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When “You don’t like where you’ve been, the place where you are is grim, and the only place you see yourself going is not an improvement on what’s gone before,” you’re a malcontent

Out of the Dead City by Samuel R. Delaney

June 13, 2020 by Bothari43 Leave a Comment

This book did a great job with the world-building, but not such a great job with the plot-building. I’m not sure this review can describe what it was about, because I’m not entirely sure I understand what happened. But it sounded very pretty while whatever it was was happening! Far away in a beryl sky, three suns rushed madly about one another and gave a little heat to this farthest of their six planets.” We start the book with Jon Toshar, who has just escaped […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #weneeddiversebooks, benevolent aliens, classic sci-fi, Samuel R. Delaney

Bothari43's CBR12 Review No:15 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #weneeddiversebooks, benevolent aliens, classic sci-fi, Samuel R. Delaney ·
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Kitfeather Book Club Part 1

July 9, 2017 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I am going to write this review in two parts. First, my impressions solo, and then a follow up addition after a conversation with my friend. We decided to do a two-person book club. I sent him a list of 5 books, he sent me a list of 5 books, and then we each selected 2 of the other person’s to read. The idea was to pick books we’d had on our lists for a while and get some help pushing through them. This book […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delaney

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:270 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delaney ·
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