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The Forever War Starship Troopers

Classic Sci-Fi: Should you read it? Starship Troopers and The Forever War

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

March 17, 2024 by HC 6 Comments

Classic Sci-Fi: Should You Read It? is a self-imposed project in which I read pre-1990 science fiction novels and categorize them as “classis sci-fi you should read,” “classic sci-fi you should read if you’re all hardcore about it,” or “classic sci-fi you don’t have to read.” For background on my project, please see the introduction to my review of 1984. One appealing thing about sci-fi is that some novels really must be discussed within the context of others. Today (and many other days, I suspect) […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: CSF:SYRI?, joe haldeman, robert a heinlein, Should you read it?, war

HC's CBR16 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: CSF:SYRI?, joe haldeman, robert a heinlein, Should you read it?, war ·
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Classic Sci-Fi: Should you read it? 1984

1984 by George Orwell

March 17, 2024 by HC 7 Comments

CSF:SYRI? Background For the past couple years I’ve been working on my own little reading project. I love the sci-fi genre with my entire heart. I also went to a weird religious middle and high school and I missed reading a bunch of classics. A couple years ago I finally read Slaughterhouse 5 and y’all, it is great! What other classic sci-fi have I been missing out on, I wondered, and tried to research the best I could. Of course the internet has all kinds of […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: classic sci-fi, CSF:SYRI?, dystopia, George Orwell, Should you read it?

HC's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: classic sci-fi, CSF:SYRI?, dystopia, George Orwell, Should you read it? ·
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