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Sometimes I will read a book that is supposed to be funny and the humor is so subtle and dry that I don't know that it is supposed to be funny. When that happens I usually think it is just stupid. That might have happened to me with this one too if I had not seen it listed as a book of humor. Once I was prepared for the humor I could appreciate it. That is, it makes a lot of difference if a book is intended to be stupid rather than just turns out that way. The humor in this anthology is, indeed,...
See my review of "Wildsmith".
This is a bizarre little book of short stories from an author I have otherwise not heard anything about. I like the style, though it is a little dated. Most of the stories, though sci-fi in nature, felt like noir or mystery stories. I liked that combination, though the characters and plot lines were a little wooden and not so fresh for my modern eye. My favorite story in the set would have to be "Prez," a story about a cyborg talking dog who fakes the death of his mistress so that her hot-headed...
DAW Collectors #60Cover Artist: Josh KirbyName: Goulart, Ronald Joseph, Birthplace: Berkeley, California, USA, 13 January 1933Alternate Names: Carston Bingham, Kenneth Robeson, Frank S. Shawn, Joseph Silva, Con SteffansonOriginally read the U.S. Hardcover,002 - What's Become of Screwloose? And Other Inquiries (frontispiece) • (1970) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan009 - What's Become of Screwloose? • (1970)024 - Junior Partner • (1962)035 - Hardcastle • (1971)044 - Into the Shop • (1964)055 -...
I'm not usually one to read short stories; not because I don't enjoy them but because I just tend to prefer longer novels where I feel that I can usually get to know the characters better and where things don't usually end on a cliffhanger. However, I was absolutely delighted by this series of shorts which begin confusing and end just as confusing, all the while the author manages to create his world with hints and little else. I haven't read something that reveals so much with so little in quit...
Interesting group of short, satirical stories that poke fun at science fiction, mad-scientists and other things. His humor is not for the hard-SF kind and is not to be taken seriously
Reminded me a bit of Kurt Vonnegut
Comedic look at an automated future. Similar to Kuttner’s “Robots Have no Tails,” but without the cleanly intricate plots and high quality prose.
This is a nice collection of Goulart's short fiction that takes a wide-ranging and quite humorous look at man's ever-expanding conflict with machines and technology. Most of the ten stories originally appeared in the genre digest magazines from 1962-1970. Goulart's early short fiction tended to be a little more satirical and thoughtfully ironic than his later, more madcap and slapstick works. Very funny stuff!
proficy of what is happen today!!!!
