Recent readings (February & March 2012)

Two months have passed since my previous post on books I have been reading. Here are three more books with concise reviews. Earth Abides by George Stewart First published in 1951, and now part of the SF Masterworks series, Earth Abides has a timeless quality. This was one of the first post-apocalyptic novels. It’s calm [...]

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Recent readings (January 2012)

The title of this blog is David reads books but it doesn’t contain many posts about books. I thought I’d start posting lists of books I have recently read with some brief notes or comments about each book. Hopefully I will do this once a month. We’ll see how it goes. How to Live Safely [...]

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The 3D world of Avatar

I saw Avatar last night in IMAX 3D. Paying the extra few dollars to see the film in this format was not just worth it but essential to appreciating the movie. The plot of Avatar is quite simple and is a fairly typical of a Hollywood sci-fi/action movie. That is why anyone who sees the [...]

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Fact vs fiction

Science fiction: Artwork by Freddy Lopez Jr. from the Iron Man Fan Art Gallery. Science fact: Soaring Over the Alps on Homemade Jet Wings – Wired blogSwiss ‘Fusion Man’ takes to skies – Taipei Times

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Sci-fi reading list

Following on from an earlier post about reading science fiction here’s a list of SF books and authors that I made for a friend.

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Spin – book review

Spin is a science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson. It won the Hugo Award for best novel in 2006. I have made this little podcast as an experiment. I hope you like it. If you cannot see the embedded player above then you can listen to it here.

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A dark vision

I bought the novel A Scanner Darkly a few months ago and read it in anticipation of the imminent release of the movie based on the book. I have read a few of Philip K. Dick’s novels and this one ranks along side The Man in the High Castle as his best. Philip K. Dick [...]

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On reading science fiction

Although I have been an avid reader and lover of books all my life it is only recently that I have taken a serious interest in science fiction. When I was at high school The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin was one of the set texts in my final year English class. [...]

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