Category Archives: Ficção Científica

Achei belíssima a edição comemorativa dos cinquenta anos da publicação de “Androides Sonham com Ovelhas Elétricas?“. A arte gráfica é primorosa; as ilustrações de David McKean, Peter Kuper e outros são, por si só, um colírio para os olhos. Acompanham … Continue reading →

Reli a trilogia “Fundação” (1951-53). Precisava apagar da memória a péssima adaptação da AppleTV+. Valeu muito a pena! Havia esquecido quase todos os detalhes. Restava apenas uma ideia geral. Incrível a fluidez e a precisão do livro. Sem recursos literários … Continue reading →

Norman Spinrad is a marvel of the dialectical methodology. His Hitler incarnation presents the thesis. His pseudo-preface, by the imaginary literary critic Homer Whipple, formulates the antithesis. Both thesis and antithesis coexist in the alternate timeline. The events of our … Continue reading →

I was a contented “Player Number One” reader. I lived through the eighties and I enjoyed a lot the many references to that period. Ernest Cline had a good story and he stuck to it, without caring about upending the … Continue reading →

In the country of the blind, as the saying goes, the one-eyed man is king or so Michael Flynn hoped. Nevertheless, what starts as a high-level conspiracy novel ends up as a low-level police one. The book start provocatively. Flynn’s … Continue reading →

“Clans of the Alphane Moon” (1964), by Philip K. Dick, is a must-read for anyone interested in science-fiction. However, considering the passage below, I would dare to conclude it should also be a must-read to anyone interested in understanding politics, … Continue reading →

Only recently I watched the 2004 movie version of “Around the World in Eighty Days”. I immediately went after the 1956 movie, which I had watched many years before. Both films are testimonies of the evolving changes of taste among … Continue reading →

There is little I could add to the many reviews and scholarly articles about “A Canticle for Leibowitz”. So, I intend to just register a few impressions. Primarily, I believe it was the best sci-fi book I have ever read. … Continue reading →