Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia
April 9, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Great Science Fiction Novels
This book leaves me rather speechless. Not because there is not enough to say about it, but rather, because there’s too much to say! I’ll try to be succinct, though.
This is a fine, fine piece of science fiction first released in 1979. It is something of a cautionary tale. It’s message is both patently [...]
Science Fiction…Poetry?
April 2, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Astro Culture, Great Science Fiction Novels
A True SciFi Artist/Poet… (credit: Chelsey Bonestell).
Poetry isn’t the first thing one thinks of when it comes to science fiction. Indeed, the genre as a whole could be said to be extremely low profile, or at least have lots of room for expansion! Or do you simply say “speculative poetry?” When I first thought [...]
The Stormcaller
February 26, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Great Science Fiction Novels
I have a love/hate relationship with multi-book stories. On the one hand, thank goodness finishing the first or second book doesn’t mean the ending of a relationship with the world and characters with whom I’ve been spending time and have made friends.
On the other hand, if the series is brand new, I really, really hate [...]
Review: Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald.
February 5, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Astro Culture, Great Science Fiction Novels
Cyberabad Days by Ian McDonald.
Near future Sci-fi is an especially cherished genre. Via such classics as 2001: A Space Odyssey, we can eagerly await such things as living on the Moon, or by reading such tales as 1984, we can shudder at Orwell’s anti-utopian world, and hopefully heed its warning. Cyberabad Days: Return to [...]
Review: Fast Forward II edited by Lou Anders.
January 22, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Astro Culture, Great Science Fiction Novels
Science Fiction anthologies are a cherished tradition, but always seem to be a dying breed. All of the greats, from Asimov to Heinlein, built their chops and reputations around vintage pulps that paid cents to the word count. Even today, if you want the cutting edge stuff, seek out the anthology.
Son of Man by Robert Silverberg.
January 7, 2009 by David Dickinson
Filed under Astro Culture, Great Science Fiction Novels
(Editors’ Note: Thanks to all of you that braved the cold to report the Quadrantid meteor shower rates this past weekend; here at Astroguyz HQ in Hudson, Florida we saw maybe a couple dozen under semi hazy skies the morning of the 3rd, amounting to a very unofficial zenithal hourly rate of maybe 90-100. Not [...]
