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Forgotten Book: TUNNEL IN THE SKY by Robert A. Heinlein (1955)

TUNNEL IN THE SKY by Robert A. Heinlein, 1955, Scribners

This is the 56th in my series of Forgotten Books.

It seems hard for me to list a Robert Heinlein novel as Forgotten but with the attention given to YA books it seems to be so. The book is available as a trade paperback. Yet [Read it all...]

Forgotten Book: Adventures in Time and Space (1946)Forgotten Book: Adventures in Time and Space (1946)

Adventures in Time and Space by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas, 1946, Random House

This is the 54th in my series of Forgotten Books.

The fall of 1967 was an interesting time for me. For the first time since I was 7 I was suddenly in a town of more than 20,000 people. [Read it all...]

Horny Toads and Ugly Chickens: A&M’s SF collection

The first issue of Amazing Stories is just one of the items in Texas A&M’s speculative fiction collection.

Ever heard of the 1975 novel “Doomsday Clock,” published in San Antonio with an actual fuse sticking out of its cover? What about “Overshoot,” a 1998 Ace paperback about an elderly Alamo City woman reflecting on how [Read it all...]

Broderick's pipeline continues to flowBroderick’s pipeline continues to flow

Damien Broderick: Champing at the bit (inside the pipeline)

The ever-prolific DAMIEN BRODERICK has released yet another book, this one a collection of SF criticism.

Damien, an Aussie who now calls San Antonio home, selected the essays contained in the newly released “Chained to the Alien: The Best of Australian Science Fiction Review.” Inside, [Read it all...]