Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge

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A book that follows the main plot of the Snow Queen fairy tale. This version happens on a planet where both summer and winter lasts over h...
Sunday, September 25, 2011

Galaxy March 1952

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Somewhat above average issue, the stories are ok, but perhaps a little past their time. The Year of the Jackpot • novelette by Rober...
Friday, September 9, 2011

Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1952

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An average issue for Galaxy at that time. Double Standard • shortstory by Alfred Coppel A man is using a fake ID and masks to get on a ...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks

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This book continues the series of interesting neurological case studies. This time the emphasis is on visual perception and sight. The boo...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2011

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A serial takes lot of space from this issue. Otherwise below average issue. Therapeutic Mathematics and The Physics of Curve Balls • nove...

Darwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century by Robert Charles Wilson

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Europe is overnight replaced with a strange land with strange plants and strange, most often poisonous animals. The geography is the same, ...
Thursday, September 1, 2011

Analog Science Fiction and Fact July-August 2011

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I read this issue weeks ago, but haven't had time to write the review. Stupidly I hadn't made any notes about stories, either – and...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head: A Psychiatrist's Stories of His Most Bizarre Cases by Gary Small

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A collection of unusual cases from the practice of American psychiatrist, varying from a naked young woman standing on her head on the...