I have seen a few seconds of the film of this book starring David Bowie; the novel was published in 1963. It's a bleak picture of an almost-human alien from an undiscovered planet in our solar system, sent to Earth to try and save his people. He becomes an alcoholic, goes blind and gives up. Depressing.
September Books 10) The Man Who Fell To Earth
I have seen a few seconds of the film of this book starring David Bowie; the novel was published in 1963. It's a bleak picture of an almost-human alien from an undiscovered planet in our solar system, sent to Earth to try and save his people. He becomes an alcoholic, goes blind and gives up. Depressing.
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A Local Habitation, by Seanan McGuire
Second paragraph of third chapter: Stacy didn’t answer when I called the house. I left a quick message asking her to come by and feed Spike and the…
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The 2018 Hugo finalists for Best Series
Last year I had read at least one book in all but one of the series on the final ballot in this category. This year all but one of them were…
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The 2018 Hugo finalists for Best Novella
I found it pretty easy to rank these this year, though I am also very well aware that my tastes are very different from those of voters (and indeed…
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