pickI had to renew my library card to order The Left Hand of Darkness for this month's #ClassicLSFBC pick, and while I was there randomly picked up this graphic novel, which, to my delight, is a blend of Tintin and Indiana Jones.
Julius Chancer is the young archaeology assistant to London-based antiquarian Sir Alfred Catesby-Grey. It's the 1920s, and Hollywood starlet Lily Lawrence teams up with Julius to help extricate her boozy aristocratic ⬇️
pickClassic SF novel about an ice age planet where the inhabitants are neither male nor female except at certain points in their reproductive cycle when they may become either.
I first read this around 1980 and found it enthralling, loving the exploration of the ideas. I then read it again 20-odd years ago when I found the journey across the icecap tedious. This time it was more enjoyable but it didn't have the wow factor from when I first read it.
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The #ClassicLSFBC selection for August is Ursula LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness. I've read this not long ago, so I'll probably pass on the reread, but those who haven't read it are in for a treat.
September's choice is Galactic Pot Healer by Philip K. Dick. It was a tie between this and Software, so I flipped a coin and GPH won. Happy reading everyone!!
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The #ClassicLSFBC selection for August is Ursula LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness. I've read this not long ago, so I'll probably pass on the reread, but those who haven't read it are in for a treat. September's choice is Galactic Pot Healer by Philip K. Dick. It was a tie between this and Software, so I flipped a coin and GPH won. Happy reading everyone!!
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pick(1967) I've tried this one before and didn't get far, and even this time I found that it takes some time to get used to the premise and the space. But once it clicks -- for me it clicked in the third chapter -- it is a delight. It's humorous, intriguing, and sneakily serious about the role of religion in civilization. A potential future re-read for sure.
Thanks #ClassicLSFBC for prompting me to move it from “someday“ to “okay, now“
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Zelazny weaves elements of Hindu and Buddhist motifs in a tale of technocratic "gods" vying for power and freedom on a far future alien planet.
It's a story of liberation from religious, oligarchic oppression, which once frames this as a fight against fascism, so it also fits for the #AntifaBookClub
The means of control of the populous is a high technology dressed in state religious ideology, used to enforce scientific ignorance ⬇️
So, we only have three nominees for August's #ClassicLSFBC selection. As usually, the book with the most votes will be August's read, the runner up with be the selection for September. Voting is from now until Sunday, I'll announce the winners on Monday. @Bookwomble @Ruthiella @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @wanderinglynn @Readergrrl @Johanna414 @Lizpixie @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG
pick68/100 Its been about 15 years since I read this, and it holds up well on a reread. It's still one of my favorite novels, sci-fi or otherwise, of all time. It's not an easy book to read, it has a nonlinear timeline, and the character of Siddhartha is complex and often confusing. He is called the buddha by his followers, but he says he isn't, but he really could be. I can see people putting this down in confusion or frustration, but it is ⬇️
Hello everyone!! I'm sorry I'm late with the selections for August #ClassicLSFBC. I hope everyone enjoyed Lord of Light for July, and is ready for something new in August. Nominations are open, and we'll do as usual, the one with the most votes will be August's selection, runner-up will be the September selection. I will start the nominations with Software by Rudy Rucker.
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This is the first of a three part story, and if I can't get the others on loan, I'll be happy to buy the collected edition. Great fun 😊 22h