science fiction
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 23, 2025
Iain Banks, Consider Phlebas, 1987–the first book in the magnificent Culture series. Banks is a superb writer, not only of SF but of conventionally realistic novels as well. Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 22, 2025
Kim Stanley Robinson published The Ministry for the Future in 2020, a cautionary tale for our planet on the brink. The book is chilling and in my opinion necessary. The novel is one among many, and one of the best,… Continue reading
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A speculative fiction advent calendar of quotes: Dec. 21, 2025
Cecilia Holland, widely admired for her historical fiction, published her only SF novel, Floating Worlds, in 1976. It ought to be better known! It is one of my favorites. It’s a space pirates novel. It’s the Mongol Horde in space.… Continue reading
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