1984 is book #269 from The Literary Project. I recently re-read George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984. It had been at least 15 years since I had read it the first time, and so I remembered little. In diving in again, I was struck by Orwell’s […]
Science Fiction
George R.R. Martin’s Sandkings (2016 Deal Me In Challenge)
This essay was part of the 2016 Deal Me In Reading Challenge, where I read a short story, essay, or poem every single week. Each item on my reading list was assigned to a playing card, and every Friday I picked a card at random […]
Meeting Ernest Cline!
April 2016 Ernest Cline is the author of two science fiction novels: Ready Player One and Armada. Ready Player One was both his debut novel and is my favorite of the two. It takes place in a dystopian future, and most of humanity escapes into the virtual world […]