“The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire”
The fifth and final volume in Doris Lessing’s visionary novel cycle “Canopus in Argos: Archives”. It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.
“The Sirian Experiments”
The report by Ambien II, of the Five Shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize, The Sirian Experiments is the third volume in Doris Lessing´s celebrated space fiction series, “Canopus in Argos: Archives”. In this interlinked quintet of novels, she creates a new, extraordinary cosmos where the fate of the Earth is influenced by the rivalries […]
“The Stars My Destination”
SF Masterworks Introduction by Graham Sleight Education: none. Skills: none. Merits: none. Recommendations: none. That is the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman. But Gully has managed to survive for 170 days in the airless purgatory of deep space after the wreck of his ship, and has escaped to Earth carrying a murderous […]
“The Subterrene war: Book One. Germline”
Germline (n.) a secret military program to develop genetically engineered super-soldiers (slang). War is Oscar Wendell´s ticket to greatness. A reporter for the Stars and Stripes, he has a pass to the front lines of a brutal conflict over natural resources, where genetics – the germline soldiers – battle heavily armed troops deep beneath the […]
“The Three-Body Problem”
Winner 2015 Hugo award for best novel 1967: Ye Wenjie witness Red Guards beat her father to death during China´s Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal […]
