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Three books by Eric Frank Russell

Three books by Eric Frank Russell

I’ve read Men, Martians and Machines, and another Ace Double with Six Worlds Yonder and The Space Willies. many times since I was a child. The unifying theme here is: written by English sci fi humorist Eric Frank Russell.

A Terrifically Weird Book

A Terrifically Weird Book

A few weeks ago, I visited the local King Soopers (Kroger’s brand name along the Colorado Front Range). There was a guy with a display of books by the customer service desk.

A Fire Upon the Deep

A Fire Upon the Deep

Some years ago, I read Vernor Vinge’s 1992 space opera, A Fire Upon the Deep. It’s a good read, and it has some interesting ideas.

American Steam Locomotives

American Steam Locomotives

I read American Steam Locomotives, Design and Development, 1880-1960, William L. Withuhn, 2019, Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-253-03933-0, 451 pages.

Trilobite

Trilobite

Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution

Richard Fortey, 2001, ISBN 978-0375706219

Dead Lies Dreaming

Dead Lies Dreaming

Dead Lies Dreaming, © 2020 by Charles Stross, ISBN 978-1-250-26702-1, A Tordotcom Book. Published by Tom Doherty Associates.