Read the 2nd edition. Should be very helpful when I get around to grounding something, and reinforces what I know about bonding, except for using flat braid, which I thought was pretty good stuff, but he says not so much.
An alternate history of Rome, one where it survived into the space age. With a picture of a spaceship on the jacket, I thought there would be more space-stuff. There was not. Still good, though!
Seven stories of androids by authors E.C. Tubb, Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov, J.T. McIntosh, Philip K. Dick, Avram Davidson, and Alfred Bester. Read in the bathtub, over a period of a week...
Quote:
"Robopsychologist, please."
"Oh, are robots so differnt from men, mentally?"
"Worlds different." She allowed herself a frosty smile. "Robots are essentially decent."
Seven stories of alternate worlds. Sideways In Time, by Murry Leinster, reminded me of 1632, the novel by Eric Flint. It's too long to quote here, but Sail On Sail On, by Philip Jose Farmer, had a cute little explanation of C.W. radio using an analagy of a column a little angels.
Quote:
That was one sweet collection of sinusoids. -- Delenda Est, by Robert Silverberg, pg. 221.
A CIA (domestic spying?) agent runs across a Civil War veteran that is more than a hundred years old, but appears to be in his thirties. A classic science fiction novel.
EDIT: Read again, totally did not realize, during the read, that I had already read it twelve years ago!!
Twenty-five stories, some pretty good, some not so great, in my opinion. One of my favorites was Hillary Orbits Venus, by Pamela Sargent. There are also stories by Arthur C Clarke, Phillip K. Dick, C.M. Kornbluth, Forrest J. Ackerman/Ray Bradbury, Samuel Delaney, and other authors I am not familiar with.
"Enjoyed" may not be the right word, but I'm GLAD I read it. It gave a picture of society that I am not so familiar with. I'll be processing this story for a long time.
A young boy deals with the death of his friend who was stung by a bee and had an allergic reaction to it. Boy, that is a poorly written sentence! A very short book, 94 pages, but good.