Book Review – Rendezvous With Rama
It’s time to take a look at another classic science fiction novel, that currently hasn’t been reviewed on the site – Arthur C. Clarke’s classic “Big Dumb Object” novel – Rendezvous With Rama. Title:...
View ArticleSummer Reading: 2312
Kim Stanley Robinson has won nearly every coveted SF writing award, and remains best-known for his extraordinary Mars Trilogy. He claims his most recent book takes place in its own universe, but that...
View ArticleSummer Reading: “Leviathan Wakes”
The first book of the forthcoming Expanse series blends old-school Space Opera, current SF trends, and Summer Blockbuster characters and plotting. In short, it may be best thought of as SF Summer...
View ArticleSummer Reading: The Shrine of the Siren Stone
We’ve reviewed recent and classic novels, noted graphic stories and Hugo-nominated prose fiction. For our final Summer Review, we look at Derwin Mak’s 2011 novel, which holds particular appeal to fans...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2012
Who wants in? For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is short for “National Novel Writing Month.” The goal is to get people writing. Always wanted to write a book? November is your chance to do it. Here’s the...
View ArticleNovel Review: Ghost Story
Come and see the toys I left for you (448). An exhausted man drives south. He has on board a reluctant passenger, a little girl. He ties her to himself when they sleep. He asks her questions she may or...
View ArticleNovel Review: VN
Madeline Ashby has been kicking around SF all of her life, and she has published a number of stories. Her first novel, VN, concerns self-replicating androids in a near-future world. Most SF fans know...
View ArticleBook Review: Cities In Flight Part 2 – A Life For The Stars
This time I’m doing a written review of the sequel to a book that I did a video review of earlier - the second part of the Cities In Flight series, A Life For The Stars – now with actual flying cities!...
View ArticleBook Review: Hawkmoon – The Jewel in the Skull
This week I’m starting reviews of one of Michael Moorcock’s tales of the Eternal Champion, with part one of the Hawkmoon series – The Jewel in the Skull. Title: The Jewel in the Skull Author: Michael...
View ArticleNovel Review: Cloud Atlas
Some months ago, we reviewed the genre-spanning movie adaptation of Cloud Atlas. The film features some excellent moments, strong performances, and brilliant editing but, like many, I found it...
View ArticleNovel Review: Red Planet Blues
The prolific Robert J. Sawyer’s 2013 offering puts a hardboiled detective on Mars. Title: Red Planet Blues Author: Robert. J. Sawyer First published in January 2013. The first ten chapters were...
View ArticleNovel Review: The Testament of Jessie Lamb
Jane Rogers’ entry into the over-harvested field of YA dystopian/apocalypse novels made the shortlist for the Booker Prize and won the 2012 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Unlike many other books in the genre,...
View ArticleBook Review: Joyland
Stephen King’s latest has scares, to be certain, and touches of the supernatural, but it’s no horror novel. It’s a coming-of-age story, but the main character is twenty-one during the novel’s main...
View ArticleBook Review – Throne of the Crescent Moon
I have a review today of one of the nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards, with Throne of the Crescent Moon. Title: Throne of the Crescent Moon Author: Saladin Ahmed Publication Year: 2012 Available...
View ArticleNovel Review: Neptune’s Brood
Then, after spending half a century on what an earlier age would have described as a war footing, on the eve of a widely-publicized announcement of some importance… Atlantis went dark (189) Stross sets...
View ArticleNovel Review: The Wolf at the End of the World
Douglas Smith has made a name penning excellent sf, fantasy, and horror short stories, but he’s never had a novel in print until now. The Wolf at the End of the World, a contemporary fantasy, takes its...
View ArticleNovel Review: The Shining Girls
South Africa’s Lauren Beukes might be one of the best genre writers of the early twenty-first century, but I prefer to think of one of its best writers, regardless of genre. Her third novel may be her...
View ArticleNovel Review: “Dark Places”
I have a meanness in me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it. Gillian Flynn’s 2009 bestseller takes its readers on a...
View Article2013 Nebula Awards
The Nebula Awards took place this weekend. Click the link for the complete list. Big winners include Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Justice (Best Novel), Gravity (Outstanding Dramatic Presentation), and Nalo...
View ArticleNovel Review: Black Moon
Kenneth Calhoun has written a range of literary short fiction; his debut novel appeared a couple of months ago, and it falls under the general category of apocalyptic SF. Four characters make their way...
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