Tag: Charles Stross
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Some New and Old SF Novels
[I]\’ve picked up a few books recently, so I\’ll list them, a few at a time. Starting off firstly with the novels. Two new purchases from Amazon.co.uk, and two old/used books from local car-boot sales. SATURN\’S CHILDREN by Charles Stross (paperback, Orbit Books, London, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-84149-568-2) NEPTUNE\’S BROOD by Charles Stross (paperback, Orbit Books,…
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It\’s a Geek\’s Life… (Part Three)
This one has been a long time coming, far too long. But better late than never, I suppose… 🙂 The Barren Years – The Near-Death of Geekery During the Eighties All throughout the first half of the 1970\’s, I was in geek heaven, having seemingly unlimited time to spend on my obsessions with comics, sf…
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It\’s a Geek\’s Life… (Part Three)
The Barren Years – The Near-Death of Geekery During the Eighties [A]ll throughout the first half of the 1970\’s, I was in geek heaven, having seemingly unlimited time to spend on my obsessions with comics, sf literature, telefantasy and sci-fi films. But by 1977-78, things began to change considerably. I began my A-Levels at college…