Formative Books

I devoured all the Dr Dolittle books I could find at the local library, hmm, might add a link to Google Street! Science Fiction for kids - never occurred to me then or since that there was anything politically incorrect about them. But censorship comes in many ugly forms.

Actually my brother's book. An interesting counterpoint to Latin class! Not exactly a primer to guide you through post puberty!

I could never read his seminal Outsider - but that's the recurring theme. Does anyone predate his Great Old Ones concept?

Ah Heinlein, the Woody Allen of SF. Can read his stream of consciousness self-indulgent tracts but there are some good stories in there.

Wanted to be a vet once, then I realised I loved animals too much. Go figure. My dog talks to me and is pretty smart but not like Sirius.

A great Canadian author! Unknown it would seem in his birth town of Edmonton. A great story teller though.

Do you know where the title comes from - interesting. But the best line is from the sheep look up - "Think of it as evolution in action"...

British post apocolypse classic. Wonder if Brin's the Postman is related.

Pre WWII Science Fiction - the sexism is cloying but probably reflective of the times. What's amazing is Smith's prescience of the war on drugs - an American obsession. But what's really incredible is that just when you think the superlatives can't get any super, he ups the ante! And he has a scientifically plausible FTL drive.