Ich habe dieses Buch 2007 von einem Grabbeltisch im damals noch existierenden Frankfurter Laden von Zweitausendeins erworben und angefangen zu lesen. Auf halber Strecke bin ich damals stehengeblieben. Nicht, weil…
A solid mix of fantasy and SF. Could have been an episode of Star Trek with humanity monitoring backward settlements on remote planets without intruding. It's not that those settlements…
The S in SF stands at least as much for social as for science when it comes to this book. There's a science part in that a scientist discovers an…
The premise of genetically mutated humans is interesting and disturbing at the same time. Also, the setup with a human dictator ruling the Earth is critical, being written in 1940.…
Kapuściński was correspondent for the national Polish news agency from the 50's onward. Mainly, he was sent to African countries but he also had stints in Latin America, the Middle…
Abe was a visionary writer and while being a 'serious' writer, he didn't shy away from writing science fiction. Inter Ice Age 4 stands out from all other science fiction…
Reading Middlesex got me thinking about Auster's 4 3 2 1 which I read shortly before. Both books are similar in their conception. They are immigrant tales. Greek orthodox for…
This book is the opposite of feelgood literature. Blindness is an enigmatic book doing its best to hinder you from entry. Each page is a struggle in reception due to…
Doesn't stand the test of time. It's repetitive, disrespectful and unimaginative science fiction from the not so golden age of SF. As mentioned in other reviews, the conception resembles a…
Brainship took me by surprise. I read it as part of a collection of 12 SF volumes with a total of 36 SF books from the 50's to the 70's.…