Science Fiction – Worlds Imagined

Heroes and Hero Worship in Frank Herbert’s Dune

“For as I take it Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in his world, is at bottom the history of Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modelers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators of whatsoever the general mass of men contrivedContinue reading “Heroes and Hero Worship in Frank Herbert’s Dune“

The Scraps of the Books: The Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith

“The story is simple. There was a boy who bought the planet earth. We know that, to our cost. It only happened once, and we have taken pains that it will never happen again.” These words begin one of the most surreal science fiction novels of all time, Norstillia by Cordwainer Smith. Along with TheContinue reading “The Scraps of the Books: The Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith”