For our Ultimate L.A. Bookshelf, we asked writers with deep ties to the city to name their favorite Los Angeles books across eight categories or genres. Dana Gioia singles out Matheson’s classic vampire thriller — set on Cimarron Avenue in mighty, perennially undervalued Gardena — as “the first post-apocalyptic zombie novel.” Matheson was speculative fiction’s dime-store Camus, the existential pulp …
For a lot of people, science fiction is about a lot more than hi-tech adventure. Last year saw the release of another televised version of Aldous Huxley’s masterpiece, Brave New World. open image in gallery Last year saw the release of another televised version of Aldous Huxley’s masterpiece, ‘Brave New World’ Some years ago, I had a staunchly Catholic friend …
