Tag Archives: Historic Hugos

Vintage Science Fiction Month: Dune Reread Report

Posted on February 1, 2018 by H.P.

I read Dune for the first time one summer while I was in college way back when.  Bounced off of it hard.  So hard I never bothered to read the copy of Dune Messiah I picked up at the same … Continue reading →

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Review of The Walls of the Universe by Paul Melko

Posted on April 11, 2017 by H.P.

Have you ever wondered what your life might be like had you, or someone else, just made a different, possibly even minor, choice?  Just how much would change?  Such speculation provides the grist for alternate (or parallel) universe novel The … Continue reading →

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Review of American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Posted on March 28, 2017 by H.P.

I read American Gods a few years ago and enjoyed it but it didn’t really grab me.  But, I have to admit, I’m excited about the upcoming TV adaptation.  William Morrow has taken advantage of the hype to re-release American … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester

Posted on February 9, 2017 by H.P.

Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun . . . Alfred Bester may have had a touch of psionic ability himself.  The Demolished Man reads like equal parts hardboiled noir and cyberpunk.  It’s tense and taut throughout, if it never quite … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Posted on January 26, 2017 by H.P.

Vintage SF Month is hosted by the Little Red Reviewer. The year is 1997.  Otherwise known as the “far future” for people living in 1974.  William Mandella is a bright, young physics student.  Or he was, before he got drafted … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Double Star by Robert Heinlein

Posted on September 29, 2016 by H.P.

As I mentioned in my Intro, my ignorance regarding classics of speculative fiction runs deep.  My ignorance of the classics of science fiction, and science fiction in general, runs really deep.  I was all about fantasy growing up and only … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: The High Crusade by Poul Anderson

Posted on July 28, 2016 by H.P.

In the year of our Lord 1345, a big, silvery spaceship lands in a small barony in England.  First contact is tough; one blaster blast from them, and a whole lot of clothyard shafts, lance tips, and sword blows from … Continue reading →

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