1. Fail-Safe (also made into a very good film) - deals with the possibility of accidental nuclear war during the height of the Cold War. We have all seen Dr. Strangelove. This is a rather different take on the same issue.
http://shohorebrishti.blogspot.com/2007/08/end-of-everything.html
2. Foundation by Asimov, followed by the End of Eternity, then I, Robot (please do not walk in with any preconceived notions based on the awful movie starring Will Smith).. in fact, everything penned by Asimov.
http://shohorebrishti.blogspot.com/2007/12/reviews-of-science-fiction-stories.html
3. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold - by le Carre. A grandmaster at the beginning of a spectacular writing career. Needless to say, this is in the realm of Cold War espionage...
http://shohorebrishti.blogspot.com/2007/12/reviews-of-science-fiction-stories.html
4. The Calcutta Chromosome - fever delirium and many other things unexplained. Amitava Ghosh at his most whimsical, and also at his most lucid. Of course, there will be water wars! Of course the future will be at once terrifying and wonderful. Is he such a good fortune teller because he is also an anthropologist/historian? Or is it just because he is really, really smart?
http://shohorebrishti.blogspot.com/2007/08/end-of-everything.html
2. Foundation by Asimov, followed by the End of Eternity, then I, Robot (please do not walk in with any preconceived notions based on the awful movie starring Will Smith).. in fact, everything penned by Asimov.
http://shohorebrishti.blogspot.com/2007/12/reviews-of-science-fiction-stories.html
3. The Spy Who Came In From The Cold - by le Carre. A grandmaster at the beginning of a spectacular writing career. Needless to say, this is in the realm of Cold War espionage...
http://shohorebrishti.blogspot.com/2007/12/reviews-of-science-fiction-stories.html
4. The Calcutta Chromosome - fever delirium and many other things unexplained. Amitava Ghosh at his most whimsical, and also at his most lucid. Of course, there will be water wars! Of course the future will be at once terrifying and wonderful. Is he such a good fortune teller because he is also an anthropologist/historian? Or is it just because he is really, really smart?
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