Comments on: Purple hair and other attributes

By: Chas S. Clifton

Chas S. Clifton — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:00:32 +0000

Who was it who said that the “golden age” of SF is whenever the reader was thirteen years old?

By: Steve Bodio

Steve Bodio — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:15:17 +0000

“Perhaps especially when I was twelve”– exactly, Mike. One was already a geek for reading SF…

I think the first Ballard I read was The Drowned World, scientifically rubbish, but vivid imagery, and a last line with the protagonist battling his way south, fighting giant bats…

By: dr.hypercube

dr.hypercube — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:39:28 +0000

The font used for Saturn's is a nice touch - somehow it makes me think of this.

By: mdmnm

mdmnm — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:35:17 +0000

Poor Stross, that falls into the category of “so unbelievably bad it really isn’t any good at all so it has to be funny”.

Even when I was 12, I hated that sort of skiffy cover. Perhaps especially when I was 12. Now at least I’m much harder to embarrass.