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Science Fiction Book Review: Ace Double D-437: And Then The Town Took Off by Richard Wilson, and The Sioux Spaceman by Andre Norton

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 15 Apr

Reading's what I do to relax when there's nothing else going on, so it's just as well that I have a houseful of books. And since I have several dozen Ace Doubles that I haven't read yet, I've always got something to read that...

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The Future of A I

celticeagle @celticeagle (189917) • Boise, Idaho 19 Aug

It's estimated that by 2030 AI will inject $13 trillion into the global economy. And, 385 million workers will have to change jobs, and even those jobs may require AI. It as if the most thrilling science fiction movies have come...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Ace Double 77710: The Eyes of Bolsk by Robert Lory, and The Space Barbarians by Mack Reynolds

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 5 Jul

I thought it was about time I read another Ace Double. I think I've got something over a hundred of this classic science fiction book series in my collection, so I'll need to read a few every year to stand any chance of getting...

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What a Name Change Can Do

celticeagle @celticeagle (189917) • Boise, Idaho 21 Feb 25

I have always enjoyed Sigourney Weaver's acting ever since I first saw her in "Ghost Busters". I often wonder about her first name. I had never seen it before. Come to find out that at the age of 14, she changed her name of...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Catseye by Andre Norton

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 8 Nov 24

I've just finished reading this science fiction novel by an author who I've been getting in to lately. I don't see vintage science fiction books in charity shops very often, but I was lucky enough to find this one in an Oxfam...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Slan by A. E. Van Vogt

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 15 Sep 24

AE Van Vogt was one of those authors who most science fiction fans have at least heard of, but I haven't read much of his work, except for his famous "Weapon Shop" stories many years ago. I sometimes buy job lots of vintage books...

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Science Fiction Book Review: The Furies by Keith Roberts

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 26 Aug 24

I've just finished reading a pretty good alien invasion/post-apocalyptic novel. "The Furies" was the first novel by Keith Roberts, a British writer who wen on to have a pretty good reputation. I think this is the first of his...

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The Outcasts of Heaven Belt by Joan D. Vinge - Science Fiction Book Review

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 18 May 24

I've just finished reading this 1978 science fiction novel by an author that I'm not otherwise familiar with. I don't think I've read anything by Joan D. Vinge before. Based on this book though, I'd definitely give any of her...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Ace Double F-117: The Door Through Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Rendezvous on a Lost World by A Bertram Chandler

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 14 Apr 24

I'm still going through my large collection of Ace Doubles, the long-running series of science fiction paperbacks that was published from the early 50s to the early 70s. Each volume consisted of two books printed back to back –...

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Science Fiction Review - "If This Goes On-" by Robert Heinlein

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 17 Feb 24

Anyone reads a fair amount of science fiction has at least heard of Robert Heinlein, one of the top SF authors of the 20th Century. This is a quick review of "If This Goes On-", his first published novel-lenghth story. It was...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Assignment Luther by Lan Wright

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 27 Jan 24

I've just finished reading another of these vintage science fiction books that I get in job lots. A bit of a quick read, it's by an author who I don't recall encountering before - Lan Wright. A bit of online research reveals...

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Tribute To My BFF

celticeagle @celticeagle (189917) • Boise, Idaho 27 Dec 23

I met Gini Sampson when I was in junior high and chumming with her younger sister. Betty brought me up to the big barn of a house she lived in with her family. Along with 4 brothers, she has a younger sister, Lilly, and an older...

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Foundation by Isaac Asimov - Science Fiction Book Review

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 21 Nov 23

Here I am, not far off middle age (OK, I'm in my late 50s), a life-long science fiction fan, and can you believe I've only just got round to reading Foundation? It's one of the traditional SF standards, it's like a fan of...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Ace Double D-69: Beyond Earth's Gates by Lewis Padgett and C.L. Moore, and Daybreak 2250 A.D. By Andre Norton

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 4 Nov 23

I'm still going through my large collection of Ace Science Fiction Doubles, that well-remembered series of paperback books that were published from the early 50s to the early 70s. For me, it's a classic era of SF, when books were...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Anthem by Ayn Rand

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 30 Jul 23

Some readers may already be familiar with Ayn Rand, but for those who aren't, she was a Russian of Jewish descent but athiestic outlook who emigrated to America after the Bolshevik revolution and eventually became a full-time...

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Mandalorian Season 3 Finale

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 28 Jul 23

Is anyone else as sick of the stupid that goes on in the Star Wars movies as I am? I mean, really, clones upon clones of the bad guys. Supersuits that look like Batman and Ironman had a baby. Spoiler: Stop here if you haven't...

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Science Fiction Book Review: The Man Who Awoke by Laurence Manning

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 22 Jul 23

I bought a job lot of vintage science fiction books recently, which included this one. When I buy job lots of books, some I read and keep and others I sell on. I wasn't familiar with this book, or the author, so I thought I'd...

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Science Fiction Book Review: The Watch Below by James White

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 26 Jun 23

There's a really good second-hand bookshop in my city, a family business that's been operating since the 70s. Almost every time I go in there, I make a purchase. It has a particularly well-stocked science fiction section, with a...

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Ender's Game

ElicBxn @ElicBxn (64169) • United States 18 Jun 23

I have read Ender's Game a few times. I had not seen the movie. Now, it wasn't because I didn't want to see the movie, it was because when it came out, I was really broke. I guess I could've done it, but I knew I was going to...

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Science Fiction Book Review: Ace Double D-84: An Earth Gone Mad by Roger Dee and The Rebellious Stars by Isaac Asimov

Victor Frankenstein @VictorFrankenstein (311) • United Kingdom 8 Mar 23

Over the last couple of years, I've got heavily into collecting Ace Science Fiction Doubles. This was a line of paperback books, published over a period of about twenty years, from the early 50s to the 70s. Each one consisted of...

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