io9 has a post on the twenty science fiction novels that will change your life. I've only read about half of these, and I suspect the less interesting half at that—which makes this a very good and helpful list for me as my dissertation project (expected completion date: 2017) increasingly begins to focus on sci-fi.
Not on the list, but should be: Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker, which I'm not very far into but which is amazingly good. I'd also be remiss if I didn't use this opportunity to remind people to read Watchmen.
Also at io9: weak postmodern superheroes and comparative sex-specific body mass index in the Marvel Universe and the real world.
Friday, February 29, 2008
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