Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was one of the best, and one of his best books, published in 1962, was "Something Wicked This Way Comes." The best science fiction is not about technology, but human nature, and what happens to human nature when you take it out of its natural environment and stick it on a spaceship in a faraway nebula. If you think this stuff is only for people with Y chromosomes who can't get dates on the weekend, prepare to be enlightened. This year it was classic science fiction (Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, Philip K.
Last year it was "murder mysteries set in ancient Rome" (Lindsey Davis, Steven Saylor). If you don't have a Netflix subscription, books become really important in maintaining a positive state of mind.Įach year I try to have a theme to my reading. To live up here one must have a rich interior life.
It's all rain, mud and washed-out blossoms covering the streets and driveways. Being cooped up in a New England house this time of year isn't fun.
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