2012/44: A Princess of Mars -- Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars -- Edgar Rice Burroughs

I closed my eyes, stretched out my arms toward the god of my vocation and felt myself drawn with the suddenness of thought through the trackless immensity of space.

Read for the Coursera fantasy and SF course.
( marginally spoilery review )

2012/45: Herland -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Herland -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“But they look — why, this is a CIVILIZED country!” I protested. “There must be men.” (p.11)

Read for the Coursera fantasy and SF course.
( marginally spoilery review )

2012/46: Boneland -- Alan Garner

Boneland -- Alan Garner

"...it’s not so much deep space that concerns me as deep place. Once place is lost, you fall into history."
"And there’s no way out?"
"There’s no way out." [location 1385]

( spoilery review -- spoilers for Boneland and earlier Garner novels )