Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
Aurora, Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest novel, is his version of the generation ship science fiction novel. The book, in some ways, can also be…
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Oracle by Susan Boulton
Oracle by Susan Boulton Kindle Edition Published March 2015 by Tickety Boo Press Susan Boulton and I are internet, writer-friends. Over the years,…
THE RED by Linda Nagata
Many novels have stories surrounding their road to publication and Linda Nagata’s The Red is no different. With the novel about to publish from…
Leviathan by Jack Campbell (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #5)
Leviathan is the latest novel by Jack Campbell in his popular Lost Fleet setting, with this one being the fifth novel in the Beyond…
STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel (Audiobook read by Kirsten Potter)
One of the most prevalent genre stories is the Post-Apocalyptic tale; our world transformed irrevocably by disease(s), war, nature, zombies, or threats from beyond…
Dark Run by Mike Brooks
Dark Run is a book that waves its space-Western credentials proudly from the first page. It’s a fast-moving tale of a maverick captain and…
Slow Bullets by Alastair Reynolds
Slow Bullets is the latest release from the acclaimed sci-fi writer Alastair Reynolds. Released by Tachyon Publications, Slow Bullets falls outside of Reynolds’ usual…
The Girl in the Road by Monica Byrne
It is not surprising The Girl in the Road, Monica Byrne’s debut near future SF novel, features the snake as a recurring motif. The…
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the…
Masters of Fire and Air by Lucy D. Ford
Nila takes to the air with a pack of wyrms in Lucy D. Ford’s Masters of Air and Fire, a children’s fantasy novel. Masters…
SEVENEVES by Neal Stephenson
What if the moon blew up and its pieces posed an apocalyptic threat to the Earth? How would the world deal with it and…
Crashing Heaven by Al Robertson
“With Earth abandoned, humanity resides on Station, an industrialised asteroid run by the sentient corporations of the Pantheon. Under their leadership a war…
THE DAEDALUS INCIDENT by Michael J. Martinez (Daedalus #1)
Earthquakes on Mars in the 22nd Century (2132) and 18th Century (1779) British Sailing Vessels traversing space might not be the first two things…
Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones Season 3 and 4
As I type this, Season Five of the Game of Thrones TV series has just started around the world, and there will be…
UPROOTED by Naomi Novik
Agnieszka lives in a small village protected by the wizard known as the Dragon. Every decade or so, the Dragon comes down from his…
Boundary by Eric Flint and Ryk E Spoor
Let me start this review of Boundary by Eric Flint and Ryk E Spoor (Boundary #1) by saying that I have absolutely no idea…
Psycho by Robert Bloch
It’s a bit difficult to read (or review!) a book when the film version of it is perhaps better known than its original. I’m…
Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson
I thought long and hard about whether I should make a comparison between Australian author Rjurik Davidson’s debut novel, Unwrapped Sky, and the Bas-Lag…
DEEDS OF HONOR: Paksenarrion World Chronicles by Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon has been a published writer for more than 25 years, her first novel which introduced Paksenarrion – Sheepfarmer’s Daughter – published in…
The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. LeGuin
The Word for World Is Forest is an unusual addition to the Gollancz SF Masterworks series, yet a terrific one. Being little more than…
