History PhD. Defender of Liberal Arts. History of Leftist Thought. Joachim Boaz (he/him) maps the topography of science fiction before 1985. No AI. Creator of the fanzine Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/
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Atelier Heinrichs & Bachmann's cover for the 1966 German edition of Isaac Asimov's Foundation and Empire (1952)
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In the first issue of SMALL PLANET, @joachimboaz.bsky.social takes us back to the 1970s to explore the dystopian world of Norwegian writer Knut Faldbakken’s Sweetwater duology:
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Virgil Finlay's interior art for Roscoe Clark's "Experiment" in Thrilling Wonder Stories, ed. Mort Weisinger (April 1939).
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Basil Wells (1912-2003) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Robert C. Sherry, 1941; R, Harry Lemon Parkhurst, 1945
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And Saxton's fascinating first novel The Hieros Gamos of Sam and An Smith (1969) here: sciencefictionruminations.com/2012/11/04/b...
I learned of her death three years ago. For whatever reason I was told not to share that information. We still do not know the exact date she died. I wish I could have posted something back then. She's was an underrated New Wave visionary.
Dutch SF author A. D. Hildebrand (1907-1977) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Marten Toonder, 1961; R, Rein van Looy, 1952
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Josephine Saxton (1935-2023) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Michael Brickmann, 1978; R, Jack Faragasso, 1972
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I reviewed Josephine Saxton’s first three published short stories “The Wall” (1965), “Ne Déjà Vu Pas” (1967), and “Nothing Much to Relate” (1967) here: sciencefictionruminations.com/2022/07/29/s...
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(Jack Faragasso’s cover for the 1970 edition) 4.5/5 (Very Good) The Hieros Gamos of Sam and An Smith (1969) is an experimental (but approachable) science fiction fable set in a world which, a…
In the past year or so I’ve put together an informal series on the first three published short fictions by female authors who are new(ish) to me and/or whose most famous SF novels fall mostly outsi…