October, 2010

DatePost TitleAuthorWorkSeries
Fri Oct 1: “The ghost of revolution still prowls the Paris streets”: Lisa Goldstein's The Dream Years [Post] [Lisa Goldstein] [The Dream Years]
Mon Oct 4: “Not a moment to be lost”: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series [Post] [Patrick O'Brian] [Aubrey-Maturin series] [Aubrey-Maturin reread]
Mon Oct 4: “It could not have fallen more happily”: Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander [Post] [Patrick O'Brian] [Master and Commander] [Aubrey-Maturin reread]
Tue Oct 5: Trains on the moon: John M. Ford's Growing Up Weightless [Post] [John M. Ford] [Growing Up Weightless]
Wed Oct 6: Next-door to Fairyland: Hope Mirrlees Lud-in-the-Mist [Post] [Hope Mirrlees] [Lud-in-the-Mist]
Thu Oct 7: Slow glass seen from all around: Bob Shaw's Other Days, Other Eyes [Post] [Bob Shaw] [Other Days, Other Eyes]
Mon Oct 11: Out of his element: Patrick O'Brian's Post Captain [Post] [Patrick O'Brian] [Post Captain] [Aubrey-Maturin reread]
Tue Oct 12: Post apocalyptic gender-bending: James Alan Gardner's Commitment Hour [Post] [James Alan Gardner] [Commitment Hour]
Thu Oct 14: Future Classics: Best science fiction by women written 2001-2010 [Post]
Fri Oct 15: A self-aware computer and a revolution on the moon: Robert A. Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress [Post] [Robert A. Heinlein] [The Moon is a Harsh Mistress]
Mon Oct 18: Jack, you have debauched my sloth! Patrick O'Brian's H.M.S. Surprise [Post] [Patrick O'Brian] [H.M.S. Surprise] [Aubrey-Maturin reread]
Wed Oct 20: Classic Science Fiction Tearjerkers [Post]
Wed Oct 20: Rabbit realism and folklore: Richard Adams's Watership Down [Post] [Richard Adams] [Watership Down]
Fri Oct 22: Telepaths, murder and typographical tricks: Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man [Post] [Alfred Bester] [The Demolished Man]
Sun Oct 24: Hugo Nominees: Introduction [Post] [Revisiting the Hugos]
Sun Oct 24: Hugo Nominees: 1953 [Post] [Revisiting the Hugos]
Mon Oct 25: Showing away: Patrick O'Brian's The Mauritius Command [Post] [Patrick O'Brian] [The Mauritius Command] [Aubrey-Maturin reread]
Thu Oct 28: Alien Proxemics: Janet Kagan's Hellspark [Post] [Janet Kagan] [Hellspark]
Sun Oct 31: Hugo Nominees: 1955 [Post] [Revisiting the Hugos]



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