1962 - Year in SF&F: Reviews
THE WONDER TIMELINE: SF&F RETROSPECTIVE Read other issues here ---------------------------------------------- Walter Miller, Jr. "Conditionally Human" (coll) © Ballantine Books, 1962 larger collection: Corgi Books, 1982 (UK) --/ fourth place sf collection --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ emotion award This review is based on UK edition - with 6 stories. Great selection from the pulps - and good style of writing. Very satisfying collection, prime stuff. Maybe the best presentation of Miller in an adventure mode. review: 30-Jun-06 (read in 1992) ---------------------------------------------- Clifford Simak "All The Traps Of Earth" (coll) © 1962, Doubleday books (abridged to 4 stories - as "The Night of the Puudly") © Four Square Books, 1964 --/ third place sf colection --/ wonder award --/ style award Half of the stories I read in the ancient past, so the only thing I remember is that I simply lo-o-oved them. Other stories I read recently and - surprise - still like the style and wonder of them so much, that kept collection status as solid third place in sf. This is a classic, and as such should be in possession of many, and stay in print for long. review: 07-Jul-06 (read in 1984, 2006) ---------------------------------------------- Return to the Wonder Timeline Labels: Timeline |
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