Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Man Who Always Knew - Algis Budrys

Secondhand luck sales.


3.5 out of 5

A Crowd Of Bone - Greer Gilman

A Crowd of Bone - Greer Gilman

Clawing and cawing for Clews.


2.5 out of 5

Clerical Error - Mark Clifton

Clerical Error - Mark Clifton

"Man," Kingston exploded with heavy irony, "you imply that psychiatry isn't an exact science? Of course it is a science! Why, man, we have all sorts of intricate laboratories, and arrays of nice shiny tools, and flashing lights on electronic screens, and mechanical pencils drawing jagged lines on revolving drums of paper, and charts and graphs, and statistics. And theory? Why, man, we've got more theory than you ever dreamed of in physical science! Of course it's a science. Any rational man has to agree that the psychiatrist is a scientist. We ought to know. We are the ones who define rationality!"


3.5 out of 5

If All Men Were Brothers Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? - Theodore Sturgeon

Taboo, us.


3.5 out of 5

Hero - Joe Haldeman

"...Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars. This led to the Elite Conscription Act of 1996 and the most elitely conscripted army in the history of warfare."


5 out of 5

Hero - Joe Haldeman

"...Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars. This led to the Elite Conscription Act of 1996 and the most elitely conscripted army in the history of warfare."


5 out of 5

Hero - Joe Haldeman

"...Then some bright lad in the General Assembly decided that we ought to field an army of footsoldiers to guard the portal planets of the nearer collapsars. This led to the Elite Conscription Act of 1996 and the most elitely conscripted army in the history of warfare."


5 out of 5