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Horrorbabble’s When Horror Meets Science Fiction
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The Crystal Egg (H. G. Wells)
The Voice in the Night (William Hope Hodgson)
The Pendulum (Ray Bradbury)
The Hanging Stranger (Philip K. Dick)
2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
All Cats Are Gray (Andre Norton)
The Crystal Egg (H. G. Wells)
The Voice in the Night (William Hope Hodgson)
The Pendulum (Ray Bradbury)
The Hanging Stranger (Philip K. Dick)
2 B R 0 2 B (Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.)
All Cats Are Gray (Andre Norton)
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May 7, 2024
This is not exactly the book I read but it's the same concept, contains overlapping stories and has the same publisher and narrator.
I found me some new authors to pick up.
"Fessenden's Worlds" by Edmond Hamilton (Weird Tales 1937) --> ⭐⭐
A man creates a miniature universe.
It was probably a masterwork in its time but we've seen different flavors of this concept and it now no longer carries the same punch.
"The Hanging Stranger" by Philip K. Dick (SF Adventures 1953) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A man happens upon a body suspended from a lamppost.
Oehhhh 👻 👽
Loved the storytelling
"The Glass Labyrinth" by Stanton A. Coblentz (WT 1943) --> ⭐⭐⭐(⭐)
A tale of time and dimensions.
This sent me down the rabbit hole of the mathematical descriptions and computations of higher dimensions. I'll ignore the fact that I'm able to do so while our professor of physics in the story cannot. This was a fun one.
"The Transgressor" by Henry Kuttner (WT 1939) --> ⭐⭐
A curious invention...
3starred concept? 2starred execution
"The Red God Laughed" by Thorp McClusky (WT 1939) --> ⭐⭐⭐
Following the extinction of the human race...
"The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells (New Review 1897) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
An object that serves as a window into the planet Mars.
Oehhhhh 🦑👽☁️☠️
"Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft (Pine Cones 1919) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Strange slumbers in the Catskill Mountains.
Ayee another Lovecraft I actually like.
"The Fear Experiment" by Ian Gordon (HorrorBabble 2018) --> ⭐⭐
A dark experiment in Georgia.
This feels like a twist. No story or plot leading to a twist, just a twist.
"Old Rambling House" by Frank Herbert (Galaxy SF 1958) --> ⭐⭐⭐(⭐)
All they wanted was a home they could call their own...
My favorite type of horror short story. Enough to gimme a taste and leave me wanting. So many questions never to be answered.
"There is a Reaper ..." by Charles V. De Vet (Imagination 1953) --> ⭐⭐
What awaits us after death?
Nah. I didn't like the execution.
"In the World's Dusk" by Edmond Hamilton (WT 1936) --> ⭐⭐⭐
The last survivor of the human race.
"The Supernumerary Corpse" by Clark Ashton Smith (WT 1932) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jasper Trilt was dead—but...
A bit dated but perfection nonetheless.
Is that a great opener or is that a great opener?
"2 B R 0 2 B" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (If 1962) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Death becomes a voluntary act.
"The Ultimate Experiment" by Thornton DeKy (Comet 1941) --> ⭐⭐
Robots—the children of men.
Did i miss something or is this story beyond my brain's capabilities?
"The Red One" by J. London (Cosmopolitan 1918) --> ⭐⭐⭐
Worshippers of something strange in the jungle.
Fine enough, but I struggled to stay focused.
I found me some new authors to pick up.
"Fessenden's Worlds" by Edmond Hamilton (Weird Tales 1937) --> ⭐⭐
A man creates a miniature universe.
It was probably a masterwork in its time but we've seen different flavors of this concept and it now no longer carries the same punch.
"The Hanging Stranger" by Philip K. Dick (SF Adventures 1953) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A man happens upon a body suspended from a lamppost.
Oehhhh 👻 👽
Loved the storytelling
"The Glass Labyrinth" by Stanton A. Coblentz (WT 1943) --> ⭐⭐⭐(⭐)
A tale of time and dimensions.
This sent me down the rabbit hole of the mathematical descriptions and computations of higher dimensions. I'll ignore the fact that I'm able to do so while our professor of physics in the story cannot. This was a fun one.
"The Transgressor" by Henry Kuttner (WT 1939) --> ⭐⭐
A curious invention...
3starred concept? 2starred execution
"The Red God Laughed" by Thorp McClusky (WT 1939) --> ⭐⭐⭐
Following the extinction of the human race...
"The Crystal Egg" by H. G. Wells (New Review 1897) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
An object that serves as a window into the planet Mars.
Oehhhhh 🦑👽☁️☠️
"Beyond the Wall of Sleep" by H. P. Lovecraft (Pine Cones 1919) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Strange slumbers in the Catskill Mountains.
Ayee another Lovecraft I actually like.
"The Fear Experiment" by Ian Gordon (HorrorBabble 2018) --> ⭐⭐
A dark experiment in Georgia.
This feels like a twist. No story or plot leading to a twist, just a twist.
"Old Rambling House" by Frank Herbert (Galaxy SF 1958) --> ⭐⭐⭐(⭐)
All they wanted was a home they could call their own...
My favorite type of horror short story. Enough to gimme a taste and leave me wanting. So many questions never to be answered.
"There is a Reaper ..." by Charles V. De Vet (Imagination 1953) --> ⭐⭐
What awaits us after death?
Nah. I didn't like the execution.
"In the World's Dusk" by Edmond Hamilton (WT 1936) --> ⭐⭐⭐
The last survivor of the human race.
"The Supernumerary Corpse" by Clark Ashton Smith (WT 1932) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Jasper Trilt was dead—but...
A bit dated but perfection nonetheless.
"It is not remorse that maddens me, that drives me to the penning of this more than indiscreet narrative, in the hope of finding a temporary distraction. I have felt no remorse for a crime to which justice itself impelled me. It is the damnable mystery, beyond all human reason or solution, upon which I have stumbled in the doing of this simple deed, in the mere execution of the justice whereof I speak-it is this that has brought me near insanity."
Is that a great opener or is that a great opener?
"2 B R 0 2 B" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (If 1962) --> ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Death becomes a voluntary act.
"The Ultimate Experiment" by Thornton DeKy (Comet 1941) --> ⭐⭐
Robots—the children of men.
Did i miss something or is this story beyond my brain's capabilities?
"The Red One" by J. London (Cosmopolitan 1918) --> ⭐⭐⭐
Worshippers of something strange in the jungle.
Fine enough, but I struggled to stay focused.
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