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 »
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 »
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. 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. 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 »
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 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. 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 »
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.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. 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 »