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New on Project Gutenberg, 23 Aug 2011
New or updated ebooks of note on Project Gutenberg. The Last Man (1826) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley The Door Through Space (1961) by Marion Zimmer Bradley Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift (1887) by J. Bowles Daly and Jonathan … Continue reading
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Tagged ebooks, HG Wells, Ireland, J Bowles Daly, Jonathan Swift, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mary Shelley, Project Gutenberg, reading, SF
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Philip K Dick on The Lathe of Heaven
PKD said: “One of the best novels, and most important to understanding of the nature of our world, is Ursula Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven, in which the dream universe is articulated in such a striking and compelling way … Continue reading
Tagged Philip K Dick, reading, SF, Ursula K Le Guin
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Make-believe philosophy of the day, 7 Jul 2011
It doesn’t have to be the way it is. That is what fantasy says. It doesn’t say, “Anything goes” — that’s irresponsibility, when two and one make five, or forty-seven, or whuddevva, and the story doesn’t “add up,” as we … Continue reading
Tagged fantasy, MPotD, philosophy, reading, rebellion, SF, Ursula K Le Guin
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On Gutenberg, 28 Jun 2011
New and updated on Project Gutenberg. This time around, including: On the Trail of the Space Pirates (1953) by Carey Rockwell King of the Air (1907) by Herbert Strang Autobiography of an Electron (1911) by Charles R. Gibson On the … Continue reading
Merry pratt of the day, 24 Jun 2011
“Clint, I’ve heard a lot of fantastic yarns, but this tops them all. If anyone else told me that story, I’d throw him out on his pratt.” From Seven from the Stars (1962) by Marion Zimmer Bradley. As deducible from … Continue reading
Tagged learning, Marion Zimmer Bradley, MPotD, reading, SF
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On Gutenberg, 15 Jun 2011
New and updated ebooks of interest on Project Gutenberg recently: The Thing in the Attic by James Blish The Mystery of the Locks by Edgar Watson Howe The Mantle and Other Stories by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Canadian Fairy Tales by … Continue reading
On Gutenberg, 19 May 2011
Recently new or updated titles of note on Project Gutenberg. This time around: The Flowers of Evil (1857) by Charles Baudelaire Astounding Stories, July 1931 Warlock o’ Glenwarlock (1881) by George MacDonald The Flowers of Evil (1857) by Charles Baudelaire … Continue reading