Classic Sci-Fi: Should You Read It? is a self-imposed project in which I read pre-1990 science fiction novels and categorize them as “classis sci-fi you should read,” “classic sci-fi you should read if you’re all hardcore about it,” or “classic sci-fi you don’t have to read.” For background on my project, please see the introduction to my review of 1984. I’m working on a review of Octavia E. Butler’s Dawn/Xenogenesis and struggling to place it in the context of all which came before it (relatively speaking). […]