My Summer Reads - Books for a Lost Soul
At the start of summer, I thought I had an easy TBR list: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner, Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. But as the summer unfolded, I found myself drifting into a drearier direction. (Though I did read and enjoy Dogs of War .) Instead of sticking with my "must read" science fiction list, I wandered into darker genres that fit the mood of my stressful summer - weird lit and horror. (Dash is my own, NOT AI!) I started this turn after reading the Introduction to one of my favorite books, A Case of Conscience by James Blish. The introduction was written by Greg Bear, another of one of my favorite authors. In the introduction, Bear compares A Case of Conscience to the horror story The Turn of the Screw . Like A Case of Conscience , The Turn of the Screw also has an ambiguous, unsettling ending. After finishing The Turn of the Screw , I became interested in finding more books that...