This one had been on my TBR list for a while, and I finally got around to it, and it is a strange and wonderful ride! SEMIOSIS by Sue Burke, her debut and Arthur C. Clarke Award nominated novel, is pure brilliance. When human colonists, who seek to flee Earth's violent ways settle on a … Continue reading Review: Semiosis
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Review: Permafrost
It has been awhile since I have given a time travel story a try, and I was quickly reminded why I actually do stay away from such stories. PERMAFROST by Alastair Reynolds had promise of a thrilling ride, but instead handed out plenty of ideas with hardly a vehicle to carry them in. It's 2080 and humanity … Continue reading Review: Permafrost
Review: Perihelion Summer
What would happen if a black hole entered our solar system? Even, if it didn't damage any of the existing planets, including Earth, would there still be ill effects? Well, Greg Egan's latest book, PERIHELION SUMMER, seeks to play out that extraordinary(and terrifying) scenario. We follow Matt, and his friends who have created a mobile … Continue reading Review: Perihelion Summer
Review: Children of Time
What if the planet you are attempting to colonize is already occupied? This is the question that Adrian Tchaikovsky’s CHILDREN OF TIME attempts to answer, but while doing so, asks so many more questions along the way. When an ark ship, holding what remains of humanity, comes upon a long-forgotten project of Old Earth, a … Continue reading Review: Children of Time
Review: The Freeze-Frame Revolution
It's been awhile since I couldn't put a sci-fi novella down and when I had to with this one, I did begrudgingly(darn kids!). I really could have read this in one sitting, because Watts just makes everything so tense and so utterly readable. We have our protagonist Sunday on a one way trip across the … Continue reading Review: The Freeze-Frame Revolution
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