ALT.SF4M

  Books

   • m*******e@a****.***u.edu
     19/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC

     I recently read Reel Future, ed. by Forry Ackerman & Jean Stine. This is
     a

     collection of short stories from which well-known SF films were made. I

     found it quite enjoyable. Some of these, such as Arthur C. Clarke's "The

     Sentinel" (2001) and John Campbell's "Who Goes There" have been
     anthologized

     many times before; others I never saw before. I especially enjoyed "This

     Island Earth", which was much better than the film.

     I'm currently reading George Alec Effinger's "A Fire in the Sun", the
     second

     book in a trilogy (now I'll have to find the other two. This is an
     unusual

     story about an Arab cyberpunk cop under the control of a crimelord. It's

     pretty good.

     Effinger gave one of the best Guest of Honor speeches that I-Con has
     ever had;

     we should definitely invite him back.

     --- Brian