Reading SF in September 2026

[Fryan]

Review's up, Fryan: https://www.sffworld.com/2026/09/massif-by-garth-nix/ Hope that's useful.

Great review! And thanks for sharing the link. I think this’ll be one I pass on.

 

[chitman13]

The Infinite Extent by Dennis E Taylor (Bobiverse #6) - finished this after reading the series back-to-back, and I that definitely helped. I did enjoy it, but I'd also say it's perhaps not as good as the other books in terms of story, and much more 'Bob' focused without the side-plots we've had in previous books. While events happened, there were definitely things that did not move along as much as I'd have liked, which was somewhat frustrating given the ending. Taylor has said he plans 7 books in the main linear timeline of the Bobiverse, so I'm hoping he ties off things satisfactorily in the next one.

 

[chitman13]

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King - another of King's I hadn't read, and this one was a slog that seemed to be full of filler and it could have been much leaner and a tighter more focused story. Perhaps I think this because of the film (which I did enjoy), though looking around online after finishing led me to King himself saying it was written at a bad period following his accident, and when he was on some strong pain relief drugs.

 

[Cicero]

Dreamcatcher by Stephen King - another of King's I hadn't read, and this one was a slog that seemed to be full of filler and it could have been much leaner and a tighter more focused story. Perhaps I think this because of the film (which I did enjoy), though looking around online after finishing led me to King himself saying it was written at a bad period following his accident, and when he was on some strong pain relief drugs.

I read a few pages and gave up on it.