I spent half an hour going through the book this afternoon, looking for the key word - although it took a while to find the Googlebooks edition. (There's a Scribd one, but it doesn't seem searchable.) I have some juicy quotations, and found even more when I searched for another word. I like my quotes ( Read more... )

There's been something percolating for years, and it involves estrangement and the uncanny. And I keep thinking that there's something to be said for throwing an incredulity against metanarratives (© JF Lyotard) in the general direction of cognition, especially as I noticed the phrase cognitive mapping (© Fredric Jameson ( Read more... )

The 50 SF Books You Must Read @ Forbidden Planet ( Read more... )

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/22/gove-50-books-children-laureate

( 11: Gerard 0'Neill, The High Frontier )

( IX: Barry Malzberg, The Men Inside (1973) )

Let's see if I can keep on top of this. I need a separate file...

( I: Alfred Bester, Extro (1975) )

A listing, I fear, and I'll add to this if I recall anything else...

CXXXVI: John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider
CXXXVII: John Brunner, The Jagged Orbit
CXXXVIII: Susan L. # Aberth, Leonora Carrington - Surrealism, Alchemy and Art
CXXXIX: Stefan van Raay, Joanna Moorhead and Teresa Arcq, Surreal Friends: Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati ( Read more... )

The Anifest kept me indoors for most of Saturday, aside for a brief period of reading on the balcony of Albatross House and an hour in Caffe Nerd, so I was afraid the weather would be against me on Sunday. As things turned out, it stayed clear, and I headed east, pausing for a discount brand store. I fancied Widders Bel, but the coffee is better in ( Read more... )

I forgot to crosspost this

( CXXXII: Kate Wilhelm, The Clewiston Test (1976) )