Reading Science Fiction

Finished reading 2023: Nor Crystal Tears by Alan Dean Foster 📚

Finished reading 2023: Prison of Night by E.C. Tubb 📚

Finished reading 2023: Incident on Ath by E.C. Tubb 📚

Finished reading 2023: Fuzzy Sapiens by H. Beam Piper 📚

Finished reading 2023: Little Fuzzy (Fuzzy Sapiens, #1) by H. Beam Piper 📚

Finished reading 2023: Endymion by Dan Simmons 📚

Finished reading 2023: Logan’s Run: Vintage Movie Classics (A Vintage Movie Classic) by William F. Nolan 📚

Finished reading 2023: Haven of Darkness (Dumarest of Terra, #16) by E.C. Tubb 📚

Finished reading 2023: Sargasso of Space (Solar Queen, #1) by Andre Norton 📚

Finished reading 2023: Phylogenesis by Alan Dean Foster 📚

I will probably plow right into book two of the Founding of the Commonwealth trilogy tonight.

If you have an interest in the cover art of science fiction novels of the 1970s, check out this interview on Joachim Boaz’s blog, Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations.

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“You’re an interesting species. An interesting mix. You’re capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you’re not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”

Carl Sagan - from his novel Contact

I love cosmic horror, but man, it is kinda blown out, is it not? In this novel, Sagan provides measured optimism. I love it. One of my favorite books.

In this episode, I breakdown the results of reading 5% of a book every day. I talk a little bit about how much I’m enjoying the novel Phylogenesis. 🎙️

In this episode, I talk about my recent reading of an Allen, Dean Foster novel, and the one I’m currently reading as well. And I talk a little bit about the author and my desire to learn more about him and read more of his material. 📚 🎙️

After working all day then going home and spending about 1.5 hours doing some work in our hot garage I was way too tired to do any reading last night. Will be a different story tonight. I swear!

I’m enjoying Phylogenesis, by Alan Dean Foster, very much. Can’t wait to dig back into it.

Also, I read four novels last month. For many readers that isn’t a lot, but for me four books in a month is pretty good. Gonna try to match it this month. 📚

Currently reading: Phylogenesis by Alan Dean Foster 📚

I finished reading Nor Crystal Tears, by Alan Dean Foster, last night.

I must say I was unexpectedly delighted by this novel. It’s a first contact novel, told from the viewpoint of the alien. The protagonist, Ryo, is of the insectoid Thranx species, and is one of the most engaging characters I’ve read in quite a while (other than those in the Hyperion Cantos).

I’m not going to write too much here. I want to avoid spoilers, and frankly I’m too lazy to type that much. Foster does a masterful job of introducing the reader to the Thranxs species, civilization, and culture. The Thranx are alien enough to be truly different, but still possible to relate to.

A great novel. I’ll be reading more in the Humanx setting.

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In this episode, I talk about watching the recent “the Flash“ movie, and the influence of that character on my early Science Fiction cravings. 🎙️

In this quick podcast, I talk a little bit about the way my reading of science fiction has changed over the last few years. 🎙️

Just a quick audio recording about this book by Allen Dean Foster that I am enjoying quite a lot right now. I talk a little bit about other things he’s written as well as a gaming source book based on his science fiction universe. 🎙️