I just read Job by Heinlein, it was better than the other pulp sci fi of the 50s and 60s that I pulled out of a bargain bin, but still feels so dated! Comparatively, I recently borrowed a library book called Loki’s ring (think a ring world visited by salvagers and then fought over by various agencies, but the protagonists are lesbian, In…
I just read Job by Heinlein, it was better than the other pulp sci fi of the 50s and 60s that I pulled out of a bargain bin, but still feels so dated! Comparatively, I recently borrowed a library book called Loki’s ring (think a ring world visited by salvagers and then fought over by various agencies, but the protagonists are lesbian, Indian, Matriarch’s who are more interested in the rights of the A.I. individuals who are trapped on the ring) the book itself was just alright, but following it with 60s sci fi feels sooooooo for lack of a better word yuck.
I liked Job well enough back when I read it, but yeah a lot of the old stuff is painful. I had a heck of a time trying to re-read the Honor Harrington books awhile back. The world (and I) has just changed so much. that said, I've been on a real "books about space salvagers" kick lately and you might enjoy Architecs of Memory by Karen Osborne. It's got a sort of Murderbot feel, although it veers off into star-crossed saccharine lesbian romance at odd turns.
Job is a spiritual journey through rapture, heaven, hell and beyond (the characters all quote Dante and Milton as the guide books of the after word.) It was readable, but maybe only because of star author power
I just read Job by Heinlein, it was better than the other pulp sci fi of the 50s and 60s that I pulled out of a bargain bin, but still feels so dated! Comparatively, I recently borrowed a library book called Loki’s ring (think a ring world visited by salvagers and then fought over by various agencies, but the protagonists are lesbian, Indian, Matriarch’s who are more interested in the rights of the A.I. individuals who are trapped on the ring) the book itself was just alright, but following it with 60s sci fi feels sooooooo for lack of a better word yuck.
I liked Job well enough back when I read it, but yeah a lot of the old stuff is painful. I had a heck of a time trying to re-read the Honor Harrington books awhile back. The world (and I) has just changed so much. that said, I've been on a real "books about space salvagers" kick lately and you might enjoy Architecs of Memory by Karen Osborne. It's got a sort of Murderbot feel, although it veers off into star-crossed saccharine lesbian romance at odd turns.
Job is a spiritual journey through rapture, heaven, hell and beyond (the characters all quote Dante and Milton as the guide books of the after word.) It was readable, but maybe only because of star author power