John Boston and Damien Broderick’s Building New Worlds: 1946-1959: The Carnell Era, Volume One (2013), New Worlds: Before the New Wave, 1960-1964: The Carnell Era, Volume Two (2013) and Strange Highways: Reading Science Fantasy, 1950-1967 (2013)

Four books: Jean-Louis Curtis’ The Neon Halo (1956, trans. 1958). I’m a sucker for lesser-known SF in translation. Here charts the evolution of modern society between 1995-circa 2100 with an unusual focus martyrdom and persecution. Edgar Pangborn’s Davy (1964). One of my absolute favorites. I should have a review of another Pangborn novel posted soon. Stay tuned. Octavia Butler’s Mind of My Mind (1977) is the second-published and second chronological installment of her Patternist series of novels (1976-1984), that chart the dystopic and hyper-violent development (and destruction) of a telepathic society. Damon Knight’s Far Out (1961)–worth acquiring for “The Enemy” (1958), “You’re Another” (1955), and “Cabin Boy” (1951).