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from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.
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Leviathan! by Larry Niven ★★★☆☆ Time travel becomes fantasy travel as the wealthy and collect all manner of beasts.
It’s Chucky meets A.I. in the freaky new Megan: https://youtu.be/Sh_hILYXqesWho knew a T Swift could be scary?
Still looks PG13.
I loved it as a teenager, hated the reread as an adult, but who knows what a cautious correct modern interpretation could look like? The Mayfair Witches: https://youtu.be/I1vU8EBWFn0
Rainbird by R.A. Lafferty ★★★★☆ A leave-better-off-alone story. I had to go back and check the differences between his retrogressive advice sessions. I wouldn’t trust any old man whose wisdom began with giving up my pet either.
The Man Who Came Early by Poul Anderson ★★★★☆ “I wonder if Gerald thought the strangeness of his weapon would unnerve us. He may not have understood that every man dies when his time comes, neither sooner nor later, so that fear of death is useless.”
And that is my favorite thing about Viking philosophy. The story also made me feel better about my crafting prowess, I would not be useless. 😆
A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp ★★★☆☆ Another humans are the worst story. We invent a way to go millions of years into the past and use it for sport hunting. One of the final episodes of Terra Nova showed this dark possibility.
Yeah, it was an exciting idea but the preview is lacking.
Originally launched in 2011 by MIT Technology Review, the Twelve Tomorrows series explores the future implications of emerging technologies through the lens of fiction. Featuring a diverse collection of authors, characters, and stories rooted in contemporary real-world science, each volume in the series offers conceivable and inclusive stories of the future, celebrating and continuing the genre of “hard” science fiction.
Thanks for sharing!
Time’s Arrow by Arthur C. Clarke ★★½☆☆ I feel cheated by this story. It was so achingly boring I had to read it in three sessions and then suddenly it ended. Something cool happened at the end and I’m not sure what. Did they slightly Jurassic Park or full on Terra Nova.
Death Ship by Richard Matheson ★★★☆☆
A spooky SciFi story. Basic but effective.
Cosmic pac men should be silly. Silly as fan girls, as world peace through a volcano, as that dorky girl in high school, silly as a clown. Things that should be ridiculous are terrifying when written by Stephen King. I want him to write his own version of Jurassic Park. Can you hear the screams?
Hellraiser! What do you think? It doesn’t look like a disaster to me. Not as good as original material but there’s hope: https://youtu.be/joWhidDl-Mw
Time Locker by Henry Kuttner ★★★½☆ That took ages to get going, but from the first squish I knew where it was going and was on board for the ride!
The Langoliers was much better. I still randomly think of those giant bowling balls crushing and chomping down the past.
Yesterday Was Monday by Theodore Sturgeon ★★½☆☆ A Christian theater kid’s version of a time slip story. The protagonist was whiny and nothing much happened. It was a boring story.
I had to return the book so that’s all I will be reading. But I do have a copy of the next book!
The Eyes Exchange Bank by Scott Nicolay ★★½☆☆ A post-breakup road trip ends monstrously.
