en-US Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:23:22 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7618430384 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:23:22 -0700 /review/show/7618430384 Joachim gave 4 stars to The Company of Glory (Mass Market Paperback) by Edgar Pangborn
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3.5/5

"Edgar Pangborn is an unsung SF hero in my book. At his best, he’s a deeply humanistic writer interested in moments of effective metafictional play on the nature of narrative. The Company of Glory (serialized 1974, 1975) is the third novel in the Tales of Darkening World sequence. It forms a prequel to [..." ]]> Review7618432983 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:22:23 -0700 /review/show/7618432983 Joachim gave 3 stars to Mary's Country (Hardcover) by Harold Mead
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3.25/5

"Imagine William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954) simultaneously collapsed into a brutal Cold War-inspired post-apocalyptic novel à la John Christopher’s contemporary The Death of Grass (1956) with elements of the classic quest. Out of this strange amalgamation comes Harold Mead’s [...]" ]]> Review7618430384 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:21:52 -0700 /review/show/7618430384 Joachim gave 4 stars to The Company of Glory (Mass Market Paperback) by Edgar Pangborn
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3.5/5

"Edgar Pangborn is an unsung SF hero in my book. At his best, he’s a deeply humanistic writer interested in moments of effective metafictional play on the nature of narrative. The Company of Glory (serialized 1974, 1975) is the third novel in the Tales of Darkening World sequence. It forms a prequel to [..." ]]> Review7618430384 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:21:27 -0700 /review/show/7618430384 Joachim gave 4 stars to The Company of Glory (Mass Market Paperback) by Edgar Pangborn
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3.5/5

"Edgar Pangborn is an unsung SF hero in my book. At his best, he’s a deeply humanistic writer interested in moments of effective metafictional play on the nature of narrative. The Company of Glory (serialized 1974, 1975) is the third novel in the Tales of Darkening World sequence. It forms a prequel to [..." ]]> Review7390062656 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 19:04:02 -0700 /review/show/7390062656 Joachim gave 4 stars to Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 (Paperback) by Frederik Pohl
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3.5/5 (Collated rating: Good)

"Ballantine Books� illustrious science fictional program started with a bang–Star Science Fiction Stories. According to Mike Ashley’s Transformations: The Story of Science-Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 Frederik Pohl’s anthology series of original (mostly) stories was “intended as both a showcase of Ballantine’s authors and a lure to new writers.� Paying better rates than [...]" ]]> UserFollowing322680393 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:16:05 -0800 /user/show/3982049-amy-h-sturgis Joachim Boaz is now following Amy H. Sturgis ]]> UserStatus1009233904 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 05:34:57 -0800 Joachim Boaz added a status update.
Joachim wrote: Over on my site --- > Exploration Log 8: Pat M. Kuras and Rob Schmieder report on the first Worldcon panel with an openly LGBTQ topic in “When It Changed: Lesbians, Gay Men, and Science Fiction Fandom� (1980) ]]> Review7305106111 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 06:46:07 -0800 /review/show/7305106111 Joachim gave 3 stars to The Long Way Back (Hardcover) by Margot Bennett
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3.25/5 (Above Average)

"I’m always on the lookout for lesser-known SF works by female authors. And Margot Bennett’s The Long Way Back (1954) certainly fits the bill. Bennett (1912-1980), a Scottish-born screenwriter and author of primarily crime and thriller novels, lead a fascinating life before her writing [...]" ]]> Review7305103894 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 06:45:43 -0800 /review/show/7305103894 Joachim gave 3 stars to The Earth War (Paperback) by Mack Reynolds
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2.75/5 (Below Average)

"First serialized as “Frigid Fracas� in the March, April, and July 1963 issues of Analog, ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. I am unsure how much was modified for the 1964 novelization.

In part due to my recent focus on science fiction that references the organized labor movement, I decided to return to Mack Reynolds after a fourteen-year hiatus. Reynolds� radical political affiliations intrigue [...]" ]]> Review7305103894 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 06:45:15 -0800 /review/show/7305103894 Joachim gave 3 stars to The Earth War (Paperback) by Mack Reynolds
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2.75/5 (Below Average)

"First serialized as “Frigid Fracas� in the March, April, and July 1963 issues of Analog, ed. John W. Campbell, Jr. I am unsure how much was modified for the 1964 novelization.

In part due to my recent focus on science fiction that references the organized labor movement, I decided to return to Mack Reynolds after a fourteen-year hiatus. Reynolds� radical political affiliations intrigue [...]" ]]>