Buch-Review: Warme Welten und andere von James Tiptree Jr.
A collection of wild rides, often having quirky visions of alien creatures as the central plot idea. If I hadn't known that James Tiptree actually was a retired lady writing…
Buch-Review: Zeit der Vögel von James Blish
What nonsense! Science Fiction is about ideas but the ideas here are far-fetched and underdeveloped. None of the events is explained in any believable fashion. The effort of giving depth…
Buch-Review: Geheimagentin der Erde von John Brunner
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…
Buch-Review: Das große Geheimnis von René Barjavel
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…
Buch-Review: Slan von A.E. van Vogt
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.…
Menschen, Marsianer und Maschinen von Eric Frank Russell
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…
Ein Raumschiff namens Helva von Anne McCaffrey
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.…
Ich bin Harlie von David Gerrold
I often read science fiction and came across many authors but I wasn't aware at all of David Gerrold before reading this book as part of a collection. A pity…