories then look no farther than The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke.
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Sep

Book Review: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

Posted by Rusty  Published in Book Reviews, Classics, Miscellaneous

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One

If you want to read some of the most famous science fiction short stories of all time then your best bet is The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One. Edited by Robert Silverberg (himself a famous SF author), the 26 stories in this amazing collection were “chosen by vote of the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America.”
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Sep

Synarchy Book 1: The Awakening by DCS

Posted by Rusty  Published in Book Reviews, Miscellaneous

Back in July I was contacted by an author, DCS, who asked if I would be willing to review her novel if she sent me a free copy. It sounded like a pretty cool story so I agreed. Now that I’ve read it, here are my thoughts about it.
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16

Sep

Book Review: The Philip K. Dick Reader

Posted by Rusty  Published in Book Reviews, Classics, Miscellaneous, by Famous Authors

The Philip K. Dick Reader

About a year ago I came to the sad realization that I had never read anything by Philip K. Dick – not stories, not novels, not anything. Shocking, I know. So to rectify the situation I decided to read some of his short stories. There were a couple of problems, though.
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10

Sep

An Etaoin Shrdlu Limited Edition

Posted by Rusty  Published in 1940's, Book Reviews, Miscellaneous

One of the cool benefits about being in the science fiction blog-o-sphere is meeting people who really, REALLY love the things they read. This is no more apparent than in the very interesting email I received a few weeks ago from a woman who said that she had reprinted (with permission) a fine press edition of Fredric Brown’s short story “Etaoin Shrdlu.”
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9

Sep

Book Review: Tales of Old Earth by Michael Swanwick

Posted by Rusty  Published in Book Reviews, Michael Swanwick, Miscellaneous, by Famous Authors

Tales of Old Earth by Michael Swanwick

I bought Michael Swanwick’s Tales of Old Earth a couple of years ago so that I could read some of his Hugo Award winning short stories that weren’t available online. I didn’t realize at the time how
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Aug

Get Short Stories from the Science Fiction Book Club

Posted by Rusty  Published in Book Reviews, Miscellaneous

I’m constantly looking into ways of getting new science fiction short stories to read, so it was a nice surprise to come across several short story collections at the Science Fiction Book Club.
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Mar

The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction

Posted by Rusty  Published in Award Winners, Book Reviews, Classics, Miscellaneous, by Famous Authors

The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year’s Best Science Fiction is a 2005 science fiction anthology edited by Gardner Dozois. It contains thirty six of the best science fiction short stories collected in the series from 1984 – 2004.

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