Recent Reading

Some recent reading from my festival of old school sci-fi:

• The Skylark of Space by E.E. "doc" Smith -- This is some vintage sci-fi with manyly men, womanly women, and space krakenly space krakens.


• Islands in the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke -- Islands in the Sky is a classic in the "all American boy goes to space" vein. After the Skylark, you'd think Clarke's meticulously thought-out hard science style would be jarring, but it isn't. Maybe it's because both books are about the wonder of space. Clarke even has a little homage to the Skylark in this book, which is a cool coincidence, since I bought them both at the same yard sale.