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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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Things like "Jail-Jamas" are why all of our parents divorced.

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@ruralgloom "Meh." I read it as a sneaky way to market a sex costume. And thus an adventurous time in the bedroom.... Haha

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@ruralgloom Costumes for a couple in bed. I am unsure how fun sexy time isn't the reality. Despite how it's marketed...

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New history purchase!

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Oliviero Berni's cover art detail for the 1982 edition of John Brunner's Polymath (variant title: Castaways' World) (1963)
#scifi #sciencefiction #art #artist

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Lindsay Gutteridge (1923-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2190

L, Chris Foss, 1973; R, Vincent Di Fate, 1974

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Robert Crane (1908-1990) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?2156

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

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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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@ecadre One of the earliest SF books I read -- I remember little. Feel free to join the convo on the site! :)

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@seelefand Yeah, I read it a decade or so ago and need to give it a reread! Feel free to join the conversation on the site :)

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@seelefand And for why I love Disch, check out my review from last year of The Genocides (1965) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/01/08/book-review-the-genocides-thomas-m-disch-1965/

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@spacetimedonut Indeed. My most recent Brunner review: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/03/02/book-review-john-brunners-the-squares-of-the-city-1965/

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I include reading updates, birthdays with bibliographical links for the last few weeks, and cryptic references to current projects in the post as well! #scifi #sciencefiction #writing #books

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@MSchneiberg I remember enjoying both the book and the film. Feel free to join the community on the site! That's my primary forum for SF discussion.

I have reviewed a few Bradbury shorts in the last year or so. My slow and late return to his work.

“Almost the End of the World” (1957) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/10/10/future-media-short-story-review-ray-bradburys-almost-the-end-of-the-world-1957/
“The Highway” (1950) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/06/15/short-story-reviews-ray-bradburys-the-highway-1950-and-leslie-a-croutchs-the-day-the-bomb-fell-1950/
“The Pedestrian” (1951) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/01/28/future-media-short-story-review-ray-bradburys-the-pedestrian-1951/

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@MSchneiberg My about page gives a good sense of what I am interested in: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/about/

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@MSchneiberg I discuss the date range in this podcast interview as well: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/07/14/updates-podcast-interview-and-vintage-sf-discussion-extravaganza/

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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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@Old_IT_geek nah. Not everything needs to be mutilated by a film or miniseries…

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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/
#scifi #sciencefiction #books

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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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