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History PhD. Joachim Boaz maps the more esoteric inclines and declines of science fiction between 1945-1985. When SF tackles the greater morass of things and our oblique interiors he is happy. His website Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations charts these movements. https://sciencefictionruminations.com/

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Bob Leman (1922-2006) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?12249

L, David A. Hardy, 1977; R, Barclay Shaw, 1980

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Gardner F. Fox (1911-1986) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1305

L, Gray Morrow, 1966; R, Jeff Jones, 1969

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What pre-1985 science fiction are you reading? + Update No. XII

Come participate in the discussion: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/05/19/what-pre-1985-science-fiction-are-you-reading-update-no-xii/

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Fred Saberhagen (1930-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?602

L, Richard Powers, 1969; R, Richard Powers, 1967
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

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Herbert W. Franke (1927-2022) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?15582

L, Vincent Di Fate, 1973; R, Eyke Volkmer, 1962

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Hello new followers! I know that many of you found me because of the birthday posts and cover art. I have been writing religiously about the texts-- published primarily between 1945-1985 -- on my fanzine website for more than a decade: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/

I'm an obsessive reader and writer of whim. I've conducted review series on diverse topics from Native American SF authors to generation ships.

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Short Story Reviews: Clifford D. Simak’s “Masquerade” (1941) and “Tools” (1942) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/05/12/short-story-reviews-clifford-d-simaks-masquerade-1941-and-tools-1942/

Human in suit on Venus looks down into a mine -- other spaceships and a dome are also visible.

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From my Cold War primary source shelves: J. Edgar Hoover’s Masters of Deceit (1958) replete with high school student scholarship contest! #history #ColdWar #books #America #Communism

Contest rules for high school students
Essay question for high school student contest

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Artist Alex Schomburg (1905-1998) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1306

L, 1952; R, 1965

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Artist Bruce Pennington (1944-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?25937

L, 1972; R. 1973

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Intriguing analysis of Asimov’s Foundation trilogy and its central flaw.

From M. Keith Booker’s Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War: American Science Fiction and the Roots of Postmodernism, 1946-1964 (2001)

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William Tenn (1920-2010) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?484

L, Boris Vallejo, 1975; R, Richard Powers, 1955

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Richard McKenna (1913-1964) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?8013

L, Angus McKie, 1976; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1963

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Richard Cowper (1926-2002) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?481

L, Don Maitz, 1979; R, Don Maitz, 1981

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My review of Cowper's The Road to Corlay (1978) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2019/04/01/book-review-the-road-to-corlay-richard-cowper-1978/

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Richard Adams (1920-2016) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1018

L, Pauline Baynes, 1973; R, Martin White, 1974

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New science fiction purchases! Vernor Vinge, Daphne du Maurier, Keith Laumer, and Mack Reynolds

Discussion, my initial thoughts, cover information: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/05/07/updates-recent-science-fiction-purchases-no-cccxxxiii-keith-laumer-vernor-vinge-mack-reynolds-daphne-du-maurier/

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Today's #WaferThinBook: Faustine by Emma Tennant (1992, 140p.)
A retelling of the Faust legend, set in 1990s London with a female cast. Doormat Muriel becomes rich, sexy, envied Lisa through the machinations of a Satanic Gran. "An entertaining tract for the times," said the TLS.

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@neglectedbooks I thoroughly enjoyed Tennant's The Time of the Crack (variant title: The Crack) (1973). I should read more of her speculative fiction... I read but never reviewed Hotel de Dream as well. https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2017/02/28/book-review-the-time-of-the-crack-variant-title-the-crack-emma-tennant-1973/
#scifi #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #literature #satire

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Artist Bob Layzell (1940-) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26048

L, 1977; R, 1980

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John Broome (1913-1999) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1864

L, Rudolph Belarski, 1941; R, Rudolph Belarski, 1941

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Eddie Jones' cover art for D. C. Hogan's Nacht über Balun (1976)

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Paul Auster (1947-2024) https://locusmag.com/2024/05/paul-auster-1947-2024/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-RSS

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Frank Kelly Freas' art illustrating William Rotsler's "The Raven and the Hawk" in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, ed. Ben Bova (September 1974)

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Robert J. Sawyer (1960-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?346

L, Tom Kidd, 1992; R, uncredited, 1994

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