Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge
Welcome to the Vintage Science Fiction not-a-challenge! Through out the month of January, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,, 2017, every year since 2012 I will be reading and discussing as much “older than I am” science fiction and fantasy that I can, and everyone is invited to join me! We’ll be talking about time travel, laser guns, early robotics, first contact, swords and sorcery, predictions for humanity and the authors who came up with it all. Haphazardly, the defining year for “vintage” is 1979. The only “rule” for this not-a-challenge is that your blog post must be during the month of January. To see previous posts about Vintage Science Fiction Month, just type “Vintage” into the little search box-thing.
You too, can be on red alert for the Interstellar Patrol by using the badge above in your posts, or blog side bar, or wherever you’d like.
Reviewing or discussing a vintage SF/F book during the month of January? Leave the title, author and a link to your blog post in the comments below. on Twitter? we’re @VintageSciFi_ and we use #VintageSciFiMonth .
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January 2, 2012 at 8:22 pm
Now that the holidays are over, I’m posting a bunch of early Hugo Award winners. I read this a couple months back, but that’s usually how long it takes me to post my reviews…
The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester, 1953 http://bluefairysbookshelf.blogspot.com/2012/01/demolished-man.html
Highlights: Early versions of psychic cops and use of telepathic powers. (Where did you think the name of the Babylon 5 character came from?)
January 3, 2012 at 1:22 am
I’ve posted a few initial thoughts on The Day of The Triffids by John Wyndham.
http://pekinghomunculus.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/the-day-of-the-triffids-an-introduction/
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January 27, 2012 at 11:03 am
It took me way to long to read this short novel, but it is finally finished. The full review is here: http://pekinghomunculus.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/the-day-of-the-triffids/
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January 3, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Here’s our Ye Olde Book Club selections for January, 1918-1939 Sci-Fi:
http://darkcargo.com/2012/01/01/ye-olde-booke-club-january/
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January 3, 2012 at 5:08 pm
Hm. 1979. The year I was born. Not sure if that makes me vintage or not.
Here’s my first review, ‘Beyond this Horizon’, by Robert A Heinlein.
http://snakeoilreview.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/robert-a-heinlein-beyond-this-horizon/
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January 3, 2012 at 8:38 pm
if you are vintage, then so am I. I was born in ’79 too.
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January 5, 2012 at 1:16 pm
My first vintage review, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells: http://beyondthebrush.blogspot.com/2012/01/time-machine.html
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January 7, 2012 at 2:18 am
Here is my first:
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/the-stainless-steel-rat-harry-harrison
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January 7, 2012 at 7:41 am
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January 8, 2012 at 7:34 am
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[…] finished reading A Journey to the Centre of the Earth which I have read as part of the Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Sci Fi (not a challenge). I don’t suppose this story needs much introduction really. In a […]
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January 8, 2012 at 8:04 am
Well, this isn’t from 79 I’m afraid. Hope still okay. My thoughts on A Journey to the Centre of the Earth:
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/a-journey-to-the-centre-of-the-earth-by-jules-verne/
Not chosen my next one yet!
Lynn 😀
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January 10, 2012 at 4:19 am
My latest for Vintage Month, the collection Orbit 7:
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/orbit-7-edited-by-damon-knight
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January 10, 2012 at 7:04 am
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January 10, 2012 at 9:38 am
Here’s my latest:
http://bookswithoutanypictures.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/nightwings-by-robert-silverberg/
Review of “Nightwings,” by Robert Silverberg
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January 10, 2012 at 9:24 pm
Another week, another Hugo Winner. This book is often held to be the “Worst book to win the Hugo”:
They’d Rather Be Right, by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley, 1954
http://bluefairysbookshelf.blogspot.com/2012/01/theyd-rather-be-right.html
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January 12, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Just posted a review of Enterprise: Stardust by K. H. Scheer(http://sciencefictiontimes.blogspot.com/2012/01/enterprise-stardust-by-k-h-scheer.html)
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January 13, 2012 at 11:14 am
My latest, and it does seem to be popular this month as well, ‘The Time Machine’, by H.G. Wells:
http://snakeoilreview.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/h-g-wells-the-time-machine/
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January 14, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Hello
Just wanted to add my latest, Positronic Man – which I loved!
Lynn 😀
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/the-positronic-man-by-isaac-asimov/
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[…] For January’s YOBC, I selected several science fiction pieces from between World War I and World War II to participate with LittleRedReviewer’s Vintage Sci-Fi month. […]
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January 15, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Have you listened to Orson Welles’ radio dramatization of H. G. Wells’ War of the Worlds? Fascinating!
http://darkcargo.com/2012/01/15/welles-wells-war-of-the-worlds-radio-drama/
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January 16, 2012 at 1:29 am
Part 2 of my discussion of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation is now up, another one down for the Vintage SF Month. 🙂
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/foundation-group-read-the-conclusion
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January 16, 2012 at 10:55 pm
My post for Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is up: http://storiesgeek.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/fahrenheit-451/
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January 17, 2012 at 1:05 am
Just put up my review of Robert Silverberg’s Pulp SF novella collection, Hunt the Space-Witch! Deliciously entertaining.
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/hunt-the-space-witch-robert-silverberg
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January 18, 2012 at 8:29 am
Just posted my review of H.G. Wells’ collected short stories. This kept me busy for a while!
http://snakeoilreview.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/h-g-wells-the-complete-short-stories/
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January 19, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Here is my first review for the challenge this month, my thoughts on Watership Down: http://alsgeekbanter.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-watership-down.html
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January 19, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Oops, forgot to post my Hugo Winner from earlier this week!
Double Star, by Robert A. Heinlein, 1956
An actor is press-ganged into interstellar politics; I really liked this one!
http://bluefairysbookshelf.blogspot.com/2012/01/double-star.html
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[…] reading several pre-WWII scifi/fantasy classics this month, check out Vintage SciFi Month, I have noticed several things. There is a strong sense of the fantastic, and of the fact that […]
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January 21, 2012 at 11:02 am
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January 21, 2012 at 11:48 am
Another one, this time it’s Arthur C. Clarke’s ‘Against the Fall of Night’.
http://snakeoilreview.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/arthur-c-clarke-against-the-fall-of-night/
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January 22, 2012 at 11:48 am
Two in a row! Philip K. Dick’s ‘Vulcan’s Hammer’
http://snakeoilreview.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/philip-k-dick-vulcans-hammer/
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January 22, 2012 at 5:23 pm
I reviewed “The War of the Worlds” by H. G. Wells:
http://bookswithoutanypictures.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/the-war-of-the-worlds-by-h-g-wells/
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January 23, 2012 at 9:44 am
Woo! I’m on a roll!
4th book to win the Hugo Award: ‘The Big Time’ by Fritz Leiber
Short, but had fantastic prose. It’s a small, personal story about mistrust and human nature, except the characters are all part of a Time War, and are drawn from across human history. Plus there’s aliens.
http://bluefairysbookshelf.blogspot.com/2012/01/big-time.html
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January 23, 2012 at 3:28 pm
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January 23, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Something that has been missing from science fiction is the old pulp round robin story. My comments can be found (http://sciencefictiontimes.blogspot.com/2012/01/story-with-18-writers.html.
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January 26, 2012 at 9:30 am
[…] book counts toward The 2012 Science Fiction Experience hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings, the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge from The Little Red Reviewer and the Speculative Fiction Challenge hosted by Baffled Books. […]
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January 26, 2012 at 11:19 am
More Victorian sci-fi:
“Flatland,” by Edwin A. Abbott
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[…] reading The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin, and yay, just in time to get one more in for the Vintage Science Fiction month (January) as well as The 2012 Science Fiction Experience (through February). And also one […]
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January 27, 2012 at 1:08 pm
One last one, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin: http://storiesgeek.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/the-dispossessed/ Thanks for a great month!
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January 27, 2012 at 6:02 pm
My second review for the challenge, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams:
http://alsgeekbanter.blogspot.com/2012/01/book-review-hitchhikers-guide-to-galaxy.html
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January 29, 2012 at 10:00 am
My first discussion post for Foundation and Empire is up now:
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/foundation-and-empire-group-read-part-1
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January 31, 2012 at 8:15 am
One more Hugo winner to close out the month:
A Case of Conscience, by James Blish, from 1958
http://bluefairysbookshelf.blogspot.com/2012/01/case-of-conscience.html
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August 7, 2012 at 2:21 pm
[…] January, I participated in Vintage Sci-Fi Month, hosted by The Little Red Reviewer. I hadn’t read much older sci-fi before, and this event served as a great introduction! I […]
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December 26, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Nice! I’ve been reading *really* vintage stuff, myself: E.E. Smith’s “Skylark” series, and some older Andre Norton and the like. Good times!
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48 | Coffee & a BookChick (@CoffeeBookChick)
December 27, 2012 at 8:37 am
Yes, I think I’m in! I’m over at http://www.coffeeandabookchick.com/2012/12/the-2013-sci-fi-experience.html
and I need to update the post with this banner and pic as well!
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[…] the start of the year – sci fi reading event hosted by Carl at Stainless Steel Droppings and Vintage Sci Fi hosted by Andrea at the Little Red Reviewer (check them both out if you enjoy reading good books […]
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January 1, 2013 at 1:42 am
My first review of 2013 is now posted. It is the second book in the Perry Rhodan series. Original publishing date: 1961.
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[…] along – interesting in taking part in any of these none challenges?? Check out the details here, here and here. They’re going to be good so you should really sign yourself up. […]
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52 | {challenge} science fiction experience 2013 « omphaloskepsis
January 1, 2013 at 3:12 pm
[…] with these lovely events: Andrea at Little Red Reviewer created her own SF-related non-challenge, The Vintage SF Month. And World’s Without End is hosting a year-long Women of Genre Fiction […]
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[…] 2013. With the new year come two new projects that Two Dudes is proud to be a part of. First, the Vintage SciFi Not-a-challenge, hosted by Little Red Reviewer. This will be a fun month-long excursion into the past, where a […]
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[…] even if you only read one book – or none for that matter (just take part in the discussion) Vintage Sci-fi by Little Red Reviewer (hosted by Andrea) and The Science Fiction Experience by Stainless Steel Droppings (hosted by […]
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January 4, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Hey
Watched Alien last night and couldn’t resist a post. Yes, I know, this isn’t really reading is it (well, it’s not reading at all full stop – it’s watching/viewing) – but it is vintage! And it’s VERY good!! And I couldn’t resist. And it’s definitely science fiction. But… I know I’m being a cheater so delete if you think not okay for VSF. 😀
Lynn
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/alien-by-ridley-scott/
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January 5, 2013 at 11:33 am
absolutely not cheating, media 100% counts! Also, Alien is one of my all time favorite movies! 😀
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January 5, 2013 at 12:59 am
After a brief stomach virus setback, I got my first post up! Damon Knight’s Analogue Men. I assume this is the best place to pimp a link, so here goes!
http://twodudesff.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/nygsf-analogue-men
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January 7, 2013 at 5:38 am
My first review is up! The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert A. Heinlein: http://overtheeffingrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/review-moon-is-harsh-mistress-by-robert_7.html
LOVED IT.
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January 7, 2013 at 12:02 pm
[…] exploring Sci Fi worlds in January, and my first review for the Sci Fi Experience and the Vintage Science Fiction month is At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs. First published in hardback in 1922, […]
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January 7, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Just reviewed At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs–1922, so I think that counts as vintage. 🙂 http://marveloustales.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/a-familiar-story-at-the-earths-core/
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January 7, 2013 at 5:07 pm
I’ve reviewed Of Men and Monsters from 1968. It’s by William Tenn. It’s about a future where the human race has been reduced to living like rats in the walls of a conquering race of giant aliens. I liked it.
http://readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.com/2013/01/were-all-just-rats-in-walls-of-men-and.html
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January 8, 2013 at 8:15 am
Decided to go with Andre Norton and Sargasso of Space (Solar Queen #1). First post.
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January 8, 2013 at 11:25 am
[…] And for some more vintage sci-fi reviews, check out the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge over at the Little Red Reviewer. […]
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January 8, 2013 at 11:25 am
My first entry for the year is Edmond Hamilton’s 1950 City at World’s End.
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January 10, 2013 at 3:07 pm
Second entry: Group Discussion Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (Parts I & II)
http://www.impressionsofareader.com/2013/01/book-discussion-dragonflight-by-anne.html
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January 11, 2013 at 1:43 pm
Third entry: Sci Fi Books Old & New: When the price is right
http://www.impressionsofareader.com/2013/01/sci-fi-books-old-new-when-price-is-right.html
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January 11, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey Read Along: Week 1
http://coffeecookiesandchilipeppers.blogspot.com/2013/01/dragonflight-by-anne-mccaffrey-read.html
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[…] reading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein. I’ve read this as part of the Vintage Sci fi event I’m taking part in and happily this also counts to my other none challenge event being […]
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January 12, 2013 at 7:09 pm
I have reviewed Little Fuzzy, by H. Beam Piper: http://overtheeffingrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/review-little-fuzzy-by-h-beam-piper.html
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January 12, 2013 at 7:11 pm
My first entry is Red Planet by Heinlein:
http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2013/01/red-planet-robert-heinlein.html
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January 13, 2013 at 1:48 am
My second entry is The End of Eternity by Asimov:
http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-end-of-eternity-isaac-asimov.html
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[…] on – who knows maybe the content will reveal all. Hoping to get to this as part of the Vintage Sci fi but realistically might not manage it – it does look rather chunky to say the least! Maybe […]
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January 13, 2013 at 7:39 am
Here’s my review of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/the-moon-is-a-harsh-mistress-by-robert-a-heinlein/
Lynn 😀
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January 13, 2013 at 1:36 pm
My review of (what I could read of) A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs: http://overtheeffingrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/review-princess-of-mars-by-edgar-rice.html
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January 13, 2013 at 2:12 pm
For my Sunday entry I’m continuing with Andre Norton. “Andre Norton: Storm Over Warlock (Forerunners, Book #1)” This will be my last entry about Norton’s works. 🙂
http://www.impressionsofareader.com/2013/01/andre-norton-storm-over-warlock.html
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January 13, 2013 at 11:12 pm
Hi, here is my review of Catseye by Andre Norton, my first book read for your vintage experience: http://susanflynn.blogspot.ca/2013/01/vintage-reads-and-women-of-genre.html Thanks for hosting this
‘not a challenge” 🙂
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January 14, 2013 at 1:26 am
I just reviewed my first book for this year’s Vintage SF Month, The Time Traders by Andre Norton:
http://www.stainlesssteeldroppings.com/the-time-traders-andre-norton
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January 14, 2013 at 11:41 pm
[…] For some more vintage sci-fi reviews, check out the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge over at the Little Red Reviewer. […]
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[…] you’ve heard, Andrea over at The Little red Reviewer is hosting Vintage Scifi Month and she asked me to do a guest post on something vintage and scifi-ish. I chose Brian Stableford, […]
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January 15, 2013 at 5:33 pm
Howdie, my review of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
Lynn 😀
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-by-philip-k-dick/
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[…] book. I’m including this both as my Vintage Sci fi none challenge being hosted over at Little Red Reviewer and also the Science Fiction Experience being hosted by Stainless Steel […]
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January 17, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Hello there!
My latest post the conclusion of: Group Read of Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (Parts III & IV).
http://www.impressionsofareader.com/2013/01/book-discussion-dragonflight-by-anne_17.html
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[…] published in 1979 I’m including this as one of my books on the Vintage Sci Fi event hosted by Little Red Reviewer. I’m also including on Stainless Steel Droppings Sci-Fi […]
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January 19, 2013 at 7:55 am
Hitch Hikers Guide: my link:
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2013/01/19/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-by-douglas-adams/
Lynn 😀
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[…] finished reading Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. I’m reading this book to include as part of my Vintage Sci Fi being hosted by the Little Red Reviewer and also the Sci Fi Experience over at Stainless Steel […]
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January 20, 2013 at 12:21 pm
My review of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-by-robert-louis-stevenson/
Lynn 😀
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[…] hope that the gentle hostess of the 2013 Vintage Sci-Fi Not-a-challenge will forgive the blatant trespass of high fantasy into her project, because this is definitely […]
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January 20, 2013 at 12:50 pm
This should come up automatically, but here’s a link to Red Moon and Black Mountain, by Joy Chant. It’s fantasy, but it’s old and obscure, so hopefully Little Red won’t smite me.
http://twodudesff.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/red-moon-and-black-mountain/
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January 20, 2013 at 7:53 pm
I’m a little late to the party, I’m afraid, but I didn’t actually get much time to read during January. Here’s my review/discussion of Berserker, by Fred Saberhagen, published in 1963.
http://ps-ana.com/2013/01/20/berserker-the-wolves-of-space/
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90 | Julia (@mizzelle)
January 22, 2013 at 12:43 am
Posted a review of Randall Garrett’s Murder and Magic, the first Lord Darcy short story collection published in 1979, but all the stories were published earlier in Analog or otherwise. Alternate history + magic + murder mystery.
http://rightbroad.blogspot.com/2013/01/vintage-sf-randall-garretts-murder-and.html
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January 22, 2013 at 5:15 pm
Review of Kindred by Octavia E. Butler:
http://coffeecookiesandchilipeppers.blogspot.com/2013/01/kindred-by-octavia-e-butler.html
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January 23, 2013 at 12:06 pm
[…] thought this was going to fit in for the Vintage Sci Fi challenge too, only to discover that it misses the cut-off by three years–it was published in 1982. […]
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January 24, 2013 at 10:56 pm
I reviewed The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov, a cross genre novel blending mystery and science fiction.
http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-caves-of-steel-isaac-asimov.html
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January 25, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Just read and reviewed Earth Abides. Nothing like a little end of the world to help pass those winter days…
http://nashvillebookworm.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/review-earth-abides-by-george-r-stewart/
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[…] three goals in one. Firstly, vintage sci fi – currently being hosted by Andrea at the Little Red Reviewer. Two, it counts as an entry for my Sci Fi reading experience being hosted by Carl at Stainless […]
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January 26, 2013 at 6:26 am
Finally! Finished THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS. http://overtheeffingrainbow.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/review-left-hand-of-darkness-by-ursula.html
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[…] and insight. It will have to suffice however; I can only hope this is worthy to be my final 2013 Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge contribution. (There may yet be more, but knowing my writing speed lately, I’m not counting on it.) And […]
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January 30, 2013 at 12:01 pm
[…] my second Vintage Sci Fi read, I went back to the world at the Earth’s core, with Pellucidar by Edgar Rice […]
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January 30, 2013 at 12:46 pm
New vintage review: Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
http://marveloustales.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/back-to-pellucidar/
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January 30, 2013 at 9:39 pm
My review of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds. I read a vintage edition, even: http://tomtificate.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/the-war-of-the-worlds-vintage-scifi-not-a-challenge-review/
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January 31, 2013 at 6:41 pm
Review of A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
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December 29, 2013 at 1:52 pm
[…] I find I enjoy the readalongs and short-term reading events such as Readers Imbibing Peril or Vintage Science Fiction Month, so no big challenges next year and more low pressure […]
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January 1, 2014 at 8:49 am
[…] hittade en liten trevlig ”icke-utmaning”. På bloggen The Little Red Reviewer är januari månaden för vintage scifi (vintage i det här fallet betyder publicerat före 1979). […]
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January 2, 2014 at 9:16 pm
Just finished The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!
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[…] meant to read). That would be the main reason I’m not contributing to January’s Vintage SciFi Not-A-Challenge, since my immediate reads fall after the 1979 deadline. Beyond that, I still have a […]
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January 5, 2014 at 5:46 pm
[…] their apartment wall.) Anyway, my blogging friend the little red reviewer encourages us to read Vintage Science Fiction in January. So I thought about it and selected a few items, one of which is the first […]
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109 | Bev Hankins
January 6, 2014 at 8:41 pm
Second book! Shakespeare’s Planet by Clifford D. Simak
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[…] Want to expand reading genres – actually, I’ll be more to the point – trying to incorporate more sci fi as although I read primarily fantasy I also read historical, mystery and horror so sci fi is getting left out in the cold a bit – I’m working on this – see Stainless Steel Droppings Sci fi Experience and Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Sci Fi event. […]
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January 7, 2014 at 5:19 pm
I’m finally getting into gear on this, so here’s Ira Levin’s The Boys from Brazil – http://fightstart.blogspot.jp/2014/01/the-boys-from-brazil.html
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January 9, 2014 at 12:54 am
kamo thinks he’s late, but I’m later.
http://twodudesff.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/storm-over-warlock/
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January 9, 2014 at 11:35 am
[…] taking the F train down to Brooklyn and buying some old sci-fi from Singularity and Co. January is Vintage Sci-fi month, after all. It is probably just as well I no longer live in New York. I used to work one subway […]
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January 9, 2014 at 11:43 am
Strictly speaking, not a review, but everyone loves looking at newly-acquired stacks of vintage books, so here are some notes on my latest haul from Singularity and Co, sci-fi bookstore in Brooklyn: http://genrebending.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/new-pile-of-old-books/
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January 9, 2014 at 9:44 pm
all I have to say about stacks of newly required stacks of vintage books is POST MORE PICTURES. Cuz I love this kind of stuff! 😀
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January 9, 2014 at 5:56 pm
I’ve read a bunch, but written little so far–here’s my first title, Rendezvous with Rama: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/rendezvous-with-rama.html
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January 11, 2014 at 2:01 am
[…] Jag hade ju tänkt mig lite scifi nu i januari! Jag mjukstartar lite med en novell jag hittade från Project Gutenberg. För mer vintage scifi se The little red reviewer. […]
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117 | Bev Hankins
January 11, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Third book: Dangerous Visions #3 by Harlan Ellison, ed
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January 12, 2014 at 12:44 pm
The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
http://bookswithoutanypictures.com/2014/01/12/gods-mars-edgar-rice-burroughs/
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January 12, 2014 at 5:08 pm
Alfred Bester’s “Demolished Man” — http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-demolished-man.html
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January 12, 2014 at 9:21 pm
And another: Angels & Spaceships by Fredric Brown
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January 13, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said, by PKD: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/flow-my-tears-policeman-said.html
Boy was that a weird one. 😀
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January 14, 2014 at 10:56 am
Zamyatin’s We: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/we.html
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January 16, 2014 at 11:49 am
ooh, that is one I’ve been meaning to get to for ages!
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January 21, 2014 at 5:05 pm
At this rate ALL the cool kids will have read it before you have…
http://fightstart.blogspot.jp/2014/01/we.html
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January 14, 2014 at 2:50 pm
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes:
http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/flowers-for-algernon-by-daniel-keyes/
Lynn 😀
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[…] January, I participated in Vintage Sci-Fi Month, hosted by The Little Red Reviewer. I hadn’t read much older sci-fi before, and this event served as a great introduction! I […]
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[…] book counts toward The 2012 Science Fiction Experience hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings, the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge from The Little Red Reviewer and the Speculative Fiction Challenge hosted by Baffled […]
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[…] 2012 Science Fiction Experience hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings. It also counts toward the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge from The Little Red Reviewer and the Speculative Fiction Challenge hosted by Baffled Books. I am […]
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January 15, 2014 at 10:28 am
Hello! And Happy New Year.
The Time Machine
http://50yearproject.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/book-review-the-time-machine-by-h-g-wells/
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January 15, 2014 at 10:49 am
[…] Vintage Sci-fi Month is still going on, and here’s my official post for it. For more vintage goodness, including some good essays on what the hell vintage sci-fi is, head to Little Red Reviewer’s blog. […]
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January 15, 2014 at 10:54 am
Here I go again! The Dying Earth (go big or go home, right?): http://genrebending.wordpress.com/2014/01/06/the-sun-sank-in-accordance-with-the-old-ritual-the-dying-earth-by-jack-vance/
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January 17, 2014 at 8:44 pm
The Woodrow Wilson Dime, Jack Finney (1968)
http://casualdebris.blogspot.ca/2014/01/jack-finney-woodrow-wilson-dime-1968.html
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January 17, 2014 at 9:45 pm
The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger! Tiger!) by Alfred Bester: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-stars-my-destination.html
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January 20, 2014 at 11:37 am
The Game-Players of Titan, by PKD–continuing my PKD/Bester month. http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-game-players-of-titan.html
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[…] and the Speculative Fiction Challenge 2012, hosted by Baffled Books. It also counts toward the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge, hosted by The Little Red […]
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[…] for both the The 2012 Science Fiction Experience hosted by Stainless Steel Droppings and the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge from The Little Red Reviewer. Oh, and let’s not forget the Speculative Fiction Challenge […]
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[…] and the Speculative Fiction Challenge 2012 hosted by Baffled Books. It also counts toward the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge hosted by The Little Red […]
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January 21, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky – my first one for the event, but not the last!
http://irrelevant-scribble.blogspot.cz/2014/01/roadside-picnic-by-arkady-and-boris.html
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January 22, 2014 at 12:50 pm
From This Day Forward by John Brunner, reviewed here: http://sisimka.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/review-from-this-day-forward/
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January 22, 2014 at 10:20 pm
Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin – finally got my review up!
http://readthegamut.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/book-review-rite-of-passage-by-alexei-panshin/
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January 24, 2014 at 4:50 am
Foundation by Isaac Asimov: http://irrelevant-scribble.blogspot.cz/2014/01/foundation-by-isaac-asimov-review.html
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[…] for Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge Month, curated by the Little Red Reviewer, I’m gonna focus on one story in particular, 1949′s […]
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January 24, 2014 at 8:22 pm
The short science-fiction story “Visitor” from Will Eisner’s The Spirit: http://tomtificate.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/will-eisners-the-spirit-visitor/
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January 26, 2014 at 5:13 pm
Other Times, Other Worlds by John D. MacDonald A particularly good short story collection.
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January 28, 2014 at 3:23 pm
[…] Sci-fi Month before it’s over, but as always, if you need more vintage goodness, head to Little Red Reviewer’s blog. Big thanks to Little Red for hosting this vintage sci-fi experience and for letting me read some […]
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January 28, 2014 at 3:24 pm
My last post for Vintage Sci-fi month (doubt I’ll have time for one more before the month is over): A Different Light by Elizabeth A. Lynn. http://genrebending.wordpress.com/2014/01/28/vintage-sci-fi-month-a-different-light-by-elizabeth-a-lynn/
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[…] late than never, I guess. January is the Vintage Science-Fiction Non-Challenge month hosted by Little Red Reviewer. I had intended to read a few more vintage sci-fi novels during the month to participate, but the […]
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January 28, 2014 at 5:05 pm
And so, to round out the month, Kobo Abe’s Inter Ice Age 4 – http://fightstart.blogspot.jp/2014/01/inter-ice-age-4.html
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January 28, 2014 at 11:46 pm
I finished Dune and enjoyed it a lot. http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/dune.html
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151 | Bev Hankins
January 29, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Probably my last read for this year’s event: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
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January 29, 2014 at 8:11 pm
My last title: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2014/01/roadside-picnic.html Excellent book!
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[…] thanks to all of you who participated in Andrea’s Vintage Science Fiction Month in January as well. I did a poor job of participation on that front, having not yet finished the […]
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154 | Bev Hankins
February 4, 2014 at 3:55 pm
I had such a good time! Here’s my Wrap-Up Post.
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September 27, 2014 at 12:14 am
hi!!! so I read this and was wondering…how can you find sff books set specifically in 1979?
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September 29, 2014 at 11:41 am
wow, great question!! i wish i could give you a good answer. you might start with just a google search for “science fiction story takes place in 1979” or something. I don’t worry about what year the story is supposed to take place in, i’m more focused on the year it was written/published.
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[…] The End of Eternity by Issac Asimov. This one could be a two for one as part of Vintage SF Month in […]
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[…] tomorrow. This event also coincides during the month of January with Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Sci Fi. So, I console myself with the fact that even though I didn’t read everything I intended […]
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[…] Sci-Fi Experience, running December 2014 – January 2015, and Andrea’s Vintage Science Fiction not-a-challenge, running January […]
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January 2, 2015 at 7:15 pm
*taps mic*
Hello? This thing on?
Anyway, to kick off 2015 I give you Lao She’s Cat Country – early Chinese SF that’s about as subtle as a bucket of kitten’s piss.
http://fightstart.blogspot.jp/2015/01/cat-country.html
January 3, 2015 at 7:30 am
Hi – My first ever book review, be gentle 🙂
The Seeds of Time – John Wyndham, published 1956. Short Story Anthology.
http://uncertaintales.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/book-review-the-seeds-of-time-john-wyndham/
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January 3, 2015 at 10:11 am
Howdie
My first Edgar Rice Burroughs : http://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/a-princess-of-mars-by-edgar-rice-burroughs/
Not sure if this is the right place for posting but…let me know if not.
Lynn 😀
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January 4, 2015 at 12:57 am
Posted my review of Robert Silverberg’s first published science fiction-Gorgon Planet
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January 4, 2015 at 11:03 pm
My first DAW yellow spine read of the year-David J. Lake’s “Walkers on the Sky”
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[…] Sci-Fi Experience, running December 2014 – January 2015, and Andrea’s Vintage Science Fiction not-a-challenge, running January […]
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January 6, 2015 at 11:34 pm
My thoughts on The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett.
http://gregsbookhaven.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-ginger-star.html
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January 9, 2015 at 5:26 pm
Hey, posted my review of Fahrenheit 451. Brilliant dystopia.
Lynn 😀
https://lynnsbooks.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/fahrenheit-451-by-ray-bradbury/
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January 12, 2015 at 11:11 pm
My review of the second story ever written by Isaac Asimov “The Callistan Menace” is now posted http://sciencefictiontimes.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-callistan-menace-by-isaac-asimov.html
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January 15, 2015 at 11:01 pm
Story #3 reviewed “Shattered Like a Glass Goblin” by Harlan Ellison http://sciencefictiontimes.blogspot.com/2015/01/shattered-like-glass-goblin-by-harlan.html
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[…] Old Primate, but since then I’ve been remiss in reading more of Tiptree’s work. So for Vintage SciFi month, I thought it would be the perfect time to read more, and I picked up what I would tend to call the […]
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January 18, 2015 at 7:37 am
I’ve posted my review of Farmer in the Sky by Robert Heinlein! http://tethyanbooks.blogspot.fr/2015/01/review-farmer-in-sky-by-robert-heinlein.html
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January 18, 2015 at 6:49 pm
I posted a review of Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree/Alice Sheldon
https://thebastardtitle.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/vintage-science-fiction-her-smoke-rose-up-forever/
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January 18, 2015 at 6:50 pm
whoops, I didn’t see that my post linked back already. *facepalm*
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January 19, 2015 at 10:59 am
Me on Leigh Brackett’s The Long Tomorrow: https://plus.google.com/107122403431806926287/posts/FNZKG4zSwMv
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January 23, 2015 at 3:47 pm
It’s almost the end of the month, but I’ve finally gotten my first vintage sci-fi read done. Inverted world by Christopher Priest http://www.susanhatedliterature.net/2015/01/inverted-world/
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January 26, 2015 at 7:56 am
Brief, sadly rushed thoughts on M. John Harrison’s The Centauri Device. deserves a lot more attention than I could give to it, unfortunately.
http://fightstart.blogspot.jp/2015/01/the-centauri-device.html
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January 27, 2015 at 5:58 pm
My review of PKD’s The Man in the High Castle (with a few thoughts on the recent pilot tacked on at the end)!
http://tethyanbooks.blogspot.fr/2015/01/review-man-in-high-castle-by-philip-k.html
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January 27, 2015 at 8:13 pm
Moon is a Harsh Mistress: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-moon-is-harsh-mistress.html
And the Soviet novel Prisoners of Power: http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2015/01/prisoners-of-power.html
Thanks so much, I had a lot of fun!
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January 27, 2015 at 8:45 pm
Hi! This was my first year taking part, and what a month it was. So great. Rather than post link by link as I went along, I figured I’d just drop one comment linking everything. And seeing as I just published the last post of the month, here we go! 7 reviews, all for books from the Gollancz SF Masterworks line, dating before 1979:
1. Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes:
https://drunkendragonreviews.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/flowers-for-algernon-by-daniel-keyes/
2. The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula le Guin:
https://drunkendragonreviews.wordpress.com/2015/01/07/the-lathe-of-heaven-by-ursula-k-le-guin/
3. Wasp, by Eric Frank Russell:
https://drunkendragonreviews.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/wasp-by-eric-frank-russell/
4. The Dispossessed, by Ursula le Guin:
https://drunkendragonreviews.wordpress.com/2015/01/16/the-dispossessed-by-ursula-k-le-guin/
5. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip Dick:
https://drunkendragonreviews.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-by-philip-k-dick/
6. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson:
https://drunkendragonreviews.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/i-am-legend-by-richard-matheson/
7. The Dancers at the End of Time, by Michael Moorcock:
https://drunkendragonreviews.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/the-dancers-at-the-end-of-time-by-michael-moorcock/
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January 30, 2015 at 1:43 pm
Wow, that’s a boatload of reviews! awesome!! Thanks so much for reviewing so many titles!
I have a copy of Moorcock’s Dancers at the End of Time that I haven’t had a chance to read yet, so I’m extra interested in your review of that.
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January 30, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Thanks for hosting! Dancers was disappointing for me, but then again the only satire I’ve ever read and enjoyed was Douglas Adams, so it may work better for you.
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January 28, 2015 at 12:09 am
My third review for this year’s Vintage Science Fiction Month is Michael Moorcock’s “The Sword of the Dawn” (1968)
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January 28, 2015 at 6:35 pm
Hello, I have reviewed ‘Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale’ by Ivan Yefremov:
https://ofantyphayes.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/review-of-andromeda-a-space-age-tale/
The book is considered a pivotal work of SF in the immediate post Stalin period of the Soviet Union – for instance by the authors of ‘Roadside Picnic’ (the brothers Strugatsky).
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[…] Sci-Fi Experience, running December 2014 – January 2015, and Andrea’s Vintage Science Fiction not-a-challenge, running January […]
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November 22, 2015 at 4:09 pm
Joining in! I’ve been wanting to read some of those Vonnegut books which are collecting dust on my shelves. Breaking those bad boys out!
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December 8, 2015 at 9:05 pm
I have had my eye on some vintage sci fi — I will put it on my list for January. Thanks.
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December 28, 2015 at 1:37 pm
I’m hoping I’ll be able to join this year. Already have my gloriously yellowed book at the ready.
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December 28, 2015 at 2:55 pm
[…] plocka ihop författare jag är nyfiken på, till en eventuell Boktolva. Jag ska försöka läsa en Vintage Scifi-bok i januari. Jag hoppas få lite böcker läst till min FN-utmaning, min stackars jorden […]
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January 1, 2016 at 9:24 am
[…] really like starting off the new year with the Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Science Fiction not-a-challenge. Usually, I only get two or three reviews posted; maybe this year I’ll do […]
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January 1, 2016 at 10:43 am
“Space Opera” – Jack Vance
https://aqsreviews.wordpress.com/2016/01/01/space-opera/
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[…] sci fi reads by taking part in Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Sci Fi event. The details are here and LRR’s first post is here. I’m going to start with Starship Troopers and see what […]
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190 | Bev Hankins
January 2, 2016 at 1:22 pm
Here’s my first on for 2016: The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel
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January 3, 2016 at 6:51 pm
Here is my first entry for 2016: Something For Simak: Way Station (1963)
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January 5, 2016 at 10:30 pm
I just listened to three short Vintage Sci Fi stories – great fun. Here is the link to my review post.
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January 6, 2016 at 1:50 pm
#2: “Envoy to New Worlds” – K. Laumer
https://aqsreviews.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/envoy-to-new-worlds/
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January 8, 2016 at 3:14 pm
[…] redan.. Men en repetition: Jag ska försöka läsa en vintage scifi- bok i januari för att delta här. Jag vill läsa många böcker som jag kan räkna till min FN-utmaning. Jag vill läsa minst en bok […]
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[…] to this one during Bout of Books, and I want to read and review it for Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Sci-Fi Not-a-Challenge, which runs through […]
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January 15, 2016 at 12:00 pm
I’ve reviewed a 1968 Frank Herbert novel – The Santaroga Barrier over at Weighing A Pig…
https://schicksalgemeinschaft.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/the-santaroga-barrier-frank-herbert-1968/
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197 | Bev Hankins
January 18, 2016 at 9:32 pm
A collection from 1952 Imagination Unlimited edited by Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty
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January 19, 2016 at 2:02 pm
Hi
Star Man’s Son
Andre Norton
http://furmagic.blogspot.ca/search/label/Star%20Man’s%20Son%202250%20A.D.
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January 20, 2016 at 1:48 am
[…] Vintage scifi month är ju, som ni ser här ovan, en icke-utmaning. Så det är ju tur då att jag passade på att […]
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January 21, 2016 at 10:43 am
I wrote a sort-of-mini-review of The Rolling Stones, by Robert A Heinlein. http://hibernatorslibrary.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-rolling-stones-by-robert-heinlein.html This is one of my first pulp novels so I wasn’t quite sure how to review it.
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January 22, 2016 at 6:33 am
In which I ask questions about The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells http://hibernatorslibrary.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-time-machine-by-h-g-wells.html
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202 | Bev Hankins
January 23, 2016 at 5:56 pm
The Platypus of Doom & Other Nihilists by Arthur Byron Cover
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January 24, 2016 at 10:52 am
War of the Worlds by H G Wells:
http://lynns-books.com/2016/01/24/the-war-of-the-worlds-by-h-g-wells/
Lynn 😀
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January 28, 2016 at 12:36 pm
Here’s my second of four Vintage books for January 2016, Clifford D. Simak’s City: Gone to the Dogs
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January 28, 2016 at 8:43 pm
[…] wanted to get at least one review into Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Sci-Fi month that finishes at the end of January, and this certainly qualifies. Houses was […]
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January 28, 2016 at 8:48 pm
Ok, a Jack Vance double act: Son of the Tree & The Houses of Iszm
🙂
https://uncertaintales.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/book-review-son-of-the-tree-houses-of-iszm-by-jack-vance-vintagescifi/
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January 29, 2016 at 5:09 am
[…] into the Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge hosted by Little Red Reviewer. If you’re interested in checking some other vintage scifi […]
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January 29, 2016 at 5:10 am
And yet another Jack Vance story – Big Planet:
https://uncertaintales.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/book-review-big-planet-by-jack-vance-vintagescifi/
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January 29, 2016 at 9:52 pm
My third book for Jan. 2016 is Enchanted Pilgrimage by Clifford D. Simak:
Medieval Midwestern
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January 30, 2016 at 11:14 am
My fourth book for Vintage SF Month: A Different Light
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January 31, 2016 at 10:21 pm
To Live Forever by Jack Vance. http://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/2016/01/audible-book-review-to-live-forever-by.html
I am just finishing The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein so that review won’t go up until this week.
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January 31, 2016 at 10:43 pm
[…] in one more read for January. Remember, January is Vintage Science Fiction Month as proclaimed by Little Red Reviewer! My final review for January, then, is Hospital Station by James White (1928 – 1999). It is […]
January 31, 2016 at 10:55 pm
10:54pm, Jan 31st. Late but not too late!
“Hospital Station” – James White (1962)
https://aqsreviews.wordpress.com/2016/01/31/hospital-station/
February 4, 2016 at 4:04 am
Cat’s Cradle (1963) by Kurt Vonnegut
reviewed on Weighing A Pig Doesn’t Fatten It
https://schicksalgemeinschaft.wordpress.com/2016/02/04/cats-cradle-kurt-vonnegut-1963/
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December 1, 2016 at 12:34 pm
[…] That I will be participating in Vintage Science Fiction month in January, hosted by Andrea at the Little Red Reviewer and Jacob at Red Star Reviews. I’m planning to read and post on The Demolished Man by Alfred […]
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[…] 2017, I plan on joining the Vintage SF Not-a-Challenge and reading only vintage science fiction novels, kind of a return to my roots as the last few […]
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[…] a little more information about the non-challenge on the creator’s blog here. For a more current post with a little more info, check out this post. Also, the creator and […]
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January 5, 2017 at 12:20 pm
I decided to tie in with your post, so I did the review on a Van Vogt book too, or rather a collection of his stories. Transfinite – the Essential A.E. Van Vogt published by NESFA Press in 2003. The stories are old, from 1935 -1950 or so. My short review includes a fine scan of the cover, which shows the Coeurl in an excellent illustration.
The link will be live at Midnight Pacific time: http://wp.me/p5Lnk3-LC
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January 8, 2017 at 5:48 am
Here’s my review of Asimov’s End of Eternity: https://mervih.wordpress.com/2017/01/08/isaac-asimov-end-of-eternity/
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January 9, 2017 at 11:37 am
My review of Samuel R. Delany’s http://fatesf.blogspot.com/2017/01/vintage-science-fiction-month.html“>Tales of Neveryon, and a report on other vintage SF books I am reading right now.
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January 9, 2017 at 5:24 pm
They Walked Like Men! Or rolled like bowling balls… http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2017/01/they-walked-like-men.html
January 9, 2017 at 11:17 pm
You may be interested in the blog I just started! I love vintage science fiction.
http://scifistoryoftheweek.blogspot.com
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January 10, 2017 at 1:12 pm
Remember those Blish Star Trek story collections? http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2017/01/star-trek-7.html
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January 12, 2017 at 8:02 pm
My review of Eric Frank Russell’s Wasp is here:
http://kaedrin.com/weblog/archive/003458.html
Thanks for hosting, this is fun! At least one more review coming soon…
January 13, 2017 at 7:44 am
My review of Leigh Brackett’s the Sword of Rhiannon: https://mervih.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/leigh-brackett-the-sword-of-rhiannon/
Solid pulp.
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228 | Nella (@BluVega)
January 13, 2017 at 1:08 pm
Hello! I joined too, but my post is in italian (sorry, but my english is not perfect!).
My review is on The Sands of Mars by Clarke! 🙂
https://chateau-ambulant.blogspot.it/2017/01/le-sabbie-di-marte-arthur-c-clarke.html
January 13, 2017 at 8:53 pm
Thanks for posting your link. Thanks for helping make this event truly international! 😀
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January 16, 2017 at 10:33 am
[…] is Vintage Scifi Month, and when I saw that The Lathe of Heaven, a classic scifi novel that I never got around to reading, […]
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January 17, 2017 at 11:49 am
Wow – awesome that you’re getting so much participation in this! My first one for the month, on King David’s Spaceship:
https://pcbushi.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/some-thoughts-for-the-king-king-davids-spaceship/
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January 19, 2017 at 10:43 am
I wrote this post about the books I read in response to Vintage Science Fiction Month.
https://auxiliarymemory.com/2016/12/03/science-fiction-books-that-start-snowballing-themes/
January 19, 2017 at 10:49 pm
Another review, this one of Poul Anderson’s Tau Zero:
http://kaedrin.com/weblog/archive/003462.html
Thanks again for hosting!
[…] The Little Red Reviewer, they are having Vintage Science Fiction Month where readers post reviews of older science fiction books they’ve recently read. I read The Stars […]
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234 | Review: Intergalactic Empires | Planetary Defense Command
January 21, 2017 at 3:36 pm
[…] a nice follow-up to my galactic empire setting series, and because January has been declared Vintage Sci-Fi Month. January is a busy time for me at work (the galactic empire articles were pre-written), so […]
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January 21, 2017 at 3:43 pm
I haven’t had much time for reviewing this month, but finally got this post up, about Isaac Asimov’s Intergalactic Empires:
https://planetarydefensecommand.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/review-intergalactic-empires/
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scifistoryoftheweek (@scifistoryblog)
January 21, 2017 at 10:25 pm
Very cool, this is right up my alley, and I’m doing similar work on my blog.
236 | scifistoryoftheweek (@scifistoryblog)
January 21, 2017 at 10:24 pm
I’ve reviewed two vintage stories, “Call Me Joe” by Poul Anderson and “All You Zombies” by Robert Heinlein at http://scifistoryoftheweek.blogspot.com/
I’m working on posting number 3 tomorrow, “Tunesmith” by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. My goal is to post about a new story every Sunday indefinitely!
January 25, 2017 at 5:40 pm
A couple of more reviews: The Best of Planet Stories vol. 1: https://mervih.wordpress.com/2017/01/25/leigh-brackett-ed-the-best-of-planet-stories-1/ and the Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett https://mervih.wordpress.com/2017/01/18/leigh-brackett-the-ginger-star/
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January 27, 2017 at 11:57 am
Hi
Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback
http://ajaggedorbit.blogspot.ca/2017/01/ralph-124c41-hugo-gernsback-and-his.html
Regards
Guy
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239 | Review: Classic Science Fiction, Volume 1 | Planetary Defense Command
January 30, 2017 at 10:46 pm
[…] I only managed two posts for Vintage Sci-Fi Month. I have an Arthur C. Clarke novel I’m eager to review, because it’s full of neat-o […]
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January 31, 2017 at 2:46 pm
I just reviewed 1972’s Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg…
check it out on Weighing A Pig:
https://schicksalgemeinschaft.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/dying-inside-robert-silverberg-1972/
Thanks!
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January 31, 2017 at 9:42 pm
Just in under the wire, my second book for Vintage SF Month: C.J. Cherryh’s “The Faded Sun: Kesrith”
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[…] Andrea’s Vintage SF month and Carl’s Sci-fi Experience ended at the end of January. I read 4 books for the Vintage […]
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February 11, 2017 at 8:11 pm
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month [well it was, back when I started this review…] And what could be more vintage than The […]
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May 21, 2017 at 9:29 pm
Wow, this must be the most extensive list of reviews I have ever seen. I bookmarked this right away. What a resource!
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[…] will once again be promoting Andrea’s Vintage SF Month as an event that you will also hopefully participate in. The event runs through the month of […]
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246 | January #BookBlogger Events [The 2018 Edition] – Girlxoxo.com
December 30, 2017 at 6:38 am
[…] 1-31, 2018. Vintage Science Fiction Month. Read and post about “older than you are” science fiction and fantasy during the month. […]
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January 4, 2018 at 9:32 am
[…] posts. Jeffro tapped me for an every-other-week column at Castalia House. I participated in Vintage SF Month and started two new series of my own—my Dark Tower Big Read and the Summer of Conan. I […]
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[…] January is the start of Vintage Sci Fi I’ve gone for a classic this week: Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the […]
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January 6, 2018 at 11:20 pm
[…] Time is the Simplest Thing is the fifth book by Clifford D. Simak that I have read. It was published in 1961, I read the Crest 1962 edition with Richard Powers’ artwork on the cover. I keep working my way through Simak because I agree with the consensus that he is one of the best “vintage science fiction authors.” Since January is, as everyone knows, Vintage Science Fiction month Twitter Feed I took advantage and started 2018 off with another Simak. (Cp. origin of Vintage SciFi Month) […]
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January 9, 2018 at 7:08 pm
The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett. That’s right, it’s a Stark adventure! http://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-ginger-star.html
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January 10, 2018 at 9:52 pm
My review of Ringworld is here:
http://kaedrin.com/weblog/archive/003595.html
Thanks for hosting!
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January 12, 2018 at 1:17 pm
Hi! I’ve posted my review of The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe by D.G. Compton here:
http://www.bookforager.wordpress.com
Thank you so much for letting me take part!
Awesome fun! 🙂
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253 | Bev Hankins
January 14, 2018 at 7:11 pm
I know that the book itself is not from the vintage years–but it’s related to classic Star Trek and was so much fun that I just had to share: Search for Spock: A Star Trek Book of Exploration by Robb Perlman
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January 14, 2018 at 9:21 pm
you had me at “related to classic Star Trek”! what a great find!!
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Bev Hankins
January 15, 2018 at 4:44 pm
I really enjoyed it. Definitely something Classic Trek fans should have!
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254 | Bev Hankins
January 15, 2018 at 4:45 pm
First vintage SF for this year: World’s Best Science Fiction: 1966 by Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr, eds
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January 22, 2018 at 5:12 pm
Hi again, this week I’ve mostly been reading The Female Man by Joanna Russ. My review is here: http://www.bookforager.wordpress.com
Vintage Science Fiction Month! Woo!! 🙂
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256 | Bev Hankins
January 23, 2018 at 9:35 pm
Here’s my next one: Partners in Wonder by Harlan Ellison (& others)
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257 | Review: The Deep Range | Planetary Defense Command
January 30, 2018 at 9:17 am
[…] almost let January slip by without making a post for Vintage Science Fiction month, but I’m getting my last-minute contribution in with a little-known book by Arthur C […]
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258 | Bev Hankins
January 30, 2018 at 2:37 pm
And another: The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction Eighth Edition edited by Anthony Boucher
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January 31, 2018 at 11:22 pm
Here are my Vintage Sci Fis read/listened to in January:
Time for the Stars by Heinlein: https://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/2018/01/audible-book-review-time-for-stars-by.html
X Minus One – A Gun for Dinosaur by L. Sprague de Camp: http://www.audible.com/listener/ANM42D7WGZY83?asin=B00Y1HPMI8
Island by Aldous Huxley: https://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/2018/01/audible-book-review-island-by-aldous.html
I also listened to Ubik by Philip K. Dick but haven’t gotten the review up yet.
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261 | TTT #164 – Great (Online) Places to Find Your Sci-Fi Recs – A Dance With Books
November 20, 2018 at 12:08 am
[…] The Little Red Reviewer […]
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December 27, 2018 at 9:35 am
[…] Science Fiction Month! Vintage Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer. The gist is simple: read science fiction written before you were born. Write about it in […]
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December 30, 2018 at 6:01 am
[…] Let’s give a hearty warm welcome to Andrea Johnson, one of my personal favorite bloggers, the Little Red Reviewer. I especially love her Vintage SciFi Month not-a-challenge. […]
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[…] all sorts of science fiction, fantasy, and everything in between. She is also the creator of #VintageSciFiMonth which happens every January (do it do it do it!!! … no pressure), and has organized read-alongs […]
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January 6, 2019 at 6:01 am
[…] Let’s give a hearty warm welcome to Andrea Johnson, one of my personal favorite bloggers, the Little Red Reviewer. I especially love her Vintage SciFi Month not-a-challenge. […]
[…] know I’m cutting it a bit fine with only three days to go until the end of Vintage Science Fiction Month, but here I am *waves*. I was really looking forward to this month, and while I knew I wasn’t […]
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267 | 5 Favorite Vintage Sci-Fi Tropes – Kristen Brand
January 3, 2020 at 6:47 pm
[…] you know January is Vintage Science Fiction month? I didn’t until I saw the hashtag on Twitter, which piqued my interest, because I love old […]
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[…] The brainchild of the Little Red Reviewer, Andrea, you can find out more about the not-a-challenge here, but in brief January is the month to read any scifi written before you were born. And I’m […]
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January 26, 2020 at 1:44 pm
My newest vintage review of Vance’s the Pnume: https://mervih.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/jack-vance-the-pnume/
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271 | Galactic Patrol | Planetary Defense Command
January 27, 2020 at 12:23 am
[…] decided to read something classic for Vintage Science Fiction Month, and chose one of the Lensmen stories by EE “Doc” Smith — Galactic Patrol. This […]
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January 27, 2020 at 8:08 am
[…] with the world at large and their peers within the SciFi community. Launched in 2012 by the Little Red Reviewer over at her blog of the same name, Vintage SciFi Month has been going strong ever since. […]
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[…] a bit more comfortable talking to people online, and I played nicely with others: taking part in Vintage SciFi Month in January, Wyrd and Wonder in May, the Wyrd and Wonder mini event Spooktastic Reads at the end of […]
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[…] know he’s only new to me, but Samuel R Delany. He was my favourite read for Vintage SciFi Month back in January. Driftglass was a brilliant introduction to his writing and I am really looking […]
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276 | The best-laid plans – Calmgrove
December 28, 2020 at 1:37 pm
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month which I never got round to in 2019. This meme (hosted by Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer) is very user-friendly in proclaiming itself as not-a-challenge, though in theory I may be hard […]
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December 31, 2020 at 11:31 am
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month comes every year, right after Santa. The gist is simple: read speculative fiction written before 1980 (or the year you were born) and write about it in January. Vintage Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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[…] an enthusiastic follower of the Little Red Reviewer’s Vintage Science Fiction Month Not-a-Challenge, and this year I’ve gotten my act together a lot earlier than last, when I squeaked in at the […]
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[…] Left Hand of Darkness. This fits the theme and also works for the Vintage Sci Fi event (more info here and here). Here are some of the […]
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280 | Wise but not preachy – Calmgrove
January 2, 2021 at 1:01 am
[…] Read as part of January’s Vintage Scifi Month, moderated by Andrea at Little Red Reviewer […]
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281 | Vintage SF Short Stories – Classics of Science Fiction
January 2, 2021 at 8:32 pm
[…] lists out there that help find old science fiction short stories to read. By the way, January is Vintage Science Fiction Not-a-Challenge month accord to the Little Red Reviewer blog, and reading short stories count. If you read and […]
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282 | 2021 Reading Challenges & Memes | LEXLINGUA
January 4, 2021 at 9:20 am
[…] Apparently, January every year is a month for reading vintage SFF books! Sounds like the perfect time for reading those old, old scifi books in my TBR. This is hosted for the month of January 2021 at Little Red Reviewer. […]
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January 4, 2021 at 6:11 pm
Inaugural post: https://howlingfrog.blogspot.com/2021/01/watchers-of-dark.html
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284 | Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny: #VintageSciFiMonth | LEXLINGUA
January 5, 2021 at 9:36 am
[…] of Light is a 1967 science fiction book and is my first book for the Vintage Science Fiction Month (not a reading challenge) of January […]
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January 5, 2021 at 9:38 am
Wow, so many posts here! Eager to check these all out.
My own very first #VintageSciFiMonth post is about Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, at https://lexlingua.co/lord-of-light-zelazny-vintagescifi-month/
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January 5, 2021 at 11:59 am
Let me add „New Rose Hotel“ by William Gibson: https://reiszwolf.wordpress.com/2021/01/01/new-rose-hotel-1984-cyberpunk-short-story-by-william-gibson/
And „Sailing to Byzantium“ by Robert Silverberg
https://reiszwolf.wordpress.com/2021/01/03/sailing-to-byzantium-1985-far-future-sf-novella-by-robert-silverberg/
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288 | Vintage Science Fiction Month Book Review: “Starship Troopers” by Robert Heinlein (1959)
January 8, 2021 at 12:02 am
[…] (For a long list of VSFM posts, written by competent and focused reviewers unlike yours truly, see here.) I have a tendency to write long, rambling reviews that go off on tangents, and I daresay this […]
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[…] Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of the Little Red Reviewer. The objective: Read and discuss “older than I am” Science Fiction in the month of […]
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290 | Frederik Pohl’s mass consumer (1): The Midas Plague | the sinister science
January 11, 2021 at 1:35 am
[…] fig. 3. This has been a contribution to Vintage Science Fiction not-a-challenge. […]
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January 11, 2021 at 1:38 am
A review of Frederik Pohl’s ‘The Midas Plague’ (1954) and more… here: https://thesinisterscience.com/2021/01/11/frederik-pohls-mass-consumer-1-the-midas-plague/
292 | Kindred by Octavia Butler #VintageSciFiMonth | LEXLINGUA
January 11, 2021 at 1:06 pm
[…] by Octavia Butler was published in 1979 and is my second book for the Vintage Science Fiction Month (not a reading challenge) of January 2021. I chose to go with the graphic novel version from […]
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[…] Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of the Little Red Reviewer. The objective: Read and discuss “older than I am” Science Fiction in the month of […]
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[…] I really haven’t noticed too much of interest to shout about in the fantasy community in the past week, possibly due to the odd report of political news here and there. So this post will be very self-centered. Nevertheless, there are a few things happening. So a happy book birthday to Devin Madson, reviewed here and here for those interested. Congratulations to Brian McClellan, whose Powder Mage series is coming to the screen. And an interesting article here from the Washington Post about SFF falling off the radar, which might be of interest to any of those doing Vintage Sci-Fi Month. […]
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296 | A dose of totally bonkers Russian SF from the Strugatsky brothers – Annabookbel
January 16, 2021 at 11:00 pm
[…] this book: the European Reading Challenge 2021 hosted by Gillion at Rose City Reader, and Vintage Science Fiction Month (defined as pre-1979) hosted by Andrea at The Little Red […]
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January 17, 2021 at 1:35 pm
[…] finns också något som heter Vintage SciFi not-a-challenge i januari som jag någon gång deltagit i. Den här novellen skulle passa utmärkt till den […]
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[…] you may know, January is Vintage Science Fiction Month, a month-long event celebrating science fiction works published/produced before 1979. As always, […]
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[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month is a month-long event celebrating science fiction works published/produced before 1979. The event is hosted by the wonderful Andrea from the blog The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month is a month-long event celebrating science fiction works published/produced before 1979. The event is hosted by the wonderful Andrea from the blog The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month is a month-long event celebrating science fiction works published or produced before 1979. The event is hosted by the wonderful Andrea from the blog The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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[…] this year’s Vintage SciFi Month, I decided that I’d take a look at the foundational novel in the genre and see if it holds […]
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[…] Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of the Little Red Reviewer. The objective: Read and discuss “older than I am” Science Fiction in the month of […]
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January 28, 2021 at 9:46 am
Michael Bishop’s 1977 “House of Compassionate Sharers” https://reiszwolf.wordpress.com/2021/01/28/the-house-of-compassionate-sharers-1977-sf-novelette-by-michael-bishop/
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month is a month-long event celebrating science fiction works published/produced before 1979. The event is hosted by the wonderful Andrea from the blog The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month is a month-long event celebrating science fiction works published/produced before 1979. The event was created by Andrea from the blog The Little Red Reviewer and it is co-hosted by Jacob from the blog RedStarReviews. You can find more about the event by following the Twitter account @VintageSciFi_. […]
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month is a month-long event celebrating science fiction works published/produced before 1979. The event was created by Andrea from the blog The Little Red Reviewer and it is co-hosted by Jacob from the blog RedStarReviews. You can find more about the event by following the Twitter account @VintageSciFi_. […]
February 17, 2021 at 9:57 pm
[…] a forgone conclusion that 2021 has to be better. A good start to the year is January’s #VintageScifi Month, as sci-fi bloggers review books that came out prior to their birth year, in my case, 1972. This […]
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July 26, 2021 at 7:30 pm
I have been reading posts regarding this topic and this post is one of the most interesting and informative one I have read. Thank you for this! Biopunk is quite similar to cyberpunk, except it centers on the use of biotechnology and genetic engineering. Check this out A Guide to Science Fiction Subgenres
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[…] Vintage SciFi Month for 2022 is coming up fast, and I wanted to set out my planned reviews for this event. The great thing about this is its simplicity. You just use the tag #VintageSciFiMonth on Twitter or your blog or Instagram to post anything of interest about science fiction written before your birth year or 1979. It was founded by the Little Red Reviewer back in 2012, I believe, and is still going strong. […]
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[…] Vogt was the oldest book I read in 2021. Published in 1940, I was actually trying to get ahead of Vintage Science Fiction Month and just finished it a couple days […]
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[…] first pick for Vintage SciFi Month this year is Dinosaur Planet by Anne McCaffrey, published in 1978. I found it in the motherload of […]
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[…] Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of the Little Red Reviewer. The objective: Read and discuss “older than I am” Science Fiction in the month of […]
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January 13, 2022 at 9:30 am
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month comes every year, right after Santa. The gist is simple: read speculative fiction written before 1980 (or the year you were born) and write about it in January. Vintage Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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320 | Vintage Science Fiction Month Book Review: “That Hideous Strength” by C.S. Lewis (1945)
January 14, 2022 at 12:01 am
[…] of course, this is Vintage Science Fiction Month! What a perfect excuse to review a relatively obscure book by a relatively famous author. I hope […]
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January 20, 2022 at 11:31 am
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month comes every year, right after Santa. The gist is simple: read speculative fiction written before 1980 (or the year you were born) and write about it in January. I am cheating here a bit. Conan the Valorous was published in 1985 and is an example of what I label “Retro SF.” Vintage Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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February 3, 2022 at 11:01 am
[…] Vintage Science Fiction Month comes every year, right after Santa. The gist is simple: read speculative fiction written before 1980 (or the year you were born) and write about it in January. Fire Time was published in 1974 and nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1975. Vintage Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer. […]
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[…] Science Fiction Month is the brainchild of the Little Red Reviewer. The objective: Read and discuss “older than I am” Science Fiction in the month of January. […]
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1 | Förra årets böcker, och läsning 2012 « Landet Annien
January 2, 2012 at 8:03 am
[…] mycket fortare, så att jag kunde ställa upp och bidra till sådana roliga icke-utmaningar som Vintage SciFi Not-a-Challenge eller The 2012 Science Fiction […]
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