Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

Search

Stephen King’s sprawling historical time-travel epic

11/22/63 by Stephen King

by 1 Comment

At work I have a Book Friend who reads mostly horror. He gives me horror recommendations, and I give him sci-fi recommendations, and we both try to enjoy each other’s genre of choice, to varying success. At the other’s insistence, we have both read genre staples without being convinced of their universal relevance (though I have more right to feel aggrieved about this arrangement because Slaughterhouse Five was like 250 pages and It was fucking 1,200 pages, Dorian). It was not for me. I finished It, because I’m a […]

Classic Sci-Fi: Should you read it? Octavia E. Butler

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler

by Leave a Comment

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). […]

Classic Sci-Fi: Should You Read It? The Foundation Trilogy

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov

by 1 Comment

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. Foundation Synopsis Foundation was written by prolific sci-fi author Isaac Asimov in 1951. Like his I, Robot, the text consists of interrelated short stories set […]

Classic Sci-Fi: Should You Read It? Metropolis

Metropolis by Thea von Harbou

by 1 Comment

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. Metropolis was written by Thea von Harbou in 1923 in Germany in conjunction with the screenplay for the silent movie by her husband Fritz Lang, […]

Classic Sci-Fi: Should you read it? Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

by Leave a Comment

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. Fahrenheit 451 is inevitable for my classic sci-fi reading project because it’s on EVERY must-read list, I didn’t read it in high school like everybody […]

Too Close to Home

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

by 2 Comments

I guess I’m posting this for other children/daughters of abusive narcissistic parents. I’m Glad My Mom Died is a great book, but I didn’t enjoy it. It’s very funny, but I didn’t laugh. I was mostly terrified for Jennette and heartbroken that her life was so derailed, and my heart and guts sank for her over and over. The book mainly had me analyzing my own life and trying to figure out how I escaped my mom’s house without her completely taking over my identity […]



Help Our Mission

You can donate to CBR via:

  1. PayPal
  2. Venmo