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Engineer Al's Sci-Fi Library: Theodore Sturgeon
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15 Feb 2015 12:50 #197723
by DukeofChutney
Replied by DukeofChutney on topic Engineer Al's Sci-Fi Library: Theodore Sturgeon
i have death of doctor island on the reading shelf and have read both the New Sun and the Soldier of Mist. I have typed up a review / interpretation but its not quite ready for posting yet.
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15 Feb 2015 13:40 #197725
by engineer Al
OK, I ordered a copy on Amazon. Thanks for the recommendation!
Replied by engineer Al on topic Engineer Al's Sci-Fi Library: Theodore Sturgeon
Frohike wrote: I would recommend The Death of Doctor Island.
OK, I ordered a copy on Amazon. Thanks for the recommendation!
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16 Feb 2015 09:36 #197752
by Columbob
Replied by Columbob on topic Engineer Al's Sci-Fi Library: Theodore Sturgeon
For a short Wolfe read, I quite enjoyed Pirate Freedom. Again with the unreliable narrator and WTF is really happening? But still pretty good.
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16 Feb 2015 17:43 #197789
by Frohike
Replied by Frohike on topic Engineer Al's Sci-Fi Library: Theodore Sturgeon
Oh cool, you must be picking up the collection. Yeah he wrote three stories with variations of the title.
Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories: is just ok. Something interesting looms in that one, but it feels like more of a sketch. Definitely an early story.
The other two are much more interesting: The Death of Doctor Island, and Doctor of Death Island. There are some other gems in that collection too; definitely worth looking into. I also try to read PEACE every couple of years or so, now that I had the "aha" moment about the narrator that reviewers kept alluding to but never explaining. But that one isn't SF. It's more Horror meets Tristram Shandy.
Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories: is just ok. Something interesting looms in that one, but it feels like more of a sketch. Definitely an early story.
The other two are much more interesting: The Death of Doctor Island, and Doctor of Death Island. There are some other gems in that collection too; definitely worth looking into. I also try to read PEACE every couple of years or so, now that I had the "aha" moment about the narrator that reviewers kept alluding to but never explaining. But that one isn't SF. It's more Horror meets Tristram Shandy.
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