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For book collectors, vintage science fiction titles hold a special appeal. They're not just portals to different worlds — all fiction can do that — but time-traveling excursions into the past to see how the greatest visionaries of the day imagined the future.
Whether it is a leather-bound copy of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from 1870, a well-thumbed paperback of Philip K. Dick’s 1968 dystopian nightmare Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, or a beautifully preserved copy of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation from 1951, vintage sci fi classics provide both glimpses of the future and windows on the past. The fact that authors like Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451), Frank Herbert (Dune), and Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land) were also amazing writers is simply icing on the cake.
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Updated: Vice's Motherboard Postpones Sci-Fi Film Contest
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Geek's Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Drop – June 2013
Geek Magazine (blog), May 21stbeautiful land Geeks Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Drop – June 2013 What it's about: Takahiro O'Leary works for the Axon Corporation as a parallel timeline expert, using information about similar worlds to maximize the profits of his employer. When he...Read more
Iain Banks defends his science fiction novels in update to fans
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Science fiction – review roundup
The Guardian, May 8thThe Best of All Possible Worlds (Jo Fletcher Books, £20) is a planetary romance that tells the tragic story of the Sadiri people, a telepathic strain of humanity whose race was almost wiped out before the novel opens. Grace Delerua, a Terran...Read more
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