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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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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
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I have reviewed two of Fred Saberhagen's generation ship short stories.

“Birthdays” (1976) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/05/04/generation-ship-short-story-review-fred-saberhagens-birthdays-1976/

“The Long Way Home” (1961) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/10/22/generation-ship-short-story-review-fred-saberhagens-the-long-way-home-1961/

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I am becoming more and more obsessed with post-WWII social criticism and its intersections with left-leaning 50s science fiction.

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Colin Greenland (1954-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?288

L, Steinar Lund, 1991; R, Steve Weston, 1984

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My review of Colin Greenland's Daybreak on a Different Mountain (1984) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2019/06/11/book-review-daybreak-on-a-different-mountain-colin-greenland-1984/

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F. Paul Wilson (1946-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?235

L, Joe Petagno, 1979; R, Jill Bauman, 1982
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Pierre Barbet (1925-1995) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?319

L, David Lewis, 1979; R, Oliviero Berni, 1980

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Artist Bob Blanchard (1914-1993) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?107761

L, 1961; R, 1960
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Eddie Jones' cover art detail for Klaus Fischer's Legende der Roboter (1972)

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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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Editor George H. Scithers (1929-2010) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?840

L, George Angelini, 1981; R, Alex Schomburg, 1985

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Josh Kirby's cover art detail for the 1976 edition of John Brunner's Polymath (variant title: Castaways' World) (1963)

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Philip Wylie (1902-1971) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?262

L, uncredited, 1956; R, Josh Kirby, 1975

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Artist David Pelham (1938-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?26191

L, 1973; R, 1974

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L. Neil Smith (1946-2021) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?427

L, Wayne Barlowe, 1990; R, Barney Plotkin, 1980

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Barry B. Longyear (1942-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?242

L, Paul Youll and Stephen Youll, 1989; R, John Rush, 1981

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Recent Rereads: Outward Bound. The Jupiter novels were a 1990's attempt to replicate the Heinlein juveniles, by a small group of hard SF writers. This is James Hogan's attempt, a coming-of-age story as a young criminal reaches for the stars. Libertarian space industry propaganda

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@sbisson Hogan was a holocaust denier...

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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.

Come join the community!

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@onetrueceyton Thank you for the kind words.

Amazon links? Maybe one or two but very rarely.

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@onetrueceyton I have never collected a penny for my site for more than a decade. But thank you so much for the offer. Maybe when I eventually (I've been saying it for years) start a Patreon... :)

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@onetrueceyton Yeah, I occasionally link various history books. I buy wherever to be honest. Amazon, various used book stores on my travels, Abebooks, ebay, etc.

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@onetrueceyton I mean, you can always going the great discussion in the comment sections of the posts! :) That's support enough at this moment.

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@onetrueceyton Sorry for the confusing error.

*You can always join the great

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@ftmou Haha :)

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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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In “Tools” (1942), the unchecked capitalist vastation shifts from Mercury to Venus and a new form of power. Instead of harvesting the sun’s rays as in “Masquerade,” the monopoly Radium, Inc.—which “owns the Solar System, body and soul” (122)–exports shiploads of radium from the Venusian mines harvested by specialized robots with ‘radon brains.'

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