jameswharris.wordpress.com - 2/15/2009
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We like to think we live in the present, interacting with the now, but how much of our conscious awareness is influenced by the past? Much of Christian thought can be tied to the year 1611, when the first edition of the King James Bible was published. But the stories in that book go back to ...
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
jameswharris.wordpress.com 3/6/2009 — When does science fiction work even when it’s broken? “ The Veldt ” is the opening short story in Ray Bradbury’s classic collection The Illustrated Man , and it’s a highly effective story that doesn’t make ...
Over the hump: Robert A. Heinlein’s Starship Troopers
tor.com 3/9/2009 — I just realised, I’ve read or participated in a zillion threads online about Starship Troopers and practically all of them are arguments over the earned franchise issue with side arguments about Juan Rico’s Filipino ancestry. I’ve seen people ...
S is for Splendid, Superb, Super Stories (by Bradbury)
scifistandpoint.wordpress.com 3/11/2009 — You just gotta love Ray Bradbury. Even beyond and above his skill with the written word (which is considerable), there’s such a vibrancy that comes across in his work, an appreciation of the wonder and awe of the universe and the joys of living. The stories found in this 1966 collection, S ...
MIND MELD: What Book Introduced You to Science Fiction?
sfsignal.com 9/16/2009 — We always remember our first. (Yes, I'm talking about reading!) We asked this week's panelists:
Q: What book introduced you to science fiction?
Check below to see their responses. And tell us what book got you started!
Mike Resnick
Mike ...
Heinlein’s 13th Scribner’s Novel
jameswharris.wordpress.com 4/27/2009 — There are legions of Robert A. Heinlein fans out there that grew up reading the 12 canonical Heinlein young adult novels published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in the 1940s and 1950s, that if we were ever given three magical wishes would use our ...
Review of Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein
sffaudio.com 3/4/2009 —
Starman Jones
By Robert A. Heinlein ; Read by Paul Michael Garcia
7 CDs - 8.5 Hours [UNABRIDGED]
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Published: 2008
ISBN: 9781433230387
Themes: / Science Fiction / Space Travel / Aliens / Dystopia /
It was a desperate time, when one’s next meal and the ...
Subpress Week: Giveaway
fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com 4/3/2009 — It's Friday, so it's time for our last Subterranean Press giveaway of the week! This time, Subpress will hook up one winner with a copy of the trade hardcover of Ray Bradbury's Marionettes, Inc . For more info about this title, check out their ...
The Most Famous Building In Science Fiction [Triviagasm]
io9.com 2/6/2009 — There's one building in Los Angeles that screams "retro-futuristic gothic," and it was built in 1893. The Bradbury Building featured heavily in Blade Runner , but it's starred in tons of other stories. Here's a list. We already toured the Bradbury ...
The worst book I love: Robert Heinlein’s Friday
tor.com 6/15/2009 — On a miserably wet Saturday morning in 1982, when I was young and desolate, I went into the library, as I always did, without very much hope. As I reached the New Books section there, entirely unexpectedly, was Friday , a new Heinlein book. It was ...
Examining the top science fiction books 6-10
threetreesstudios.com 6/12/2009 — Yesterday I looked at the top five books of the top 100 science fiction books . Today I’m going to finish off the top ten.
6. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A Heinlein
If I were making this list Starship Troopers and thing would have switched places. (Starship troopers is 12) ...
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