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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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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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My review of McKenna's Casey Agonistes and Other Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories (1973) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2021/10/31/book-review-casey-agonistes-and-other-science-fiction-and-fantasy-stories-richard-mckenna-1973/

Contains my favorite of his stories: “Hunter, Come Home” (1963)

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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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…Ultimately, then, Asimov’s psychohistory is neither an extension of Marxism to greater scientific validity, per Wollheim, nor reversion to the vulgar Marxism of the 1930s, per Elkins. It is, instead, a simplistic, essentially ahistorical mod that has nevertheless been influenced by grand historical meta narratives of the sort proposed by Marx…

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“In short, Asimov, via Seldon, seems unable to envision any real historical change: one reason why Seldon can presumably predict the future is that people in the future are no different from people in the present. Indeed, the one time Seldon’s predictions fail is when the Mule, whose mind does work differently, comes along…

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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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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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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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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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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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Terry Pratchett (1948-2015) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?155

L, Vicente Segrelles, 1985; R, Tim White, 1982

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Two post-apocalyptic nightmares by Robert Bloch: “Daybroke” (1958) and “The Head” (1976) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/04/27/short-story-reviews-robert-blochs-daybroke-1958-and-the-head-1976/

Richard Powers interior art. Man in sanctuary sees city blasted below by a nuclear weapon.

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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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George Collyn (1937-2002) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?13009

L, Paul Lehr, 1970; R, Frederic Marvin, 1968

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In the office -- with cat friend -- attempting to write...

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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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Bowman's interior art for Dean McLaughlin's "Welcome Home" in Infinity Science Fiction (October 1957)

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Edward E. Smith (1890-1965) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?67

L, Ric Binkley, 1950; R, Jack Gaughan, 1965

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Recent science fiction purchase!

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

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Nuclear weapons as the “ultimate colonizer.”

Discussed in Jonathan Hogg’s British Nuclear Culture (2016)

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Jack Gaughan's inspiration?

The Mount Nemrut royal tomb complex for the kings and queens of the Hellenistic Greco-Iranian Kingdom of Commagene

L, Jack Gaughan, 1978

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Artist George Schelling (1938-) was born on this day. List of covers: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?27415

L, 1965; R, 1965

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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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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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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/
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