All Consuming : letter_d

A story about "A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (letter_d) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:02:57 GMT

A Canticle for Leibowitz (Bantam Spectra Book)

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Seminal, but in a rather boring way.

A story about "Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (letter_d) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:01:21 GMT

Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1)

by Frank Herbert

How strange to realize how long ago this book was written—after several tries, I finally managed to make my way through this in the mid-90’s.

A story about "Stand on Zanzibar"

nobody@allconsuming.net (letter_d) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:00:14 GMT

Stand on Zanzibar

by John Brunner

While I suppose it is the technically better written tale, I’ve always been baffled by why this title received a Hugo and The Sheep Look Up did not.

A story about "The Forever War"

nobody@allconsuming.net (letter_d) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:57:27 GMT

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

I know I have read this, and I don’t remember one blessed thing about it.

Why I recommend "DREAMSNAKE"

nobody@allconsuming.net (letter_d) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:56:14 GMT

DREAMSNAKE

by Vonda Mcintyre

I love this book, then and now—why was biology so relentlessly ignored in science fiction? Vonda was one of the first to remediate the imbalance.

A story about "The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (letter_d) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:54:17 GMT

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)

by Neal Stephenson

Uncharacteristically, I had to slog a bit through this—the premise, setting and writer should have been a fantastic combination for me, but alas… not.

A story about "American Gods"

nobody@allconsuming.net (letter_d) — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:52:58 GMT

American Gods

by Neil Gaiman

Read this after endless recommendations—it completely failed to capture me.