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THE TWILIGHT ZONE –“Judgment Night”
“What was the first time-loop story?” my friend Mike asked me after watching “Judgment Night.” “The first one I remember was Replay by Ken Grimwood.” But his question got me thinking. Time looping...
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THE TWILIGHT ZONE –“And When the Sky Was Opened”
The first episode I can remember seeing of The Twilight Zone was “Eye of the Beholder,” which was broadcast on November 11, 1960. I would turn nine on the 25th. I remember seeing it with my mother and...
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Do Your Top 10 Favorite Science Fiction Books Change Often?
Bookpilled recently posted on YouTube “Ranking All the Books from Every Top 15 Sci-Fi List” where he reevaluated several years of his All-Time Top 15 SF Books videos. Interestingly, books that had...
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HOTHOUSE by Brian W. Aldiss
Science fiction is best when it’s full of wonder. When I first read The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, I was awed by the idea of time travel, but two other ideas wowed me even more. Wells got me to...
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The State of the Science Fiction Short Story in 2024
For thirty-five years (1984-2018) I depended on Gardner Dozois to tell me about the state of short science fiction in his annual The Year’s Best Science Fiction. After he died, there were still many...
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“Zeta-Epsilon” by Isabel J. Kim
Have you ever wondered what being a cyborg would be like? Have you ever wished you had a computer built into your head to augment your memory? Have you ever wanted greater powers to perceive what your...
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Why is A Mirror for Observers by Edgar Pangborn out of print at Amazon? There is no Kindle or Audible edition either. This 1954 novel won the International Fantasy Award back in 1955. Being...
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SciFiScavenger’s 2024 SF Survey
The YouTube channel SciFiScavenger recently conducted a poll of their viewers’ favorite science fiction novels. Viewers were asked to submit their Top 10 SF novels in order. SciFiScavenger received...
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HOLY FIRE by Bruce Sterling
Science fiction writers can’t predict the future but some aim to speculate on times to come by extrapolating current trends. One of the most famous SF novels to do this was Stand on Zanzibar by John...
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THE CRYSTAL WORLD by J. G. Ballard
At a minimum, The Crystal World by J. G. Ballard was an entertaining cozy catastrophe that I was always anxious to get back to reading. What compels me to write this review is figuring out why. The...
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