Friday, April 18, 2008

He Fell Into A Dark Hole - Jerry Pournelle

Big Black Ones in space. Don't fly into them.


3 out of 5

The City On the Sand - George Alec Effinger

Not overly poetic urban retreat.


3.5 out of 5

Patron Of the Arts - William Rotsler

3-D disappearance.


3.5 out of 5

Patron Of the Arts - William Rotsler

3-D disappearance.


3.5 out of 5

Patron Of the Arts - William Rotsler

3-D disappearance.


3.5 out of 5

Patron Of the Arts - William Rotsler

3-D disappearance.


3.5 out of 5

Getting Through University - Piers Anthony

Tertiary bureaucracy, alien style.


3.5 out of 5

Mother To the World - Richard Wilson

Actually more than just us two left.


2.5 out of 5

Faith Of Our Fathers - Philip K. Dick

"Don't you see, Mr. Chien? You've learned something. The Leader is not the Leader; he is something else, but we can't tell what. Not yet. Mr. Chien, when all due respect, have you ever had your drinking water analyzed? I know it sounds paranoiac, but have you?"


3.5 out of 5

Wizard's World - Andre Norton

Esper fate power is witchy.


3.5 out of 5

The Last Castle - Jack Vance

This Mekwar is for the Birds.


3.5 out of 5

The Last Castle - Jack Vance

This Mekwar is for the Birds.


3.5 out of 5

Call Him Lord - Gordon R. Dickson

Coward prince like a stab to the heart.


4 out of 5

Call Him Lord - Gordon R. Dickson

Coward prince like a stab to the heart.


4 out of 5

Apology To Inky - Robert M. Green

Staying out of the Witch World, thanks.


2 out of 5

The Alchemist - Charles L. Harness

Telekinetic production relationship.


3.5 out of 5

The Alchemist - Charles L. Harness

Telekinetic production relationship.


3.5 out of 5

Second Variety - Philip K. Dick

If there's a bear in there, you are rooted. Out there isn't good, either, in the long run.


4.5 out of 5

Second Variety - Philip K. Dick

If there's a bear in there, you are rooted. Out there isn't good, either, in the long run.


4.5 out of 5

The Men Who Murdered Mohammed - Alfred Bester

Personal past ghosts.


4 out of 5

A Deskful Of Girls - Fritz Leiber

Sexy ghost deal.


3.5 out of 5

Shark Ship - C. M. Kornbluth

Not Live Without A Net.


3.5 out of 5

Captivity - Zenna Henderson

Dead-weight kid dance.


3 out of 5

Second Game - Katherine MacLean and Charles V. De Vet

The Player Of is a clever sneaky absorbing spy.


5 out of 5

Unwillingly To School - Pauline Ashwell

Write good not.


3 out of 5

Rat In the Skull - Rog Phillips

Mecharodent end.


4 out of 5

The Adventure Of the Misplaced Hound - Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson

Hoka Holmes, my dear fellow.


4 out of 5

The Darfsteller - Walter M. Miller

Day off for playacting machines.


3 out of 5

Sam Hall - Poul Anderson

H for Hitback.


3.5 out of 5

Earthman Come Home - James Blish

Spindizzy boomerang.


3.5 out of 5

The Wall Around the Wall - Theodore R. Cogswell

Broomstick flight all in the mind.


3 out of 5

The Helping Hand - Poul Anderson

Solarian building up the natives plan the same old story.


3.5 out of 5

Okie - James Blish

City all in a spindizzy.


3.5 out of 5

Into Thy Hands - Lester Del Rey

Robot holocaust Eden.


3.5 out of 5

Pi In the Sky - Fredric Brown

Blink mike astronomy excitement.


3 out of 5

The Mixed Men - A. E. Van Vogt

Two brain overrun plan opposition.


3.5 out of 5

The Manor of Roses - Thomas Burnett Swann

Mandrake murder massacre munchies.


3 out of 5

The Big Front Yard - Clifford D. Simak

Doggie alien discovery otherworld drive.


4 out of 5

A History Of the Twentieth Century With Illustrations - Kim Stanley Robinson

A History of the Twentieth Century, with Illustrations - Kim Stanley Robinson

War research cure.


4 out of 5

Into the Gardens Of Sweet Night - Jay Lake

Pug danger recruiting trip.


4 out of 5

Telepresence - Michael A. Burstein

Virtual School Destroyer potential.


4 out of 5

Bully! - Mike Resnick

Teddy Roosevelt, Congo drongo.


4 out of 5

Bully! - Mike Resnick

Teddy Roosevelt, Congo drongo.


4 out of 5

The Arbitrary Placement Of Walls - Martha Soukup

Furniture ghosts.


3 out of 5

The Arbitrary Placement Of Walls - Martha Soukup

Furniture ghosts.


3 out of 5

The Arbitrary Placement Of Walls - Martha Soukup

Furniture ghosts.


3 out of 5

Dog's Life - Martha Soukup

"The mongrel shook his head. "Pretty dumb. You gave up a roof and a meal ticket to eat out of garbage cans?"


3.5 out of 5

Dog's Life - Martha Soukup

"The mongrel shook his head. "Pretty dumb. You gave up a roof and a meal ticket to eat out of garbage cans?"


3.5 out of 5

VRM-547 - W. R. Thompson

Robot robbery repulsion refry rename.


4 out of 5

Computer Friendly - Eileen Gunn

Chickenheart Lizardbreath timebomb.

instead of :

"Well," said her mother, resuming the conversation, "I don't know what they think they're doing, putting euthanasable children in the testing center with children like Elizabeth."


4.5 out of 5

Cassandra's Photographs - Lisa Goldstein

Women prediction anger.


4 out of 5

Cassandra's Photographs - Lisa Goldstein

Women prediction anger.


4 out of 5

Still Life - David Garnett

Immortal class.


4 out of 5

The Boy Who Plaited Manes - Nancy Springer

Pony porn still gives her the horn.


3 out of 5

The Boy Who Plaited Manes - Nancy Springer

Pony porn still gives her the horn.


3 out of 5

The Boy Who Plaited Manes - Nancy Springer

Pony porn still gives her the horn.


3 out of 5

The Boy Who Plaited Manes - Nancy Springer

Pony porn still gives her the horn.


3 out of 5