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jontlaw
Posted 2016-05-23 6:12 PM (#13615 - in reply to #9162)
Subject: Re: The Definitive 1950s Reading Challenge		Quote Reply



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Location: Alief, TX		I started working on this challenge at the beginning of May. I started my eighth book of the challenge today. So far I have read -

1950 Voyage of the Space Beagle by A.E. van Vogt: Great stuff. Loved the episodic nature. Makes me wonder if Gene Roddenberry read it before Star Trek
1951 The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury: Bradbury is a true master of the short story medium
1952 The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester: Fantastic book. Went straight to my favorites list. To me, it compares with Frederick Pohl's The Space Merchants and Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
1953 Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury: Surprisingly, I'm a little disappointed. I just didn't feel this one like some of the others
1954 The Stars are Ours by Andre Norton: Surprisingly good. Her post-apocalyptic world really spoke to me
1955 Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick: Excellent, especially for a first novel. I really loved his dystopic world government
1956 The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester: Really good book. The end lost me, just a little, but still highly recommended
1957 Star Born by Andre Norton: Sequel to the prior book. I'm a third of the way through, and enjoying it

Still to come, Time Travelers by Andre Norton for 1958 and Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick for 1959.

I'm still considering bumping my commitment up to 15 books. I have the titles lying around, I just have to make the time. If I do, Martian Chronicles will make the list, as well as The Man Who Japed, Player Piano, and Philip Wylie's Disappearance. While I have the books, for some reason I find myself driven to complete this challenge without reading any new Asimov or Heinlein. I'm not sure why.

If you're looking for recommendations, I read for challenges in previous years The Canticle of Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller, The Space Merchants by Frederick Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth, and The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, and loved loved loved all of them.

Edited by jontlaw 2016-05-23 6:15 PM

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