I've been waiting a long time to get to these books, and since the 3rd book was nominated for a Hugo this year, it seemed it was as good a time as any to start. And what a refreshing treat this was! I know that uplifting science fiction has been an ongoing trend for years, … Continue reading Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Science Fiction
Review: Exhalation
Ted Chiang is one of my all time favorite living writers of science fiction. He may even be my all time favorite short story writer. Ever since EXHALATION was released, I was chomping at the bit to read it, since while I could go elsewhere to read these stories, having a condensed book of just … Continue reading Review: Exhalation
Review: Sea of Rust
Cargill doesn't ease off the gas pedal, bringing a harsh, but fantastical post-apocalyptic world to life, well with chrome-embodied life. It has been a long time, since I read a 350+ book in less than four days, but SEA OF RUST from C. Robert Cargill broke that drought and I am absolutely thrilled about it. … Continue reading Review: Sea of Rust
Review: Coil
Apex sent me this book in return for a review, and I was incredibly excited. Cyberpunk noir? Hell yes! And what Ren Warom gives us in Coil, is not only these but sci fi crime-noir at its best. Without even going farther into the book right now, if you like any of those genres I just … Continue reading Review: Coil
Review: The Undefeated
THE UNDEFEATED by Una McCormack, is brief sci fi novella, just over 100 pages total. Monica Greatorex is a journalist known widely throughout the Interstellar Commonwealth for her reporting along the front lines of conflict. She finds herself back on the planet of her childhood, caught up in nostalgia as well as her drive to … Continue reading Review: The Undefeated
Review: The Calculating Stars
Alternate history stories always bug me, because I want to know everything when it comes to how different the world is. In The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, we have a world that is driven to the psychological and physical brink of extinction and then proceeds to fall right back into old habits, despite one literal earth-shattering … Continue reading Review: The Calculating Stars
Review: Rogue Protocol & Exit Strategy
Murderbot is back! I finally got around to crush the last two novellas in this series. Too bad Network Effect, the full length novel, isn't slated to come out for another year or so, but in the meantime, Martha Wells keeps teasing us along with such a fun series of books, with of course our ever lovable, but … Continue reading Review: Rogue Protocol & Exit Strategy
Review: Pimp My Airship
Aside from a stellar title, where can one start with Maurice Broaddus' PIMP MY AIRSHIP? Well, let's start with a synopsis: Enter Sleepy, who wants nothing more than to remain in his (relatively) comfy apartment, keep a low profile, smoke chiba, and spit fast rhymes at the local club. Yet, when the rascal, protester Knowledge … Continue reading Review: Pimp My Airship
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: Blackfish City
Here is our second Nebula award finalist! BLACKFISH CITY by Sam J. Miller is set in the floating Qaanaaq, which lies within the Arctic circle, is a refuge amidst the fallen cities from an older age. Peoples from across the globe have come to this marvel of technology to find a new life in the … Continue reading Review: Blackfish City
