Reviewing and Ranking a Big Stack of Sci-Fi Books [100 Book Challenge # 1-25]

Overall I found the book sort of mixed, but the really strong parts are these alien cultures much more so than like the sociology, the political commentary that's in there that can kind of be eye-rolling.

This is not only one of the best science fiction books I've ever read, one of the best pieces of fiction I've ever read. ... Crash is one of those books.

Very obscure book, very, very intense book, and like all of Malzberg's best books... is as much a piece of satire as it is a piece of political commentary or like experimental fiction or psychological study.

I think this is great. It was written in the 70s. It reads like it was written in the 90s about rave culture.

I thought that this sequel it just felt like a tack onto the end of Don't Bite the Sun. ... almost entirely redundant with Don't Bite the Sun and not nearly as good of a book.

It's as intense as Russ, not as difficult to read as Russ. ... not as well written, but worth reading I think.

I have a couple quibbles with the book. The Earthseed subplot, I don't think is as interesting as Butler wanted it to be... I think Dawn and Kindred are like better novels than this, but this is my favorite Butler.

It is definitely way above the cut for the era that it was published in 1960. I was impressed by its intensity and its maturity and its willingness to stray from the conventions of science fiction.

Overall I found the book sort of mixed, but the really strong parts are these alien cultures much more so than like the sociology, the political commentary that's in there that can kind of be eye-rolling.

This is my least favorite Lafferty. ... It is decent. It is nowhere near as interesting or good as past master or reefs of Earth.

I think this is one of the most interesting pieces of satire that I've read... this is a legitimately great piece of literature that's also very funny.

This is her first book and her first collection of short stories. ... unfortunately this was a disappointment. I didn't care for it.

I thought that this was good. In some of its dimensions it has aged quite poorly, but the writing is so strong... I found it captivating.

This is the best weird fiction that I've read. It's the best cosmic horror. ... this is as good as I've I've seen weird fiction be.

This is even more intense than Beyond Apollo. It is even weirder, more nonlinear, more fractional, harder to follow, but better than Beyond Apollo, I think I think.

Overall I found the book sort of mixed, but the really strong parts are these alien cultures much more so than like the sociology, the political commentary that's in there that can kind of be eye-rolling.

very potent and very specifically surrealist. ... Fascinating book. as with a lot of Ballard's it's not a book that I like particularly enjoyed reading at the time, but by the time I finished it you just kind of have this eerie tingle of having been witness to something fairly special and weird.

I think is a great book. ... I really like this book. I think that's a big recommend.

Overall I found the book sort of mixed, but the really strong parts are these alien cultures much more so than like the sociology, the political commentary that's in there that can kind of be eye-rolling.

A very different Ballard. This does not have the Ballard polish. ... Certainly not a bad book, but had I read this as my first Ballard, I don't know that I would have been that interested in Ballard.

It's just not that interesting. It's well-written enough that you can burn through it in like a day or two but ultimately just not much happening here...

I thought that it was okay. It's not the strongest Silverberg. ... I thought it was decent with problems.

It is much more interesting read. It is better written. It's written more powerfully. ... I think the ending especially is pretty good and it's especially pretty good considering when it was published 1937.

I found this material uneven, but the highs are truly incredible. It does not attain to the level of Lem in Solaris, but the interest in first contact with aliens in Solaris is evident here...

I didn't really love it that much. I thought that it was not that well-written pretty saccharine and fairly sort of like predictable.