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Bland Stories, Hack Work, Bad Opinions — 60s Sci-Fi Strikes Again

Shards of Space by Robert Sheckley

October 19, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I know there is good 60s SF out there, but the good thing about working through my backlog of old SF I’ve been lugging around is the relief that I can throw this out and never read it again. Shards of Space is a short story collection by Robert Sheckley with some bad stories, some hack work, two decent stories, and a bunch of terrible opinions about eugenics and women. I should probably only give it one star, but there are two okay stories in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: disappointing sci-fi, robert sheckley, sci-fi, short story collection

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:105 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: disappointing sci-fi, robert sheckley, sci-fi, short story collection ·
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I can’t even with this book

The Great Symmetry by James R. Wells

October 18, 2020 by Claire Badger Leave a Comment

You guys. I tried so hard with this book. I wanted to just read a silly, fun little sci-fi adventure but I could not get through this. I submit, at my best attempts to finish, this book to the DNR pile. It starts off strong, with a fun little space ship chase and the premise of a corporate controlled space future. It seemed simple enough and like it would just be, y’know, fun. Like not profound, not stupid, but fun. Except we end up in […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: disappointing sci-fi, James R. Wells

Claire Badger's CBR12 Review No:7 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: disappointing sci-fi, James R. Wells ·
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Tristan locked his teeth and made some more stupid decisions

Ganwold's Child by Diann Thornley

March 5, 2019 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

Another used bookstore sci-fi stinker! This one had the bones of a good story, but did not live up to its potential. Two-year-old Tristan and his mother flee from some bad guys during an interstellar war, get menaced by some unfriendly aliens who are taking sides in the war, and then flee some more. The end up on Gan, taken in by the locals. Tristan is raised by the Gan, hunting and learning alongside his Gan brother Pulou. Gan are very hairy and have some […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Bothari43, Diann Thornley, disappointing sci-fi, Ganwold, stupid teenage boy protagonists

Bothari43's CBR11 Review No:4 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Bothari43, Diann Thornley, disappointing sci-fi, Ganwold, stupid teenage boy protagonists ·
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