Party Line by Gerard Klein

So I thought it best to finish out July with another of Gerard Klein’s best works, “Party Line”. As I mentioned previously, Klein is a French scifi writer whose first story “appeared in 1955, when he was nineteen. He published nearly sixty more in the next decade” and now works as an editor in France … Continue reading Party Line by Gerard Klein →

Science Fiction Friday: The Sand-Man by ETA Hoffman

ETA Hoffman’s “The Sand-Man” tells the story of a man named Nathanael whose childhood fears of the man he associates and blames for the death of his father have haunted him all his life, as one would expect. The story begins with letters from Nathanael as he laments to his friends Lothair and Clara that … Continue reading Science Fiction Friday: The Sand-Man by ETA Hoffman →

Science Fiction Friday: From Frankenstein, or “The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley’s The Modern Prometheus revisits Victor from Frankenstein three years after he created the monster. Presently he is now struggling with the task of creating a female to be Frankenstein’s companion. He finds temporary solace for his work on a remote island in Scotland, though he constantly frets as to whether or not he … Continue reading Science Fiction Friday: From Frankenstein, or “The Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley →

Nine Lives by Ursula LeGuin

Allow me to indulge in three of my favorite things in life: alliteration, science fiction, and short stories. “Nine Lives” by Ursula LeGuin. In Ursula LeGuin’s “Nine Lives” ten clones arrive at the Libra Exploratory Mission Base to assist the singleton humans Owen Pugh and Alvaro Guillen Martin in their scientific work. The clones are … Continue reading Nine Lives by Ursula LeGuin →