A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. In this post-nuclear-war future (centuries from now), education is something despised. Along with wiping out the government officials (all of whom were blamed for the war), the mobs killed as many intelligent people as they could (who were blamed for giving the government officials the power to [Read More…]
Review: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
March 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
July 29, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Unemployed programmer Hiro Protagonist works as a pizza delivery guy in a not too distant future, but it is far enough that the world is a very different place. Big businesses have gotten really big, owning neighborhoods where people are quasi-citizens of the company. They run legitimate businesses like Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza, Inc., where [Read More…]
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
July 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis In the far distant future, an academic, Paul Bentley, moves to Columbia University in New York City for the summer because he’d like to teach a skill he has recently discovered–reading. The head of the University is Bob Spofforth, a Make Nine robot. Make Nines were top of the line, able to [Read More…]
