Fantastic Voyage | 
pickA fun novelisation of the 1966 movie by Asimov, who does what he can within the scifi premise to include realistic science as problems to be solved by the crew of scientists and technicians, miniaturised in a nuclear-powered submarine and injected into the bloodstream of a defecting physicist with an inoperable brain tumour to save his life and the knowledge he has in order to maintain a cold war stalemate.
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Bookwomble Some nods to the Manhattan Project, deconstruction of super-spy tropes, critique of sexism in science (which Asimov then forgets), wrapped up in a neat race-against-time adventure. 1w
AmyG Such a fun movie. 1w
The_Book_Ninja The old ‘Movster does like his women to be housewifey. He must have had a short circuit when he came up with Susan Calvin 3d
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Hmmm, I'm not sure "housewifey" is an adjective I'd apply to Raquel Welch ? Then again, Asimov was given her character to write about. But, yeah, he's of his time, and while Susan Calvin is a stand out female scientist in the genre stories of Asimov's day, she's still written by a man with the prejudices of that era. 8h
Bookwomble @AmyG It is, and too long since I last saw it. 8h
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