The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (1972) – Well, you can’t get much better than the master for some old-school, classic science fiction. When The Gods started out, it was a pretty mundane concept of an element spontaneously turning into another element and supplying the Earth with unlimited, clean energy. Wrapped around this simple nugget of an idea is the egomaniac scientist who tested the substance and is given credit for creating Earth’s wonderful power source. When a young professor named Lawton comes to interview the […]
Glad I Stuck it Out
I almost didn’t make it past the first third of this book. I put it down for several days, with no intention of picking it back up. Three of the four men that this book is about are very unlikable; they are arrogant, brash and had zero respect for the jungle or its inhabitants. They mistreat every animal they come across, kill things that they didn’t need to and it was the scenes of animal cruelty that caused me to skip over pages entirely, and […]
Papercut by Polaroids, I Bled To Death Looking For A Band-Aid
I WILL CROSS-STITCH AN IMAGE OF YOUR FUTURE HOME BURNING. I WILL HANG THIS IMAGE OVER YOUR BED WHILE YOU SLEEP. The promise of this threat couldn’t be sustained by the unreliable third person surrealist narration. If such a thing can be thought to exist. CBR #7 – Papercut By Polaroids, I Bled to Death Looking For A Band-Aid
Do The Evolution, Baby
Excellent short story collection in the vein of pre-vinyl-hipster Jonathan Lethem. Gun, With Occasional Music and As She Climbed Across the Table Lethem. Great studies of human dynamics sauced excellently with strange science elements. Really dug this one. CBR #6 – Do The Evolution, Baby