We've made a shelf just for classic #ScienceFiction in the SF section, here are three Joe has loved over the years:

The Illustrated Man: as a youngster, this short story collection was my gateway into the works of Ray Bradbury (still reading him today)

I Am Legend, Matheson's slim classic (oft-filmed, never really quite getting the book) captures that era of Cold War paranoia, fear and isolation

Wasp, a delightful, slightly anarchic adventure romp, beloved by Terry Pratchett. A highly resourceful agent is dropped on an enemy planet to cause distractions (the way a wasp can distract a much larger creature). The humour is like a forerunner of Harrison's later Stainless Steel Rat.

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Neulich entdeckt: Eine Zeichnung von Jean-Marc Coté aus dem Jahr 1901.
Wie weitsichtig er das Jahr 2000 darstellt: Die Bücher werden geschreddert und der Inhalt den Menschen über Leitungen in den Kopf transferiert.
Mit einem Unterschied: Die Empfänger sind heute nicht die Menschen, sondern die "künstliche Intelligenz".

#classicsciencefiction #ki #ai

Adventures in an Alternate New York City: Missing Man by Katherine MacLean

A dastardly plot unfolds in the future of 1999!
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https://reactormag.com/adventures-in-an-alternate-new-york-city-missing-man-by-katherine-maclean/

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Adventures in an Alternate New York City: Missing Man by Katherine MacLean

A dastardly plot unfolds in the future of 1999!
The post Adventures in an Alternate New York City: <i>Missing Man</i> by Katherine MacLean appeared first on Reactor.
https://reactormag.com/adventures-in-an-alternate-new-york-city-missing-man-by-katherine-maclean/

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@indieauthors

We're so close to liftoff...please help us reach our 500 subscriber target so we can launch the new "The Interocitor" sci-fi short story magazine. It's a completely free, all-volunteer effort...no gotchas. Read up, sign up, and strap in!!
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Book 06 of 2024 is CHILDHOOD'S END By ARTHUR C. CLARKE (1953)

My take here: https://controllingthetransmissions.blogspot.com/2024/02/books-childhoods-end-by-arthur-c-clarke.html

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Top five awesomely verbose titles of Philip K. Dick novels:

5. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
4. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
3. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
2. Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb
1. The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike

#PhilipKDick #pkdNovels #books #classicScienceFiction #sf #scifi #scienceFiction #fiction #litfic #literature #literaryFiction

#LunchtimeReading : One Billion Years to the End of the World, by the Strugatsky brothers, translated by Antonia W Bouis, published @PenguinUKBooks , pick for the February #Edinburgh SF Book Group.

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