Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (1932/ 1946)
written as a dystopia on technology, Fordism, & mass culture
1946, Huxley gave it a philosophical re-evaluation and self-criticism in his preface to the otherwise unchanged new edition
Qoute: 'You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books'
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley (1932/ 1946)
written as a dystopia on technology, Fordism, & mass culture
1946, Huxley gave it a philosophical re-evaluation and self-criticism in his preface to the otherwise unchanged new edition
Qoute: 'You can’t consume much if you sit still and read books'
He gave Rainbow their distinctive sound – alongside Ritchie Blackmore's guitar playing.
youtu.be/iM7PG4CA-2E?...
#musicsky #nowplaying #nowlistening #livemusic
He gave Rainbow their distinctive sound – alongside Ritchie Blackmore's guitar playing.
youtu.be/iM7PG4CA-2E?...
#musicsky #nowplaying #nowlistening #livemusic
"Slipstream SF - narratives that contain elements of science fiction but are not marketed as such.
A prominent example is "Never Let Me Go" by Nobel laureate in Literature Kazuo Ishiguro (2005).
Now a re-read of the English original.
"Slipstream SF - narratives that contain elements of science fiction but are not marketed as such.
A prominent example is "Never Let Me Go" by Nobel laureate in Literature Kazuo Ishiguro (2005).
Now a re-read of the English original.
One hundred years ago, in 1926, a fan first suggested the term 'science fiction' in Gernsback's first issue of his magazine Amazing Stories…
Wells himself didn't like this term at all; he preferred 'scientific romance', the common term at the time.
One hundred years ago, in 1926, a fan first suggested the term 'science fiction' in Gernsback's first issue of his magazine Amazing Stories…
Wells himself didn't like this term at all; he preferred 'scientific romance', the common term at the time.
John Sladek - Roderick or The Education of a Young Machine (1980)
Roderick is an artificial being, a young electronic genius—with a few minor flaws, of course. He owes his existence to a secret NASA project that—like so many others—fails, a fact that is, as usual, covered up
John Sladek - Roderick or The Education of a Young Machine (1980)
Roderick is an artificial being, a young electronic genius—with a few minor flaws, of course. He owes his existence to a secret NASA project that—like so many others—fails, a fact that is, as usual, covered up
Around Christmas time, I choose reading material to which I have a nostalgic connection. This time a re-read bought for cheap money (2 EUR) from the Thrift store, a hardcover with two classics (German edition 🇩🇪):
Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
Arthur C. Clarke's "2001 - A Space Odyssey"
Around Christmas time, I choose reading material to which I have a nostalgic connection. This time a re-read bought for cheap money (2 EUR) from the Thrift store, a hardcover with two classics (German edition 🇩🇪):
Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451"
Arthur C. Clarke's "2001 - A Space Odyssey"
youtu.be/m68Jww8mDjc
youtu.be/m68Jww8mDjc
"The Promise of the Child" (Amaranthine Spectrum 1) by Tom Toner (2015)
Is this one of the most underrated authors in recent science fiction?
Toner made his debut with the trilogy The Amaranthine Spectrum, wich he completed with
The Weight of the World
The Tropic of Eternity
Let's find out!🤗
"The Promise of the Child" (Amaranthine Spectrum 1) by Tom Toner (2015)
Is this one of the most underrated authors in recent science fiction?
Toner made his debut with the trilogy The Amaranthine Spectrum, wich he completed with
The Weight of the World
The Tropic of Eternity
Let's find out!🤗
You can't change reality by lying to it.
Adrian Tchaikovsky's dystopian novel "Alien Clay" shows how an autocracy misuses science to justify its ideology of sole dominion on a cosmic scale.
One of the most important novels of 2024
You can't change reality by lying to it.
Adrian Tchaikovsky's dystopian novel "Alien Clay" shows how an autocracy misuses science to justify its ideology of sole dominion on a cosmic scale.
One of the most important novels of 2024
Hiromi Kawakami - "Under the Eye of the Big Bird" (2016 Japanese original)
"Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do; science fiction is that which we're probably not going to see." Margaret Atwood once said.
Hiromi Kawakami - "Under the Eye of the Big Bird" (2016 Japanese original)
"Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do; science fiction is that which we're probably not going to see." Margaret Atwood once said.
Neal Stephenson "Cryptonomicon"
Oops.
Rereading Stephenson's 1999 novel (which won the 2000 Locus Award for Best SF Novel) reveals that it hasn't aged well? 🤔
Floppy disks appear, and the internet is portrayed as a playground for nerds 🤓 who can actually gain MOBILE access!!!
However...
Neal Stephenson "Cryptonomicon"
Oops.
Rereading Stephenson's 1999 novel (which won the 2000 Locus Award for Best SF Novel) reveals that it hasn't aged well? 🤔
Floppy disks appear, and the internet is portrayed as a playground for nerds 🤓 who can actually gain MOBILE access!!!
However...
Walter M. Miller Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz"
from 1960 ...
...tells how monks preserve humanity's knowledge in the wake of a nuclear war as civilizations rise, fail, and must repeatedly learn from their mistakes, leaving a glimmer of hope for the future despite recurring disasters
Walter M. Miller Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz"
from 1960 ...
...tells how monks preserve humanity's knowledge in the wake of a nuclear war as civilizations rise, fail, and must repeatedly learn from their mistakes, leaving a glimmer of hope for the future despite recurring disasters
Who hasn't experienced this:
You reread a SF novel you absolutely loved in the early days of your SF reading career, hoping to recapture that same feeling from back then. That doesn't happen with most of the stories, but with some, it does: They're timeless!
Spontaneously, I think of:
Who hasn't experienced this:
You reread a SF novel you absolutely loved in the early days of your SF reading career, hoping to recapture that same feeling from back then. That doesn't happen with most of the stories, but with some, it does: They're timeless!
Spontaneously, I think of:
"SevenEves" Neal Stephenson from 2015
Neal tells the hard SF story with over 850 pages and combines in the first two thirds Armageddon, genetic engineering and survival in a space habitat towards the end with less than a handful of people surviving (the seven Eves), ...
"SevenEves" Neal Stephenson from 2015
Neal tells the hard SF story with over 850 pages and combines in the first two thirds Armageddon, genetic engineering and survival in a space habitat towards the end with less than a handful of people surviving (the seven Eves), ...
No way... (you get what you asked for)
No way... (you get what you asked for)
"The Immeasurable Heaven" by Caspar Geon (aka Tom Toner)
... no human characters
...deep time
...awesome worldbuilding
will be released on July,15th
See discussion of Tom's sf new book with Stephen E. Andrews ...cheers, mates! 🍻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx7R...
"The Immeasurable Heaven" by Caspar Geon (aka Tom Toner)
... no human characters
...deep time
...awesome worldbuilding
will be released on July,15th
See discussion of Tom's sf new book with Stephen E. Andrews ...cheers, mates! 🍻
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx7R...
"Kefahuchi Tract" Trilogy : Light / Nova Swing / Empty Space
by M. John Harrison
I've struggled through the 850+ pages
ok, check it off my TBR: some really cool snippets of ideas - unfortunately, Harrison doesn't follow them up.
not the kind of space opera of a Banks, Simmons, or Hamilton
"Kefahuchi Tract" Trilogy : Light / Nova Swing / Empty Space
by M. John Harrison
I've struggled through the 850+ pages
ok, check it off my TBR: some really cool snippets of ideas - unfortunately, Harrison doesn't follow them up.
not the kind of space opera of a Banks, Simmons, or Hamilton
Gridlinked- Neal Asher (2001)
Asher – the master of dark, action-packed, imaginative space opera e.g. his "Line of Polity" sequence wich has several subseries:
"Gridlinked" is the first of fieve installments of the Agent Cormac series (great follow up "Line of Polity")
...
Gridlinked- Neal Asher (2001)
Asher – the master of dark, action-packed, imaginative space opera e.g. his "Line of Polity" sequence wich has several subseries:
"Gridlinked" is the first of fieve installments of the Agent Cormac series (great follow up "Line of Polity")
...
"Galactic Pot-healer" by Philip K. Dick (1969)
Every now and then, there's a PKD. His "Galactic Pot-healer" showcases Dick's dark humor, which is rarely found in his work.
The novel passed even Stanislaw Lem's critical scrutiny.
"Galactic Pot-healer" by Philip K. Dick (1969)
Every now and then, there's a PKD. His "Galactic Pot-healer" showcases Dick's dark humor, which is rarely found in his work.
The novel passed even Stanislaw Lem's critical scrutiny.
"Black Easter" / "The Day after Jugdement" by James Blish (1971/1972)
All hell breaks loose - in Blish's two-part satire, a lapsed priest summons demons to Earth, who are only too happy to take advantage of power-hungry politicians and the nuclear annihilation potential of Earth's powers...
"Black Easter" / "The Day after Jugdement" by James Blish (1971/1972)
All hell breaks loose - in Blish's two-part satire, a lapsed priest summons demons to Earth, who are only too happy to take advantage of power-hungry politicians and the nuclear annihilation potential of Earth's powers...
Daryl Gregory's Gregory's interesting take on the living in a simulation theme
"When we were Real" focuses on a road trip of a group of ordinary people who try to deal with the discovery made a few years ago -in very different ways
check out his interview
locusmag.com/2025/04/dary...
Daryl Gregory's Gregory's interesting take on the living in a simulation theme
"When we were Real" focuses on a road trip of a group of ordinary people who try to deal with the discovery made a few years ago -in very different ways
check out his interview
locusmag.com/2025/04/dary...
I wouldn't be surprised if one of Coralie's inspirations for
"The Substance" is David Cronenberg's 1986 body horror classic!
#horrormovies
I wouldn't be surprised if one of Coralie's inspirations for
"The Substance" is David Cronenberg's 1986 body horror classic!
#horrormovies
While not a faithful adaptation of the Lovecraft story, the creatures in this cosmic horror film capture the indescribable horror quite well, and the mutations of the Gardner family are truly disturbing.
#horrormovies
While not a faithful adaptation of the Lovecraft story, the creatures in this cosmic horror film capture the indescribable horror quite well, and the mutations of the Gardner family are truly disturbing.
#horrormovies