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Revisiting a love of page-turning SF last enjoyed several decades ago… and so now in the process discovering many fine books for the very first time. 📚
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Commenced a long overdue reading of Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’ this week. Needless to say I’m barely a few chapters in & already completely enthralled. Akin to reading ‘The Time Machine’, I still find it astonishing that something written well over 120 years ago can feel so fresh & visceral.

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Commenced a long overdue reading of Wells’ ‘The War of the Worlds’ this week. Needless to say I’m barely a few chapters in & already completely enthralled. Akin to reading ‘The Time Machine’, I still find it astonishing that something written well over 120 years ago can feel so fresh & visceral.

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OTD 1969. A memorable adaptation of C.M. Kornbluth’s ‘The Little Black Bag’, made for the BBC anthology series ‘Out of the Unknown’. No copies were known to exist until a chance discovery in 1999, when almost half of the production was recovered from an old BBC engineering tape. (1 of 2)

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Currently enjoying Zelazny’s ‘Home is the Hangman’, with its entertaining blend of SF/Detective Mystery storytelling. As a youngster I was captivated by the cover of that old Ballantine paperback (reproduced in a SF reference book), so I’m pleased to have found the tale that this image represents! 🙂

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Today’s short story selection was Silverberg’s Hugo-nominated ’Passengers’ from 1968. A bleak and rather unsettling tale from the early stages of what many consider his ‘purple patch’. Looking forward immensely to tackling his novels from this era - thankfully most of which are still in print! 🙂

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OTD 1969. A TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's celebrated SF murder mystery 'The Naked Sun' is shown as part of the BBC’s ‘Out of the Unknown’ series, with Rudolph Cartier of ‘Quatermass’ fame at the directing helm. Sadly no copies exist, although a near complete off-air audio recording survives.

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Midway through Pohl’s ‘Gateway’ & began reflecting on how many of the Hugo winners I’ve actually read to date. Short answer - not many! And taking the 70s as an example, less than 50% so far. Heartening to know I’ve still so much in this field to look forward to, whether it scooped an award or not…

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