Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Een handvol duisternis by Philip K. Dick

  • Started on: 2012-10-04
  • Finished on: 2012-10-04
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is a collection of short stories by Philip K. Dick, ranging from horror to science fiction. In the Dutch collection I have (Bruna, 1968) some stories are missing when compared to the 1955 edition. I loved reading this collection, all stories were pretty good. I especially liked “Second Variety” about a war between the US and Russia that has destroyed the world and is now fought with robots (from the US side) that kill humans. As usual with short stories, I found them too short. These stories were good enough to be longer, to know more about the subjects and what happens next. I know that this is also the power of a good short story, but still. Anyway, a good solid collection of classic science fiction and horror, four out of five stars.

  • Started on: 2012-10-04
  • Finished on: 2012-10-04
  • Read in: Dutch
  • Rating: ****-
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction

This is a collection of short stories by Philip K. Dick, ranging from horror to science fiction. In the Dutch collection I have (Bruna, 1968) some stories are missing when compared to the 1955 edition. I loved reading this collection, all stories were pretty good. I especially liked “Second Variety” about a war between the US and Russia that has destroyed the world and is now fought with robots (from the US side) that kill humans. As usual with short stories, I found them too short. These stories were good enough to be longer, to know more about the subjects and what happens next. I know that this is also the power of a good short story, but still. Anyway, a good solid collection of classic science fiction and horror, four out of five stars.