The Night Blooming Saurian by James Tiptree jr
Duncan This Short Story was in the Anthology DINOSAURS! (1990) edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois published by Ace ISBN044114883-2 Digging into the sub-genre of Time Travel, rich idiots hunting…
The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker (1952)
The Long Loud Silence is another case of a book that should really be in print that isn’t. Wilson Tuckers brutal 1952 post apocalyptic novel is a forgotten classic.
Technology is meant to be fun isn’t it? Part 1
I’m of an age that I remember a time pre-internet, even pre-home computers. For me as a Science Fiction fan raised on a steady diet of Star Wars, Star Trek,…
Who is Tiptree, What is He? by Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg’s Full Introduction from James Tiptree’s Warm worlds and other (1972). There is one paragraph normally quoted from this text but rarely is the whole introduction shown in which…
The Short Stories of Roger Zelazny
My first exposure to the works of Roger Zelazny was the film Damnation Alley (1977), at the time I didn’t realise was based upon his work. The film starring George…
New Year, New Look
As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume This blog has been a little neglected for a while, not that…
Updates are Happening
There will be quite a few updates and minor changes to the site over the next few weeks. I want to be posting on a more regular basis and I…
James Earl Jones (1931-2024)
When an actor, or someone in the public eye sadly dies not only do you start thinking of your own mortality but what that person meant to you and the…
A Tale of Two Surgeons
A Tale of two Surgeons It’s always interesting when you get two books with the same title covering similar ground. Here we have the tale of two Star Surgeons, both…
What to do with all that Stuff – August 2023
As the usher brings forth the Ice cream and snacks, we wait for the main feature to resume What to do with all that Stuff. To quote the much maligned…