Sometimes one ends up reading words that are eerily prophetic. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is exactly that kind of work. We are at No. 7 of the Top 20 list and hold on to your knickers for this review is gonna be long! So as I sat reading this book one fine day I [...]
To many people, 2001: A space Odyssey was a great movie. To many people that movie is the definite beginning of the sci-fi movie genre. The first movie to spend a ton of money on building special sets fot the various scenes, the elaborate details regarding the spaceship and the space suits, all this adds [...]
Continue reading …Close your eyes, The wind whispers in my ears, Close our eyes and all will be well, Close your eyes and whisper back to me, For I will be your lover tonight. Close your eyes and I will wrap you in my arms, And for once you will not be alone, Close your eyes and [...]
Continue reading …I pour oil on it, Slowly, ponderously, carefully. I want to do it right, No mistakes. I run a finger through the fabric of the bridge, The old frayed rope uncoiling in places, It’s a pack of cards this bridge, IT will crumble soon on it’s own. But where is the satisfation? Where is the unbridled joy, [...]
Continue reading …We are at book No. 9 of the Top 20 sci-fi books! Book No. 9 is I, Robot by Isaac Asimov. I know most of you have seen I, Robot. Ok, here is a guilty admission. I saw the movie before I read the book! There! I said it! The movie was cool, I loved [...]
Continue reading …The sparks dead, The fires burnt out, The days done, It’s now just smoke and clouds, What was, will not be, What it always was, But change to what will be better, There is still the night, There is still the night though, And it won’t all be better till tomorrow. But tomorrow is todays [...]
Continue reading …Hello people! We are at No. 10 of our Top 20 sci-fi list and things are getting interesting. Book no. 10 is Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein! First off, Robert A. Heinlein is a genius! A great thinker, one of the best I have ever read. His books are an amazing representation of his [...]
Continue reading …Do Androids Dram of Electric Sheep? Interesting Question and Philip K. Dick chooses to address that! We are now at No. 11 of our Top 20 Sci-fi and it’s a great book here again! Many people know this book better as the movie Blade Runner featuring Harrison Ford ( read geek god, he is after [...]
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