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Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (1938)

Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:30:00 +0000

Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr. (1938)

Author: John W. Campbell Jr.
First Published: August 1, 1938
Score: 7/10

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The novella that formed the basis of “The Thing” is the John W. Campbell classic about an antarctic research camp that discovers and thaws the ancient, frozen body of a crash-landed alien. The creature revives with terrifying results, shape-shifting to assume the exact form of animal and man, alike. Paranoia ensues as a band of frightened men work to discern friend from foe, and destroy the menace before it challenges all of humanity. The story, hailed as “one of the finest science fiction novellas ever written” by the SF Writers of America, is best known to fans as THE THING, as it was the basis of Howard Hawks’ The Thing From Another World in 1951, and John Carpenter’s The Thing in 1982.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber (1939)

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 18:30:00 +0000

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber (1939)

Author: James Thurber
First Published: January 1, 1939
Score: 5/10

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The mild-mannered Mitty escapes his extremely humdrum and ineffectual existence by leaping into a myriad of fantasies - imaginative daydreams that range from piloting a Navy plane to performing as a brilliant surgeon to coolly leaning against the wall of a firing squad, all while escorting his wife on their regular shopping trip to Danbury, Connecticut.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)

Sun, 02 Sep 2018 20:54:00 +0100

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
First Published: September 21st 1937
Series: Middle-Earth Universe
Score: 9/10

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In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

Written for J.R.R. Tolkien’s own children, The Hobbit met with instant critical acclaim when it was first published in 1937. Now recognized as a timeless classic, this introduction to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard Gandalf, Gollum, and the spectacular world of Middle-earth recounts of the adventures of a reluctant hero, a powerful and dangerous ring, and the cruel dragon Smaug the Magnificent.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 17:55:00 +0100

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)

Author: Aldous Huxley
First Published: 1932
Score: 7/10

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Brave New World is a dystopian novel written in 1931 by English author Aldous Huxley, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State of genetically modified citizens and an intelligence-based social hierarchy, the novel anticipates huge scientific developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that are combined to make a utopian society that goes challenged only by a single outsider.