Will Sargent’s Reviews > Men, Martians and Machines > Status Update

whenever I read 50s sci-fi I get restless and want to return to the comfort of herbert, campbell and king. Maybe 80s horror is my real passion?

Fun trips to planets, and fun to see how new tech was imagined back then, but 50s era habit of stuffing speech with slang is making for stuttery read.

not sure about this as it's very cocky and very old fashioned and very american (despite him being english). Liking the Martians, but there are regular made up slang words that aren't sitting well. Maybe I piled into too much Russell too soon. Will go easy on this then judge properly with Wasp and Next of Kin.

not sure about this as it's very cocky and very old fashioned and very american. There are regular made up slang words that aren't sitting well. Maybe I piled into too much Russell too soon. Will go easy on this then judge properly with Wasp and Next of Kin.