Here’s an index, chronologically (newest at top) and then by author, of the review/summaries of classic SF novel I’ve written for John O’Neill’s Black Gate beginning January 2020.
By Date:
- Arthur C. Clarke: Omnibuses, Collections, and Remixes (16 Sep 2021)
- The Dream of the Numinous: Carl Sagan’s Contact (2 Sep 2021)
- “Is There Anybody There?”: James Gunn’s The Listeners (8 Apr 2021)
- Isaac Asimov’s Fantastic Voyage from Film to Novel (25 Mar 2021)
- Incredible, In More Ways than One: Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man (12 Mar 2021)
- Up and Down Again: Robert Silverberg’s Up the Line (25 Feb 2021)
- Eternity vs. Infinity: Isaac Asimov’s The End of Eternity (11 Feb 2021)
- Notes and Quotes: Arthur C. Clarke’s The Deep Range (1957) (29 Jan 2021)
- Life, Death, and Different Kinds of Men: Algis Budrys’ Rogue Moon (15 Oct 2020)
- Arthur C. Clarke on the Moon: A Fall of Moondust and Earthlight (1 Oct 2020)
- Recomplicated Realities: Philip K. Dick’s Eye In the Sky and Two Others (10 Sep 2020)
- Are Some “Classics” Best Neglected?: Eric Frank Russell’s Sinister Barrier (27 Aug 2020)
- The Fate of Intelligence: Chad Oliver’s The Winds of Time (13 Aug 2020)
- The Responsibility of Progress: Leigh Brackett’s The Long Tomorrow (30 Jul 2020)
- These Two Books Are Not the Same: John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes and Out of the Deeps (16 Jul 20)
- Humanity Uplifted: Poul Anderson’s Brain Wave (2 Jul 20)
- We Have Launch: Arthur C. Clarke’s Prelude to Space (18 Jun 20)
- Future History, First Draft: Robert A. Heinlein’s For Us, the Living (4 Jun 20)
- Isaac Asimov’s First Actual Novel: 1950’s Pebble in the Sky (21 May 20)
- A Scientist’s Science Fiction Novel: Fred Hoyle’s The Black Cloud (7 May 20)
- Cycles of History and the Eternal Church: Walter M. Miller, Jr.’s A Canticle for Leibowitz (23 Apr 20)
- A Fascinating, Ordinary 1950s SF Novel: Robert Silverberg’s Collision Course (9 Apr 20)
- Stories the Dogs Tell: Clifford D. Simak’s City (19 Mar 20)
- Having It Both Ways: James Blish’s A Case of Conscience (5 Mar 20)
- When Six Americans Defeat an Invading Army: Robert A. Heinlein’s Sixth Column (20 Feb 20)
- But What’s at Stake? Hal Clement’s Needle (6 Feb 20)
- Things Are As They Are: George R. Stewart’s Earth Abides (23 Jan 20)
- All the Leftovers: The Early Asimov by Isaac Asimov (2 Jan 20)
By Author:
- Anderson, Poul: Brain Wave (2 Jul 20)
- Asimov, Isaac: The Early Asimov (2 Jan 20)
- Asimov, Isaac: The End of Eternity (11 Feb 2021)
- Asimov, Isaac: Fantastic Voyage (25 Mar 2012)
- Asimov, Isaac: Pebble in the Sky (21 May 20)
- Blish, James: A Case of Conscience (5 Mar 20)
- Brackett, Leigh: The Long Tomorrow (30 Jul 2020)
- Budrys, Algis: Rogue Moon (15 Oct 2020)
- Clarke, Arthur C.: Prelude to Space (18 Jun 20)
- Clarke, Arthur C.: A Fall of Moondust and Earthlight (1 Oct 2020)
- Clarke, Arthur C.: The Deep Range (29 Jan 2021)
- Clarke, Arthur C.: Omnibuses, Collections, and Remixes (16 Sep 2021)
- Clement, Hal: Needle (6 Feb 20)
- Dick, Philip K.: Eye In the Sky, Solar Lottery, Time Out of Joint (10 Sep 2020)
- Gunn, James: The Listeners (8 Apr 2012)
- Heinlein, Robert A.: For Us, the Living (4 Jun 20)
- Heinlein, Robert A.: Sixth Column (20 Feb 20)
- Hoyle, Fred: The Black Cloud (7 May 20)
- Matheson, Richard: The Shrinking Man (12 Mar 2012)
- Miller, Walter M. Jr.: A Canticle for Leibowitz (23 Apr 20)
- Oliver, Chad: The Winds of Time (13 August 2020)
- Russell, Eric Frank: Sinister Barrier (27 Aug 2020)
- Sagan, Carl: Contact (2 Sep 2021)
- Silverberg, Robert: Collision Course (9 Apr 20)
- Silverberg, Robert: Up the Line (25 Feb 2021)
- Simak, Clifford D.: City (19 Mar 20)
- Stewart, George R.: Earth Abides (23 Jan 20)
- Wyndham, John: The Kraken Wakes and Out of the Deeps (16 Jul 20)
