| Title | : | Lost Hardcore Sci-Fi from 1950s for Hardboiled Fans Only Illustrated |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 305 |
| Publication | : | First published October 27, 2009 |
Its masters were weaned on pulp fiction at a time in the second half of the 20th century when man actually began to reach out for the stars.
When I recently discovered some of the lost masterpieces that fill this 298-page, beautifully illustrated compilation produced exclusively for Kindle, once again I was amazed at how good the writing was of these long-forgotten visionaries.
Hardboiled, sci-fi tales like “The Man Who Hated Mars,” “The Machine That Saved the World,” or “Alien Offer, “brought back the same excitement I first felt as a young man when I stumbled upon my first vintage Sci-Fi pulp story.
In addition to these magnificent gems, this compilation includes the great Robert Silverberg’s first novel, “Starman’s Quest,” which he wrote when he was 19 years old.
I believe you will find this compilation not a walk down lost memories but instead a rediscovery or great things yet to come.
Chet Dembeck
Lost Hardcore Sci-Fi from 1950s for Hardboiled Fans Only Illustrated Reviews
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Golden-Age worthy sci-fi
The kind of stories I used to find in big city libraries or old used book stores. The kind that hooked me on science and led to a long career in software engineering for this old country boy. You can feel The old optimism for the coming space age in most of these. Great nostalgia if you remember that time, and sci fi without the cynicism for you kids. -
A hardboiled from the 50's
This was a good read . Interesting retrospect of space from the 50's when I was reading S F as a kid. -
The book took a weird turn a third of the way in...
Soon after starting this book I settled into what it apparently was- pulp sci-fi short stories, heavy on kitsch and light on style. I was surprised and disappointed when it turned into a juvenile novella without warning. I finished it, but just barely. I have a master's degree in English literature and enjoyed this book mostly on an academic level. Not a terrible read, but there are other, more engaging collections of the genre out there.
