Odd Ends http://www.logiston.com/oddends Tidbits of Times Past Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:12:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Second Variety http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/second-variety/ http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/second-variety/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:11:45 +0000 Barbara http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/960/ Second Variety, by Philip K. Dick. Published May 1953.

The claws were bad enough in the first place—nasty, crawling little death-robots. But when they began to imitate their creators, it was time for the human race to make peace—if it could!

After doing several “fluffy” SF stories, I was completely blown away by this one. It’s got sex, murder and post-apocalyptic evil humanoid robots. Dated only by the Cold War setting, the story is tight, creepy and totally Philip K Dick.

]]> http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/second-variety/feed/ 0 The Knights of Arthur http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/the-knights-of-arthur/ http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/the-knights-of-arthur/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:57:50 +0000 Barbara http://www.logiston.com/oddends/?p=951 The Knights of Arthur, by Frederik Pohl. Published January 1958.

With one suitcase as his domain, Arthur was desperately in need of armed henchmen … for his keys to a kingdom were typewriter keys!

]]> http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/the-knights-of-arthur/feed/ 0 Garth and The Visitor http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/garth-and-the-visitor/ http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/garth-and-the-visitor/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:19:34 +0000 Barbara http://www.logiston.com/oddends/?p=949 Garth and The Visitor, by L. J. Stecher. Published April 1958.

If you could ask them, you might be greatly surprised—some tabus very urgently want to be broken!

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Thanks to Mary Meehan for post-processing this project!

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]]> http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/leonore-stubbs/feed/ 0 The Portal of Dreams http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/the-portal-of-dreams/ http://www.logiston.com/oddends/2010/04/the-portal-of-dreams/#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:14:09 +0000 Barbara http://www.logiston.com/oddends/?p=945 The Portal of Dreams, by Charles Neville Buck. Published 1912.

Thanks to Mary Meehan for post-processing this project!

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