Hoo-boy… One might get the impression from reading “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (one of the greatest sci-fi books of all time) that even bad Walter Tevis would be just a shade short of wonderful.
Well, here we have a book that shows that no matter how talented one is, a stinker is always a [...]
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“The Steps of the Sun” by Walter Tevis
Posted in Sci-Fi Books on May 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Richard Matheson’s “The Incredible Shrinking Man”
Posted in Sci-Fi Books on January 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of that subset of books that truly suffers from having been adapted into a film. (Which isn’t overly surprising, as Matheson is also credited with the adaptation.)
Despite the many things that this book does that the film does not (i.e. more intricate and ‘expensive’ action sequences, less subdued references to sexuality, a [...]
J.G. Ballard’s “The Crystal World”
Posted in Sci-Fi Books on January 6, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Just finished this book yesterday…color me unimpressed.
Perhaps Ballard was better when he got more bizarre. “Crash” sounds interesting, as does “The Atrocity Exhibition.” But this…this was just a waste of time.
The core idea was brilliant. Spontaneous crystalization occuring in the forests in three locations on earth, which rendered useless the distinctions between life and death [...]
“The Watch Below” by James White
Posted in Sci-Fi Books on October 7, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Just finished reading the book, which was suggested to me by my immunization doctor a couple weeks ago as a book she’d like to see turned into a film.
I have mixed opinions about her verdict.
On the one hand, it is clearly a very intelligent little tale, with a great deal of merit when it comes [...]
