I first read this series of three novels in late 2014, which was the first year that I had my Kindle e-reader. I seem to recall that at first I found the original short story, and then the collection that became the first full novel in Hugh Howey’s self-published Silo series, which at that time…
Tag: science fiction
2023 and the Books I Enjoyed
How much reading is too much? Back at the start of 2022, I deliberately set out to read less than in 2021, because I read at night before sleep, and I have trouble getting enough sleep. And that’s usually the only time I have to read. So I started 2022 with a reading challenge of just…
Books to screen: Arrival
I’ve written here before about my love-hate relationship with movies from books, or at least about the dichotomy they present. I found this video about how the story was adapted to film a fascinating look at the process of taking a story from one medium to another, and why certain things are done.
Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Review of Solaris, a science fiction novel by Stanislaw Lem, first published in 1961, now available (since 2014) in a direct-to-English translation by Bill Johnston.