MSchneiberg, 22 days ago

@SFRuminations For our literature reading group, I'm reading Bradbury, his greatest classic, for the first time in decades. I had completely forgotten how easily his prose flows, how rich and poetic his style is. I find it remarkable that a novel that I'm sure most people considered "standard" SF fodder at the time now conveys such an artistic and sophisticated impression. Such novels are very rare today, because writing and reading habits in genre literature have become very "netflixed". What's more, while I'm reading it, I keep seeing the great Oskar Werner in front of me, a sad acting genius who died far too young. After reading the novel, I will definitely watch the Truffeaut film again.

SFRuminations, 22 days ago

@MSchneiberg I remember enjoying both the book and the film. Feel free to join the community on the site! That's my primary forum for SF discussion.

I have reviewed a few Bradbury shorts in the last year or so. My slow and late return to his work.

“Almost the End of the World” (1957) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/10/10/future-media-short-story-review-ray-bradburys-almost-the-end-of-the-world-1957/
“The Highway” (1950) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/06/15/short-story-reviews-ray-bradburys-the-highway-1950-and-leslie-a-croutchs-the-day-the-bomb-fell-1950/
“The Pedestrian” (1951) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/01/28/future-media-short-story-review-ray-bradburys-the-pedestrian-1951/

MSchneiberg, 22 days ago

@SFRuminations Maybe I will, thanks for the tip. Is there a particular reason why you set 1985 as the cut-off point? Or is that more or less arbitrary?

SFRuminations, 22 days ago

@MSchneiberg My about page gives a good sense of what I am interested in: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/about/

SFRuminations, 22 days ago

@MSchneiberg I discuss the date range in this podcast interview as well: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/07/14/updates-podcast-interview-and-vintage-sf-discussion-extravaganza/

SFRuminations, 23 days ago

I include reading updates, birthdays with bibliographical links for the last few weeks, and cryptic references to current projects in the post as well! #scifi #sciencefiction #writing #books

spacetimedonut, 23 days ago

@SFRuminations not currently reading it but John Brunner’s Shockwave Rider is amazing

SFRuminations, 23 days ago

@spacetimedonut Indeed. My most recent Brunner review: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2024/03/02/book-review-john-brunners-the-squares-of-the-city-1965/

seelefand, 23 days ago

@SFRuminations read „camp concertation” many years ago. It’s one of the books that stays with you. Here the cover of the German edition.

SFRuminations, 23 days ago

@seelefand Yeah, I read it a decade or so ago and need to give it a reread! Feel free to join the conversation on the site :)

SFRuminations, 23 days ago

@seelefand And for why I love Disch, check out my review from last year of The Genocides (1965) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/01/08/book-review-the-genocides-thomas-m-disch-1965/

ecadre, 23 days ago

@SFRuminations Re-reading the Foundation series.

SFRuminations, 23 days ago

@ecadre One of the earliest SF books I read -- I remember little. Feel free to join the convo on the site! :)