Reviews for Science and Society, 1600-1900

The average rating for Science and Society, 1600-1900 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-27 00:00:00 Lorrie Rockman almost all of the stories in this collection made an impression. philip k. dick contributes "the golden man" and frank belknap long's "humpty dumpty had a great fall" creeped me out something major, i still think about that horrible clock in the sky. "oddy and id", "danger human" and "to be continued" are all very science fiction standard but good reads for all that. but "bettyann" is really the reason to find this book. (and it can be a bit hard to find in good condition.) written by kris ottman neville, "bettyann" is about a girl who is not like any other girl on the planet. she's special and strange and feels an outsider to the only life she's ever known. she literally can't be like everyone else. this story is about being an outcast, about understanding your purpose and knowing that you are not going to feel so alone forever. originally published in new tales of space & time in l95l and kris neville's most famous work, "bettyann" has long been considered an underground classic of science fiction. this story changed me, the way that some stories do. it is small and short and quiet and even uplifting. it made me feel justified in assuming i was different for a reason and reassured me that difference is sometimes a mark of something greater.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-07-22 00:00:00 James Snell I loved Philip Dick's "The Golden Man." The mutant theme might make some think of an X-Men plot; I know I thought of it due to my inherant comic geekery. Dick was writing when the U.S. had nuclear war on their minds with the Soviet Union, and so he explores the consequences of human mutation in a post-nuclear war world. I'll give you a hint: humanity doesn't win. :)