Category Archives: Science

Foundation Trilogy: Book One

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

Foundation is a trilogy of Isaac Asimov novels that was honored with a special Hugo award for “Best All-Time” series. It beat out some heavy hitters for the title, including Lord of the Rings. After reading the first book of … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Man

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

The Invisible Man is a fine modern tragedy. In it Griffin, a young optical physicist, in an ill-timed fit of desperation stemming from his hope for scientific recognition and his inability to cope with people, renders himself invisible. He does … Continue reading →

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The Einstein Intersection

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

The Einstein Intersection takes place on an indeterminately future Earth: humanity is long gone, replaced by a genetically troubled race of people, largely mutants and idiots, living within the ruins of human society, struggling to make sense of abandoned technologies … Continue reading →

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Ringworld

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

Larry Niven’s Ringworld is the first book of the project that I have not liked. In fact, I disliked it so much that it shook the very foundation of my belief in science fiction as the greatest of all genres. … Continue reading →

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The Internet Has Officially Blessed This Project

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

It’s been telling me via Google text ads.

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Imperial Earth: A Poem

Posted on July 13, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

Impetuously, a space-living Man, still young, Plots his first and last journey to Earth, for him, a Return to his long-forgotten birthplace. In the ship, he trains for All those forgotten rituals, including: Life with gravity. Everything he finds, including … Continue reading →

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Neuromancer

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

I can’t imagine what it would have been like to read William Gibson’s Neuromancer in 1984. It’s so absurdly dense and riddled with cryptic terms which have since become commonplace, that it must have been virtually hieroglyphic at the time. … Continue reading →

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Reading Notes: R.U.R.

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

The first book of the project is a play, which is an early indicator of how esoteric this list really is. R.U.R. stands for Rossum’s Universal Robots, the latter term being coined by Karel Capek (an enigmatic Czech writer perhaps … Continue reading →

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Arthur C. Clarke in Playboy

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

The great (now late) Arthur C. Clarke had a longstanding relationship with Playboy magazine: they published the first excerpts of 2010: Odyssey Two, as well as a plethora of his short works, musings, and technical papers. It wasn’t until 1986 … Continue reading →

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The Project

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Claire L. Evans

I’ve been reading science fiction novels for most of my life; as a kid, consuming them breathlessly on my parents’ couch, clammy-palmed and haunted by the unreal; furtively, in college, instead of the recommended canon, which was, of course, markedly … Continue reading →

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