book cover: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Matt’s Reviews: Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

   Publisher:            Dial Press  Publication date:  2009  Copyright Year:    1969  Pages:                   224  ISBN:                    978-0-385-33384-9  Author:                 Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of Billy Pilgrim.  Like Vonnegut himself, Pilgrim was a POW […]

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Book Cover: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Matt’s Reviews: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

  Publisher:                     AUDIO PARTNERS   Publish Date:               1997   Original Publish Date: 1932   Binding:                       Compact Disc   Number of Discs:         7   ISBN:                          9781572703025   Author:                        Aldous Huxley   Read by:                     Michael York Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is the classic […]

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Book cover: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

Matt’s Reviews: I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

  Publisher Random House Audio Date June 2004 Binding CD: Audiobook Edition Unabridged ISBN 9780739312704 Author Isaac Asimov  Read by: Scott Brick i, Robot by Isaac Asimov is one of those classic science fiction stories […]

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Book Cover: The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A Heinlein

Matt’s Reviews: The Green Hills Of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein

Publisher:             Rivercity Press  Publication date: 1978 (reprint)  Copyright Year:   1951  ISBN:                   0-88411-881-9  Author:                Robert A. Heinlein  Original Magazine Story Copyrights:  From 1941 – 1949 The Green Hills Of Earth by Robert A. […]

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Book Cover: A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Matt’s Reviews: A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.

Publisher:             PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE Publication date:  02/01/1961 Book Pages:        368 ISBN:                   9780553273816 Copyright Year:  1959 Author:                Walter M. Miller, Jr.   A Canticle For Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. was originally published in 1959, […]

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Matt’s Reviews: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

  Publisher:            Simon & Schuster   Publication date:  01/10/2012   ISBN:                  9781451673319   Pages:                159   Author:               Ray Bradbury   Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury was originally published in 1953, but it speaks volumes to the world today.  I originally […]

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Matt’s Reviews: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

  Publisher:   Harperaudio ISBN:            9780062314345 Binding:      Compact Disc Published:  10/15/2013 Language:  English Edition:      Unabridged Author:      Kurt Vonnegut Narrator:  Stanley Tucci Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut is a strange story.  It is almost not a […]

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A Sentimental (Science Fiction) Education

Much as I loved Heinlein’s juveniles (Podkayne of Mars, Farmer in the Sky, etc) I became obsessed with Simak. The Way Station stories blew me away, and City was, and probably still is, one of my top ten favourite science fiction novels.

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