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@TheEdinburghBookshop@bookish.community  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

We've made a shelf just for classic #ScienceFiction in the SF section, here are three Joe has loved over the year:

The Illustrated Man: as a youngster, this short story collection was my gateway into the works of Ray Bradbury (still reading him today)

I Am Legend, Matheson's slim classic (oft-filmed, never really quite getting the book) captures that era of Cold War paranoia, fear and isolation

Wasp, a delightful, slightly anarchic adventure romp, beloved by Terry Pratchett. A highly resourceful agent is dropped on an enemy planet to cause distractions (the way a wasp can distract a much larger creature). The humour is like a forerunner of Harrison's later Stainless Steel Rat.

#books #livres #SF #SFF #bookstodon #ClassicBooks #ClassicScienceFiction #bookshops #librairies #RichardMatheson #IAmLegend #Wasp #EricFrankRussell #RayBradbury #TheIllustratedMan

Grey cover with black and white and purple coloured images of a long, curling dragon, and a rose, for Bradbury's The Illustrated Man
Grey cover with black and white and purple coloured images of a long, curling dragon, and a rose, for Bradbury's The Illustrated Man
Grey cover with black and white and purple coloured images of a long, curling dragon, and a rose, for Bradbury's The Illustrated Man
A city in flames and pandemonium is the backdrop to a single man with his back to us on the cover of Wasp
A city in flames and pandemonium is the backdrop to a single man with his back to us on the cover of Wasp
A city in flames and pandemonium is the backdrop to a single man with his back to us on the cover of Wasp
Orange and red hued cover to I Am Legend, showing a huge moon rising between tall city buildings
Orange and red hued cover to I Am Legend, showing a huge moon rising between tall city buildings
Orange and red hued cover to I Am Legend, showing a huge moon rising between tall city buildings
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