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The prince is sleeping now.

Letters from Atlantis by Robert Silverberg

Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg

Nightwings by Robert Silverberg

Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson

The Little World of Don Camillo by Giovannino Guareschi

Technopoly by Neil Postman

The Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman

The Most Beautiful House in the World by Witold Rybczynski

Seize the Day by Saul Bellow

The Game of X by Robert Sheckley

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

White Fang by Jack London

The Man on the Balcony by Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall

December 29, 2020 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Letters from Atlantis – 4/5 Stars In this novella, we meet a time travelling archeologist/anthropologist writing letters to his wife. Seems normal enough (well, minus the time travelling) but what we find out is that this narrator is actually 20,000 years in the past in Atlantis, the mythical or not mythical island country that existed pre-historically, and if the stories that go at least as far back as Plato go, was seemingly advanced. So the time traveler is observing, this society has electricity, as well […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: carmen maria machado, David Grann, Giovannino Guareschi, Jack London, Jeanette Winterson, Neil Postman, Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, robert sheckley, robert silverberg, saul bellow, Witold Rybczynski

vel veeter's CBR12 Review No:661 · Genres: Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: carmen maria machado, David Grann, Giovannino Guareschi, Jack London, Jeanette Winterson, Neil Postman, Per Wahloo and Maj Sjowall, robert sheckley, robert silverberg, saul bellow, Witold Rybczynski ·
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