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Give PKD a Pass and Read Some Octavia Butler, Save Yourself!!

We Can Remember It For You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick

November 19, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

Honestly a disappointing and often infuriating read. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale is Volume Five of Philip K Dick’s collected short stories, covering 25 stories from the mid-60s to early 80s, and is also the title of the most famous story in the collection. I had read this before maybe seven years ago and have been carrying it around since. As part of my effort to weed out my fiction shelves, I figured I would re-read it and see if it was a […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 70s sci-fi, classic sci-fi, Philip K. Dick, short story collection

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:131 · Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #Science Fiction, 70s sci-fi, classic sci-fi, Philip K. Dick, short story collection ·
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Definitely Something That Benefits from a Group Discussion

Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

December 21, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I read this for a book club. It’s a very philosophical book, and I never would have read it on my own. I can’t even say I enjoyed it very much, and it’s the rare novel where am grateful I went to the screening of the 1970s movie version at the art cinema. I also didn’t exactly enjoy the movie but it helped me stay focused on the book when it would become pages of philosophy. Despite that or maybe because of that, it made […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: 70s sci-fi, first contact, Solaris, soviet block, Stansilaw Lem

Jen K's CBR11 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: 70s sci-fi, first contact, Solaris, soviet block, Stansilaw Lem ·
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