The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
When I first read this, Heinlein's last truly great book, I was blown away. Of course I was a pre-pubescent teenager at the time. While this remains a vastly entertaining romp, sadly it's dated badly by some bizarre sexual politics and heavy handed political theorizing.
The Drowned World
An extraordinarily powerful novel, The Drowned World takes place in a future where the greenhouse effect has transformed Northern Europe into a flooded tropical swamp.
The atmosphere of malaise and decay is utterly convincing and I feel haunted by it.
This is one the finest books I've ever read and I get the feeling this will linger in the memory for a long time.
Recommended without hesitation.
Second Foundation
Another two novella effort.
First half is the Mule's search for the second foundation post the events in Foundation & Empire.
Second half is about bayta's son and granddaughter and reveals more about the way the second foundation works.
Foundation And Empire
Second book in the Foundation sequence consists of two novellas.
First is about the conflict between the rump of the Galactic Empire and the Foundation and the second is about the rise of The Mule.
Better than the first book I'm still not sold on it as a work of genius.
Foundation
One of the legendary books of science fiction has always been a huge disappointment to me. Essentially a loosely framed series of short stories with no sense of conclusion
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