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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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The 1970s: When Lit Went SF (and Vice Versa). A survey of 25 novels that criss-crossed the boundaries between literary fiction and SF, causing some reviewers to exclaim, "My God, he’s committed science fiction!"

https://neglectedbooks.com/?p=7501

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@neglectedbooks Just bought three off the list! I left a comment in the post :)

I've reviewed a bunch you include on my site -- Bax, Kit Reed, etc.

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@neglectedbooks Others that came to mind that could fit the list that I covered...

John Hersey wrote a SF novel -- My Petition for More Space (1974) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2015/12/19/short-book-reviews-if-all-else-fails-craig-strete-1980-my-petition-for-more-space-john-hersey-1974-and-all-judgement-fled-james-white-serialized-1967/

Another Abe novel Secret Rendezvous (1977, trans. 1979) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2019/03/28/book-review-secret-rendezvous-kobo-abe-1977-trans-1979/

John A. Williams' Captain Blackman (1972) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/05/16/short-book-reviews-john-wyndhams-the-chrysalids-variant-title-re-birth-1955-john-a-williams-captain-blackman-1972-and-gina-berriaults-the-descent-1960/#more-22851

LOTS of Emma Tennant would fit: The Time of the Crack (variant title: The Crack) (1973) comes to mind https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2017/02/28/book-review-the-time-of-the-crack-variant-title-the-crack-emma-tennant-1973/

I have more... let me know if you want them :)

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What pre-1985 science fiction are you reading? https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/02/17/what-pre-1985-science-fiction-are-you-reading-update-no-ix/

The February column on my site! Come join the discussion.

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@mrundkvist my most recent review: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/07/18/short-story-reviews-philip-k-dicks-the-precious-artifact-1964-and-henry-slesars-mr-loneliness-1957/

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@mrundkvist and I wrote about my how difficult it is for me to write about his work — because it’s been so encyclopedically studied and analyzed by fans and academics alike — in this recent review https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/05/19/short-story-reviews-philip-k-dicks-the-infinites-1953-and-james-causeys-competition-1955/

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@julieofthespirits an intriguing one

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@mrundkvist I’ve reviewed a few of his short stories recently for various ongoing review series on my site. I read most of his best known works — like Do Androids— as an older teen

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David Gerrold’s Moonstar Odyssey (1977) is one of those "why isn't this read and studied more?" novels... not to be missed by fans of SF that ruminates on gender and society à la Le Guin. My review: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2019/06/17/book-review-moonstar-odyssey-david-gerrold-1977/

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@TomSwirly Feel free to join the lovely discussion on the site!

I've read and disliked The Warlord of the Air. I never got to the sequels.

My favorite Moorcock works so far.

The Black Corridor (1969) (which he wrote with Hilary Bailey): https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2020/06/08/book-review-the-black-corridor-michael-moorcock-and-hilary-bailey-1969/
“Behold the Man” (1966) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2017/06/11/book-review-worlds-best-science-fiction-1967-variant-title-worlds-best-science-fiction-third-series-ed-donald-a-wollheim-and-terry-carr-1967/

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@mrundkvist again, I enjoyed it as a teen — I’d you want to talk about fiction of his that I read more recently, definitely check out the reviews on my site!

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@mrundkvist and my general review index with links to all my PKD reviews. Note — some are from more than a decade ago. https://sciencefictionruminations.com/science-fiction-book-reviews-by-author/

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@KG_Jewell One of the first books I reviewed on my website more than a decade ago. I link it in the post.

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David Duncan (1913-1999) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?347

L, Richard Powers, 1955; R, Richard Powers, 1954

Gigantic looming rocket with male figures around the base.

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@nyrath for my reasons, check out the review! And feel free to join the conversation there :)

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@nyrath there’s a review of Dark Dominion on my website. Can’t say I’m a fan.

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Margaret St. Clair (1911-1995) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?237

L, William George, 1963; R, Bruce Emmett, 1974

Woman with large pearl-like shapes in her hair looks upward. Ruins? in the background.

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I've reviewed the following Margaret St. Clair works on my site. https://sciencefictionruminations.com/science-fiction-book-reviews-by-author/

Most recently “Quis Custodiet…?” (1948): https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/03/14/short-story-reviews-richard-mathesons-pattern-for-survival-1955-and-margaret-st-clairs-quis-custodiet/

I have more in the pipework for 2024. Stay tuned.

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Iain M. Banks (1954-2013) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?100

L, uncredited, 1989; R, uncredited, 1991

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@JesseRowell While primarily outside of my area of study (most of his SF appeared after 1985), what I have read of his has appealed -- The Wasp Factory for example. I do wish I had discovered him when I read SF more widely (i.e. my late teens).

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@JoshuaACNewman Maybe. I just follow whatever isfdb.org says... and unless there's definitive proof, they won't change an entry.

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My uncle passed away suddenly a few days ago. He was the type of wonderful person that would give a grouchy, studious, insular, 12-year-old me a book like this…

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New history purchase! Joyce A. Evans’ Celluloid Mushroom Clouds: Hollywood and the Atomic Bomb (1998)

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Artist George Gross (1909-2003) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?27730

L, 1968; R, 1964

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Josephine Young Case (1907-1990) was born on this day. I reviewed her narrative prose poem At Midnight on the 31st of March (1938) (her only SF work) for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/05/01/book-review-at-midnight-on-the-31st-of-march-josephine-young-case-1938/

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Artist Ed Emshwiller (1925-1990) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?550

L, 1964; R, 1958

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William Timmins' interior art for Poul Anderson's "Logic" (variant title: "Chain of Logic") in Astounding Science Fiction (July 1947)

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Wilhelmina Baird (1935-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?492
L, Bruce Jensen, 1994; R, Brian Lewis, 1961

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An intriguing book you have there Cyrus cat!

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F. L. Wallace (1915-2004) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1259

L, Jack Coggins, 1952; R, Ed Emshwiller, 1955

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