The Best of Frederik Pohl by Frederik Pohl My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is another book of short stories by Frederik Pohl that I've read and he really doesn't disappoint. I like his short stories much better than his novels, to be honest. "The Tunnel Under The World" was published in the mid-50s, …
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The Digital Dead by Bruce Balfour My rating: 3 of 5 stars Not a bad book, but not a great book either. Could have been better. First, though, it's about a new company called Elysian Fields that offers eternal life by implanting chips in people's heads and then when you die, an electronic copy of …
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick My rating: 4 of 5 stars Please excuse my French, but this is a giant mind fuck of a book! All I could say when I finished it was, wow. Dick tackles a lot in this book. You've got twenty-first century global warming as it's …
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Gateway by Frederik Pohl My rating: 4 of 5 stars Frederik Pohl's Gateway is a sci fi classic, winning both the Hugo and Nebula awards, as well as others. I've been looking forward to reading it for some time. And I've got to say that upon finishing it, I have some mixed feelings. I think …
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Dangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison My rating: 3 of 5 stars I've read a number of reviews of this book and most rave about its importance and the quality of writing. I'm not quite at that point, personally. I thought the book was tremendously uneven, with some strong material being short shafted by some weak, …
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