6/27/21 review of The City Who Fought, by Anne McCaffrey and S.M. Stirling

Here is the link to my June 27, 2021, Twitter thread review of the novel The City Who Fought, by Anne McCaffrey and S.M. Stirling.

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6/5/21 review of The End of Eternity, by Isaac Asimov

Here is the link to my June 5, 2021, Twitter thread review of the novel The End of Eternity, by Isaac Asimov.

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5/1/21 review of the novel Mutation, by Robin Cook

Here is the link to my May 1, 2021, Twitter thread review of the novel Mutation, by Robin Cook.

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12/21/19 review of the novel A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by Madeleine L'Engle

Here is the link to my December 21, 2019, review of the novel A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by Madeleine L'Engle.

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10/7/18 review of the novel Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson

Here is the link to my October 7, 2018, Twitter thread review of the novel Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still mostly coherent. My apologies.

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9/30/18 review of the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes

Here is the link to my September 30, 2018, Twitter thread review of the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still moderately coherent.

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9/25/18 review of the book Lost in Time: Ghatotkacha & the Game of Illusions

Here is the link to my September 25, 2018, Twitter thread review of the book Lost in Time: Ghatotkacha & the Game of Illusions, by Namita Gokhale.

Twitter's platform has twisted each of my threads through 2018 and 2019 out of chronological order. This thread is affected, but is still mostly coherent. My apologies.

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11/20/17 review of novel The Stepford Wives, by Ira Levin

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the novel The Stepford Wives, by Ira Levin.

The thread gives a summary of the novel. It compares the plot and themes of the novel to Levin's novel Rosemary's Baby, as well as other popular works like Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Farenheit 451. The thread discusses themes in the novel like individuality versus community, women's individuality versus conventional roles for women in families, and consumerism, capitalism, and normativity.

I got this book from The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles, California.

10/3/12 and 10/31/12 reviews of books by Arthur C. Clarke -- MY FIRST TWITTER REVIEW???

Hello everybody! As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm going back to the very beginning of my Twitter to find my earliest reviews.

This single tweet appears to be my very first book review. On October 3, 2012, I mention How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village, by Arthur C. Clarke.

Here's the tweet:

Finished How the World was One, by Arthur C. Clarke. Good history of telecommunications. But satellite part could have been more historical.

On October 31, 2012, I reviewed Clarke's book Astounding Days: The Science Fictional Autobiography.

At this time, my reviews weren't in thread form. They were separate tweets. To make things easier to read, I'll put all the tweets in this post.

T1. Finished reading Astounding Days by Arthur C. Clarke. Kind of a history of Astounding Stories magazine's effect on Clarke's thought.

T2. Astounding Days moves from the cheesy beginnings of Astounding Stories magazine, through the age of great storytellers, including Clarke.

T3. Astounding Days inspires me to read John W. Campbell, Murray Leinster, Victor Rousseau, William Corliss, Stanley Weinbaum, and E.E. Smith.

T4. In Clarke's Astounding Days there are plenty of stories of failed soothsayers and naysayers, as well as of those whose visions were correct.

T5. Interesting, in Astounding Days, how wrong people were about war- and space-rockets and how prescient they were about U-235's potential.

T6. Good Astounding Days quote: "For good or ill, the fantasies of my youth had become the international politics of my adult life."

10/12/14 review of the book Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein

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Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein.

Heinlein's book Stranger in a Strange Land is probably one of the most famous sci-fi books of all time. My thread discusses a little bit about the characters of Jubal Harshaw, Michael Valentine Smith, and Jill Broadman. I discuss how the story is a bit like a travelogue, while also being the story of the passage of knowledge through generations. I also compare the book to Heinlein's book Friday and to George Bernard Shaw.

Here is the link to the Penguin Random House edition of Stranger in a Strange Land.

Also, I checked this book out from the Jefferson County Public Library in Colorado.

11/11/14 review of The Peripheral, by William Gibson

Here is a link to my Twitter thread review of the novel The Peripheral by William Gibson.

In my review, I compare The Peripheral to the film Blow-Up and The Matrix. I discuss some of the time travel and body-switching elements. I also wonder if sci-fi apocalypses are social corollaries for the crisis that precedes an individual's "hero's journey." This review also discusses Gibson's visit to the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver to promote The Peripheral.

Here is a link to The Peripheral on William Gibson's website.

Also, I bought The Peripheral at the Tattered Cover Book Store, a bookstore chain in the Denver metro area.