Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Ah, Foundation. For me, returning to this novel is like spending time with an old friend. Often generally regarded as ‘one of the best’*,…
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The Days of Tao by Wesley Chu
The Days of Tao is Wesley Chu’s new story in his Tao setting, and while only a novella it will be a welcome addition…
HALF-RESURRECTION BLUES by Daniel José Older (Bone Street Rumba #1)
New York City is a world unto itself, it has been visited by many a writer, and populated by many fictional characters both living…
Archive Review: Glory Road by Robert A Heinlein
A recent discussion on the Forums about this book reminded me that I wrote a review of it, many years ago. It’s taken a…
Firefly: The Gorramn Shiniest Dictionary and Phrasebook in the ‘Verse by Monica Valentinelli
It’s pretty much a definite thing when asked in the Hobbit household what our favourite TV genre series is. Firefly is usually near…
Roboteer by Alex Lamb
Roboteer is the first book in debut author Alex Lamb’s Roboteer trilogy. Released in 2015, Roboteer is the kind of novel that calls to me…
Set Phasers to Stun by Marcus Berkmann
In my recent review of Miasma by Greg Cox I mentioned that this year (2016) is the 50th anniversary of the first episodes…
JAVELIN RAIN by Myke Cole (A Shadow OPs Novel)
In the world of Myke Cole’s Shadow OPS books, magic is real and weaponized. Javelin Rain takes place immediately following Gemini Cell, at a…
The Door into Summer by Robert Heinlein
Here’s the latest reread of Heinlein’s works, as Mark goes through the Virginia Edition series. * The Door into Summer was originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy…
THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe (Wall of Night #1)
Epic Fantasy is perhaps the sub-genre of speculative fiction where tropes live and breathe most strongly, where they are reinvented or given a new…
The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman
Winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award in 1991, this novella has been on my to-read list for a while now. I…
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Man Plus is a 1976 novel by American SF Grandmaster Frederik Pohl. The book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1977, and…
A GATHERING OF SHADOWS by V.E. Schwab (A Darker Shade of Magic #2)
Wizards, parallel worlds, and pirates! If you mix those great fictional components together, you might have something fun. When V.E. Schwab mixes them together,…
Miasma by Greg Cox
It may have missed your attention that we’re about to celebrate 50 years since the appearance of the first series of Star Trek…
Arkwright by Allen Steele
Considering all the kerfuffle around SFF awards and fandom in the last year, it would not be surprising if fans felt a little…
The Baba Yaga by Eric Brown and Una McCormack
The Baba Yaga is the third novel in the Weird Space setting that was created by Eric Brown for Abaddon Books. While Brown wrote…
THE COLD BETWEEN by Elizabeth Bonesteel (Central Corps #1)
The Cold Between is Elizabeth Bonesteel’s debut novel, which is surprising. In this taut, space-based science fiction mystery, she does great things with character,…
Time for the Stars by Robert A. Heinlein
Here’s the latest reread of Heinlein’s works, as Mark goes through the Virginia Edition series. And after the most personal of the re-reads…
DEATH’S HERETIC by James L. Sutter (Read by Ray Porter)
The Pathfinder RPG is one of the best selling role-playing game campaigns on the market (having outsold the Dungeons and Dragons campaign on multiple…
Creation Machine by Andrew Bannister
Creation Machine is a Space Opera that is a thrilling debut novel for its author. Fleare Haas is a ‘rich kid gone wrong’…
