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Free SF Reader : Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror (Free subscription) | yesterday
"I started reading science fiction (SF) when I was quite young. Like many readers, I discovered the magic and wonder of distant stars and epic voyages on the shelves of my local public library where Robert A. Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy, Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination, Edgar Rice Burroughs's A Princess of Mars, and so many others awaited me. I was, perhaps, seven. My earliest recollections...
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Scotto's Wall Scrawls (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Dave Nelson, Adam, Anna and the in-laws came over for a visit last night and some nom noms before the big day of gluttony-type behavior. We played a boatload of jungle speed and nibbled on pigs in blankets, and those cream cheese wraps that BHK has continued to develop into super tasty treats. Much fun was had by all – I prefer playing the dorky warthog more than the lion or rhino, now. Adam...
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Stainless Steel Droppings (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Podkayne of Mars ~Robert A. Heinlein –originally published in novel form in 1963, my version 1970 –176 pages, Berkley Books –3.75/5 stars Robert Heinlein was and remains one of America’s most celebrated science fiction authors. Although Heinlein wrote a number of short stories for various magazines on any variety of themes, his first published work in novel form, [...]
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webbunny tumblelog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” - Robert A. Heinlein
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The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Speculative fiction has produced some of the most intriguing story titles ever. But which are the best of the best? You should never judge a book by its cover, but should you judge a story by its title? If the recent success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is anything to go by, then for many readers today the answer is yes. Seth Grahame-Smith's bestselling mash-up of Jane Austen and George A Romero...
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martinimade (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
"Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events." - Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long* * I think. I...
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Lady, That's My Skull (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
This installment of the Futura Saga from Planet Comics #52 (January 1948) continues the "Magic Sword" story. The cover is another fine example of the Good Girl Art school of marketing so common to the pulps and other popular printed media of the time. The inclusion of the penis-dentata monster and the coloring detail highlighting the "fun zones" of the distressed damsel make the...
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man with black hat (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, pitch manure, solve equations, analyze a new problem, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -- Robert A Heinlein (1907 – 1988) (H/T...
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Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Robert A Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard science fiction"
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Fragile Industries (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I just finished re-reading Robert A. Heinlein's Time Enough For Love, my first revisit to Heinlein's writing since my teens (nearly 40 years ago). As a kid, I first was hooked by RAH's juveniles, progressed to Stranger In A Strange...
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Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Robert A Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard science fiction". He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was the first writer to break into...
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Paul Grenyer (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
by Robert A. Heinlein (978-0340938348). This book lacks much real science fiction. At most it's a fantasy book. What it really is is a dig at society and religion and that, unfortunately, stifles a story that actually isn't there. Many science fiction books make these points as well, but that doesn't make this science fiction. If this was a relatively new book I'd say it's all been done before, but...
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Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Robert A Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard science fiction". He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was the first writer to break into...
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Italy Down Under (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Robert A Heinlein was an American novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of "hard science fiction". He set a high standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of literary quality. He was the first writer to break into...
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[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Project Moon Base is a 1953 space exploration film that bears the indelible stamp of its creator, science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein. And I dont mean that in a good way It does make some...
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