Feb 3, 20192 min readReview of Vigilance by Robert Jackson BennettVigilance tries to be a moralistic science fiction story in the vein of movies like The Purge and The Running Man, but ultimately does...
Feb 3, 20191 min readReview of The Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin-KingThe Lore of Prometheus feels like a YA book (with all its tropes) written for a more mature audience. Broken people – check. People who...
Nov 18, 20172 min readReview of Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky[su_quote]It is when we talk, rather than shout and bark and snarl, that the humans fear us most. I do not understand that. To talk is...
Nov 15, 20173 min readReview of Artemis by Andy Weir[su_quote]”I’m just saying a little humility’s good on an EVA.” I stared out the side window. “Believe me, this past week has been...
Oct 4, 20173 min readReview of ‘Annihilation’ by Jeff VanderMeerThere were four of us: a biologist, an anthropologist, a surveyor and a psychologist. I was the biologist. All of us were women this...
Sep 6, 20172 min readReview of ‘Phasma’ by Delilah S DawsonBut if you are to join me, you must look to your pride, Phasma. You must learn to gracefully accede to a superior’s will. Would you...
Jul 24, 20172 min readReview of ‘The Delirium Brief’ by Charles StrossMonarchy demonstrably travels faster than light, for the instant one monarch dies, the next in line to the throne inherits the power of...
Jul 2, 20171 min readReview of The End of All Things by John Scalzi“Captain, the problem is not that I’m paranoid. The problem is that the universe keeps justifying my paranoia” “The End of All Things” is...
Jul 2, 20171 min readReview of The Human Division by John Scalzi“I have no idea, Jim,” Lowen said. “I’m a doctor, not a private investigator.” “The Human Division” is the fifth book in the “Old Man’s...
Jul 2, 20172 min readReview of Zoe’s Tale by John Scalzi“Because they’re hermaphrodites. That means male and female sex organs. Go ahead and have your giggle. I’ll wait. Okay, done? Good.”...
Jun 25, 20172 min readReview of The Last Colony by John Scalzi“The story of how I left Huckleberry begins — as do all worthy stories — with a goat.” “The Last Colony” is the third book in the “Old...
Jun 25, 20172 min readReview of The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi[su_quote]When power is within reach, few will wait for it[/su_quote] “The Ghost Brigades” is the second book in the “Old Man’s War”...
Jun 23, 20172 min readReview of Old Man’s War by John Scalzidid two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army. “Old Man’s War” is the first book in the...