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Walter M. Miller Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz"
from 1960 ...
...tells how monks preserve humanity's knowledge in the wake of a nuclear war as civilizations rise, fail, and must repeatedly learn from their mistakes, leaving a glimmer of hope for the future despite recurring disasters
Walter M. Miller Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz"
from 1960 ...
...tells how monks preserve humanity's knowledge in the wake of a nuclear war as civilizations rise, fail, and must repeatedly learn from their mistakes, leaving a glimmer of hope for the future despite recurring disasters
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Walter M. Miller Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz"
from 1960 ...
...tells how monks preserve humanity's knowledge in the wake of a nuclear war as civilizations rise, fail, and must repeatedly learn from their mistakes, leaving a glimmer of hope for the future despite recurring disasters
Walter M. Miller Jr.'s "A Canticle for Leibowitz"
from 1960 ...
...tells how monks preserve humanity's knowledge in the wake of a nuclear war as civilizations rise, fail, and must repeatedly learn from their mistakes, leaving a glimmer of hope for the future despite recurring disasters
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Who hasn't experienced this:
You reread a SF novel you absolutely loved in the early days of your SF reading career, hoping to recapture that same feeling from back then. That doesn't happen with most of the stories, but with some, it does: They're timeless!
Spontaneously, I think of:
Who hasn't experienced this:
You reread a SF novel you absolutely loved in the early days of your SF reading career, hoping to recapture that same feeling from back then. That doesn't happen with most of the stories, but with some, it does: They're timeless!
Spontaneously, I think of:
September 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Who hasn't experienced this:
You reread a SF novel you absolutely loved in the early days of your SF reading career, hoping to recapture that same feeling from back then. That doesn't happen with most of the stories, but with some, it does: They're timeless!
Spontaneously, I think of:
Who hasn't experienced this:
You reread a SF novel you absolutely loved in the early days of your SF reading career, hoping to recapture that same feeling from back then. That doesn't happen with most of the stories, but with some, it does: They're timeless!
Spontaneously, I think of:
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"SevenEves" Neal Stephenson from 2015
Neal tells the hard SF story with over 850 pages and combines in the first two thirds Armageddon, genetic engineering and survival in a space habitat towards the end with less than a handful of people surviving (the seven Eves), ...
"SevenEves" Neal Stephenson from 2015
Neal tells the hard SF story with over 850 pages and combines in the first two thirds Armageddon, genetic engineering and survival in a space habitat towards the end with less than a handful of people surviving (the seven Eves), ...
July 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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"SevenEves" Neal Stephenson from 2015
Neal tells the hard SF story with over 850 pages and combines in the first two thirds Armageddon, genetic engineering and survival in a space habitat towards the end with less than a handful of people surviving (the seven Eves), ...
"SevenEves" Neal Stephenson from 2015
Neal tells the hard SF story with over 850 pages and combines in the first two thirds Armageddon, genetic engineering and survival in a space habitat towards the end with less than a handful of people surviving (the seven Eves), ...
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"Kefahuchi Tract" Trilogy : Light / Nova Swing / Empty Space
by M. John Harrison
I've struggled through the 850+ pages
ok, check it off my TBR: some really cool snippets of ideas - unfortunately, Harrison doesn't follow them up.
not the kind of space opera of a Banks, Simmons, or Hamilton
"Kefahuchi Tract" Trilogy : Light / Nova Swing / Empty Space
by M. John Harrison
I've struggled through the 850+ pages
ok, check it off my TBR: some really cool snippets of ideas - unfortunately, Harrison doesn't follow them up.
not the kind of space opera of a Banks, Simmons, or Hamilton
May 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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"Kefahuchi Tract" Trilogy : Light / Nova Swing / Empty Space
by M. John Harrison
I've struggled through the 850+ pages
ok, check it off my TBR: some really cool snippets of ideas - unfortunately, Harrison doesn't follow them up.
not the kind of space opera of a Banks, Simmons, or Hamilton
"Kefahuchi Tract" Trilogy : Light / Nova Swing / Empty Space
by M. John Harrison
I've struggled through the 850+ pages
ok, check it off my TBR: some really cool snippets of ideas - unfortunately, Harrison doesn't follow them up.
not the kind of space opera of a Banks, Simmons, or Hamilton
I don't want to deprive you of the cover of Bantam's first edition of Doomsday book - embarrassing 🙈😆
But I'm not selling it...
But I'm not selling it...
May 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I don't want to deprive you of the cover of Bantam's first edition of Doomsday book - embarrassing 🙈😆
But I'm not selling it...
But I'm not selling it...
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Gridlinked- Neal Asher (2001)
Asher – the master of dark, action-packed, imaginative space opera e.g. his "Line of Polity" sequence wich has several subseries:
"Gridlinked" is the first of fieve installments of the Agent Cormac series (great follow up "Line of Polity")
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Gridlinked- Neal Asher (2001)
Asher – the master of dark, action-packed, imaginative space opera e.g. his "Line of Polity" sequence wich has several subseries:
"Gridlinked" is the first of fieve installments of the Agent Cormac series (great follow up "Line of Polity")
...
May 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Gridlinked- Neal Asher (2001)
Asher – the master of dark, action-packed, imaginative space opera e.g. his "Line of Polity" sequence wich has several subseries:
"Gridlinked" is the first of fieve installments of the Agent Cormac series (great follow up "Line of Polity")
...
Gridlinked- Neal Asher (2001)
Asher – the master of dark, action-packed, imaginative space opera e.g. his "Line of Polity" sequence wich has several subseries:
"Gridlinked" is the first of fieve installments of the Agent Cormac series (great follow up "Line of Polity")
...
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"Galactic Pot-healer" by Philip K. Dick (1969)
Every now and then, there's a PKD. His "Galactic Pot-healer" showcases Dick's dark humor, which is rarely found in his work.
The novel passed even Stanislaw Lem's critical scrutiny.
"Galactic Pot-healer" by Philip K. Dick (1969)
Every now and then, there's a PKD. His "Galactic Pot-healer" showcases Dick's dark humor, which is rarely found in his work.
The novel passed even Stanislaw Lem's critical scrutiny.
April 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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"Galactic Pot-healer" by Philip K. Dick (1969)
Every now and then, there's a PKD. His "Galactic Pot-healer" showcases Dick's dark humor, which is rarely found in his work.
The novel passed even Stanislaw Lem's critical scrutiny.
"Galactic Pot-healer" by Philip K. Dick (1969)
Every now and then, there's a PKD. His "Galactic Pot-healer" showcases Dick's dark humor, which is rarely found in his work.
The novel passed even Stanislaw Lem's critical scrutiny.
I also love the psychedelic covers of the 60s and 70s.
These days, there's often KI image-generated mush.
Speaking of Ballard, here's the German cover from 1970's translation of The Crystal World ("Kristallwelt")
These days, there's often KI image-generated mush.
Speaking of Ballard, here's the German cover from 1970's translation of The Crystal World ("Kristallwelt")
April 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I also love the psychedelic covers of the 60s and 70s.
These days, there's often KI image-generated mush.
Speaking of Ballard, here's the German cover from 1970's translation of The Crystal World ("Kristallwelt")
These days, there's often KI image-generated mush.
Speaking of Ballard, here's the German cover from 1970's translation of The Crystal World ("Kristallwelt")
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"Black Easter" / "The Day after Jugdement" by James Blish (1971/1972)
All hell breaks loose - in Blish's two-part satire, a lapsed priest summons demons to Earth, who are only too happy to take advantage of power-hungry politicians and the nuclear annihilation potential of Earth's powers...
"Black Easter" / "The Day after Jugdement" by James Blish (1971/1972)
All hell breaks loose - in Blish's two-part satire, a lapsed priest summons demons to Earth, who are only too happy to take advantage of power-hungry politicians and the nuclear annihilation potential of Earth's powers...
April 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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"Black Easter" / "The Day after Jugdement" by James Blish (1971/1972)
All hell breaks loose - in Blish's two-part satire, a lapsed priest summons demons to Earth, who are only too happy to take advantage of power-hungry politicians and the nuclear annihilation potential of Earth's powers...
"Black Easter" / "The Day after Jugdement" by James Blish (1971/1972)
All hell breaks loose - in Blish's two-part satire, a lapsed priest summons demons to Earth, who are only too happy to take advantage of power-hungry politicians and the nuclear annihilation potential of Earth's powers...
"The Substance" by Coralie Fargeat (2024) 🩸📚
I wouldn't be surprised if one of Coralie's inspirations for
"The Substance" is David Cronenberg's 1986 body horror classic!
#horrormovies
I wouldn't be surprised if one of Coralie's inspirations for
"The Substance" is David Cronenberg's 1986 body horror classic!
#horrormovies
April 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"The Substance" by Coralie Fargeat (2024) 🩸📚
I wouldn't be surprised if one of Coralie's inspirations for
"The Substance" is David Cronenberg's 1986 body horror classic!
#horrormovies
I wouldn't be surprised if one of Coralie's inspirations for
"The Substance" is David Cronenberg's 1986 body horror classic!
#horrormovies
"Color out of Space" by by Richard Stanley (2019)
While not a faithful adaptation of the Lovecraft story, the creatures in this cosmic horror film capture the indescribable horror quite well, and the mutations of the Gardner family are truly disturbing.
#horrormovies
While not a faithful adaptation of the Lovecraft story, the creatures in this cosmic horror film capture the indescribable horror quite well, and the mutations of the Gardner family are truly disturbing.
#horrormovies
March 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"Color out of Space" by by Richard Stanley (2019)
While not a faithful adaptation of the Lovecraft story, the creatures in this cosmic horror film capture the indescribable horror quite well, and the mutations of the Gardner family are truly disturbing.
#horrormovies
While not a faithful adaptation of the Lovecraft story, the creatures in this cosmic horror film capture the indescribable horror quite well, and the mutations of the Gardner family are truly disturbing.
#horrormovies
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"The Little Goddess" novella by Ian McDonald (2005)
part of the "India 2047" Sequence
The story in a near-future India tells the captivating and fascinating tale of what it feels like to become a goddess... and then to have to navigate an uncaring world on the other side of divinity ...
"The Little Goddess" novella by Ian McDonald (2005)
part of the "India 2047" Sequence
The story in a near-future India tells the captivating and fascinating tale of what it feels like to become a goddess... and then to have to navigate an uncaring world on the other side of divinity ...
March 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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"The Little Goddess" novella by Ian McDonald (2005)
part of the "India 2047" Sequence
The story in a near-future India tells the captivating and fascinating tale of what it feels like to become a goddess... and then to have to navigate an uncaring world on the other side of divinity ...
"The Little Goddess" novella by Ian McDonald (2005)
part of the "India 2047" Sequence
The story in a near-future India tells the captivating and fascinating tale of what it feels like to become a goddess... and then to have to navigate an uncaring world on the other side of divinity ...
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"The Glamour" by Christopher Priest (1985)
The novel is certainly a prime example of philosophical sf and, along with "The Affirmation" and "The Extremes," is the core of his work, which explores the reliability of personal identity and the perception of reality.
"The Glamour" by Christopher Priest (1985)
The novel is certainly a prime example of philosophical sf and, along with "The Affirmation" and "The Extremes," is the core of his work, which explores the reliability of personal identity and the perception of reality.
March 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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"The Glamour" by Christopher Priest (1985)
The novel is certainly a prime example of philosophical sf and, along with "The Affirmation" and "The Extremes," is the core of his work, which explores the reliability of personal identity and the perception of reality.
"The Glamour" by Christopher Priest (1985)
The novel is certainly a prime example of philosophical sf and, along with "The Affirmation" and "The Extremes," is the core of his work, which explores the reliability of personal identity and the perception of reality.
"Final Prayer" by Elliot Goldner (2013)
British found-footage horror film with a dark atmosphere and a really nasty ending that I haven't forgotten to this day
Released in the UK under the original title "The Borderlands"
#horrormovies
British found-footage horror film with a dark atmosphere and a really nasty ending that I haven't forgotten to this day
Released in the UK under the original title "The Borderlands"
#horrormovies
March 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Final Prayer" by Elliot Goldner (2013)
British found-footage horror film with a dark atmosphere and a really nasty ending that I haven't forgotten to this day
Released in the UK under the original title "The Borderlands"
#horrormovies
British found-footage horror film with a dark atmosphere and a really nasty ending that I haven't forgotten to this day
Released in the UK under the original title "The Borderlands"
#horrormovies
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"The Baroque Cycle" by Neal Stephenson (2003/2004)
* Quicksilver
* The Confusion
* The System of the World
A fantastic re-read that demands stamina (3,000 pages), but no other has portrayed the path to the Enlightenment (scientific and political) from the second half of the 17th century...
"The Baroque Cycle" by Neal Stephenson (2003/2004)
* Quicksilver
* The Confusion
* The System of the World
A fantastic re-read that demands stamina (3,000 pages), but no other has portrayed the path to the Enlightenment (scientific and political) from the second half of the 17th century...
March 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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"The Baroque Cycle" by Neal Stephenson (2003/2004)
* Quicksilver
* The Confusion
* The System of the World
A fantastic re-read that demands stamina (3,000 pages), but no other has portrayed the path to the Enlightenment (scientific and political) from the second half of the 17th century...
"The Baroque Cycle" by Neal Stephenson (2003/2004)
* Quicksilver
* The Confusion
* The System of the World
A fantastic re-read that demands stamina (3,000 pages), but no other has portrayed the path to the Enlightenment (scientific and political) from the second half of the 17th century...
"Pontypool" by Bruce McDonald (2008)
What's unique about this zombie-themed film is that the disease is transmitted through language.
An underrated B-horror movie with a dark atmosphere.
The action takes place in and outside a radio station, the last bastion against the creatures.
#horrormovies
What's unique about this zombie-themed film is that the disease is transmitted through language.
An underrated B-horror movie with a dark atmosphere.
The action takes place in and outside a radio station, the last bastion against the creatures.
#horrormovies
March 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"Pontypool" by Bruce McDonald (2008)
What's unique about this zombie-themed film is that the disease is transmitted through language.
An underrated B-horror movie with a dark atmosphere.
The action takes place in and outside a radio station, the last bastion against the creatures.
#horrormovies
What's unique about this zombie-themed film is that the disease is transmitted through language.
An underrated B-horror movie with a dark atmosphere.
The action takes place in and outside a radio station, the last bastion against the creatures.
#horrormovies
"Suspiria" (2018) by Luca Guadagnino
Is it the film's dark atmosphere, the unforgettable, gruesome dance scene, outstanding performances of Johnson and Swinton (the latter in a strange dual role), Yorke's perfectly fitting score that makes the film a perfect Halloween rewatch?
#horrormovies
Is it the film's dark atmosphere, the unforgettable, gruesome dance scene, outstanding performances of Johnson and Swinton (the latter in a strange dual role), Yorke's perfectly fitting score that makes the film a perfect Halloween rewatch?
#horrormovies
March 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Suspiria" (2018) by Luca Guadagnino
Is it the film's dark atmosphere, the unforgettable, gruesome dance scene, outstanding performances of Johnson and Swinton (the latter in a strange dual role), Yorke's perfectly fitting score that makes the film a perfect Halloween rewatch?
#horrormovies
Is it the film's dark atmosphere, the unforgettable, gruesome dance scene, outstanding performances of Johnson and Swinton (the latter in a strange dual role), Yorke's perfectly fitting score that makes the film a perfect Halloween rewatch?
#horrormovies
“The Bay” (2012) by Barry Levinson
Underrated "found footage" horror
During a town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival on Chesapeake Bay, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there
#horrormovies
Underrated "found footage" horror
During a town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival on Chesapeake Bay, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there
#horrormovies
March 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“The Bay” (2012) by Barry Levinson
Underrated "found footage" horror
During a town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival on Chesapeake Bay, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there
#horrormovies
Underrated "found footage" horror
During a town's annual 4th of July Crab Festival on Chesapeake Bay, townspeople become sick, exhibiting a variety of symptoms, which leads local news reporters to suspect something has infected the water there
#horrormovies
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Back to the roots... Theodore Sturgeon
"Baby is Three" (1952)
Is this the best PSI story ever written?
The novella became Part 2 of the also awarded novel "More Than Human" (1953)
It is the only part that was published separately from the novel. Even in the best anthology of the "Golden Age"
Back to the roots... Theodore Sturgeon
"Baby is Three" (1952)
Is this the best PSI story ever written?
The novella became Part 2 of the also awarded novel "More Than Human" (1953)
It is the only part that was published separately from the novel. Even in the best anthology of the "Golden Age"
March 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Back to the roots... Theodore Sturgeon
"Baby is Three" (1952)
Is this the best PSI story ever written?
The novella became Part 2 of the also awarded novel "More Than Human" (1953)
It is the only part that was published separately from the novel. Even in the best anthology of the "Golden Age"
Back to the roots... Theodore Sturgeon
"Baby is Three" (1952)
Is this the best PSI story ever written?
The novella became Part 2 of the also awarded novel "More Than Human" (1953)
It is the only part that was published separately from the novel. Even in the best anthology of the "Golden Age"
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Back to the roots... Henry Kuttner and C .L. Moore
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (1943) by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym for the author couple)
All parents want their children to be smarter than they are, but if the learning materials appear in our present day through a time travel accident, ...
Back to the roots... Henry Kuttner and C .L. Moore
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (1943) by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym for the author couple)
All parents want their children to be smarter than they are, but if the learning materials appear in our present day through a time travel accident, ...
February 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Back to the roots... Henry Kuttner and C .L. Moore
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (1943) by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym for the author couple)
All parents want their children to be smarter than they are, but if the learning materials appear in our present day through a time travel accident, ...
Back to the roots... Henry Kuttner and C .L. Moore
"Mimsy Were the Borogoves" (1943) by Lewis Padgett (pseudonym for the author couple)
All parents want their children to be smarter than they are, but if the learning materials appear in our present day through a time travel accident, ...
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Back to the roots... John W. Campbell
"Who Goes There?"
published 1938 under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart (Astounding cover)
A gripping mixture of SF and horror. The novella served John Carpenter in 1982 for his genre classic "The Thing", whose genius added a visually impressive interpretation.
Back to the roots... John W. Campbell
"Who Goes There?"
published 1938 under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart (Astounding cover)
A gripping mixture of SF and horror. The novella served John Carpenter in 1982 for his genre classic "The Thing", whose genius added a visually impressive interpretation.
February 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Back to the roots... John W. Campbell
"Who Goes There?"
published 1938 under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart (Astounding cover)
A gripping mixture of SF and horror. The novella served John Carpenter in 1982 for his genre classic "The Thing", whose genius added a visually impressive interpretation.
Back to the roots... John W. Campbell
"Who Goes There?"
published 1938 under the pseudonym Don A. Stuart (Astounding cover)
A gripping mixture of SF and horror. The novella served John Carpenter in 1982 for his genre classic "The Thing", whose genius added a visually impressive interpretation.
My complete Baxter print editions (18)
There are some ebooks , too :)
There are some ebooks , too :)
February 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My complete Baxter print editions (18)
There are some ebooks , too :)
There are some ebooks , too :)
Here's the German edition
The publisher used the same cover
The publisher used the same cover
February 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Here's the German edition
The publisher used the same cover
The publisher used the same cover
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Back to the roots... A. E. van Vogt
I have an ambivalent relationship with the author.
Some of his works are fast-paced and gripping (Isher duology, "The Voyage of the Space Beagle", "The War Against the Rull", "Future Glitter") , but I have to struggle with others (e.g. "Null-A")...🤷
Back to the roots... A. E. van Vogt
I have an ambivalent relationship with the author.
Some of his works are fast-paced and gripping (Isher duology, "The Voyage of the Space Beagle", "The War Against the Rull", "Future Glitter") , but I have to struggle with others (e.g. "Null-A")...🤷
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Back to the roots... A. E. van Vogt
I have an ambivalent relationship with the author.
Some of his works are fast-paced and gripping (Isher duology, "The Voyage of the Space Beagle", "The War Against the Rull", "Future Glitter") , but I have to struggle with others (e.g. "Null-A")...🤷
Back to the roots... A. E. van Vogt
I have an ambivalent relationship with the author.
Some of his works are fast-paced and gripping (Isher duology, "The Voyage of the Space Beagle", "The War Against the Rull", "Future Glitter") , but I have to struggle with others (e.g. "Null-A")...🤷
was that the first plot with the "Portal to the stars" trope?
Nowadays ,imo, an overreplicated one (the ones that don't add much to Pohls idea).
Man plus is a good one (it's Pantropy in the definition of Blish's "The seedling Stars"
Nowadays ,imo, an overreplicated one (the ones that don't add much to Pohls idea).
Man plus is a good one (it's Pantropy in the definition of Blish's "The seedling Stars"
February 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
was that the first plot with the "Portal to the stars" trope?
Nowadays ,imo, an overreplicated one (the ones that don't add much to Pohls idea).
Man plus is a good one (it's Pantropy in the definition of Blish's "The seedling Stars"
Nowadays ,imo, an overreplicated one (the ones that don't add much to Pohls idea).
Man plus is a good one (it's Pantropy in the definition of Blish's "The seedling Stars"