Why Ghouls Leave Home. by Ray Bradbury
Strange to say, this brief humorous piece is not Google-able: although I’m sure the piece is in a printed bibliography of Bradbury, the title is not to be … Read more »
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Galactic Pot-Healer. Philip K. Dick.
Galactic Pot-Healer. Philip K. Dick. Berkley: 1969 I guess this could be classified as a humorous tragedy. Joe Fernright is a “pot-healer”–he fixes ceramic pots in a distant … Read more »
The Golden Compass. Philip Pullman.
The Golden Compass.Philip Pullman. Del Rey: 1997. A celebrated book and rightly so. The writing is simple enough for young adults yet good enough for adults, the plot … Read more »
Radio Free Albemuth. Philip K. Dick
Radio Free Albemuth Philip K. DickArbor House: 1985. Dick is known for his paranoid-loner-goes-against-the-system theme, and this book fits in well. Dick himself is a sort of side-kick … Read more »
Thoughts on the Dark Tower series. Stephen King.
I believe that King did not know where the story was going when he wrote the first book or two. This may, of course, strengthen his argument that … Read more »
The Dark Tower. Stephen King.
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower.Stephen King.Grant: 2004. [warning: plot spoilers]The final volume in this interesting series is as good as the first. All the good guys … Read more »
R.U.R. Karel Capek.
R.U.R. Karel Capek. Washington Square Press: 1969/1923 I have always known this book for two reasons: it is the origin of the word ‘robot’ and it has always … Read more »
Truckers. Terry Pratchett
TruckersTerry PratchettDelacorte: 1990. The first in a new series for teens, Truckers has the usual (though a bit toned down) Pratchett humor and wacky mythology. This mythology is … Read more »
Lord Foul’s Bane. Stephen R. Donaldson.
Lord Foul’s Bane.by Stephen R. Donaldson.Ballantyne. 1977. First novel in popular epic fantasy series. Thomas Covenant has leprosy and is magically transported to fantasy world, which he refuses … Read more »
K-PAX. Gene Brewer.
K-PAX.Gene Brewer. Classified as sci-fi, this was a disappointing novel of a mental patient who thinks he’s from another planet. (Disappointing mainly because there’s was nothing “sci-fi” about … Read more »