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Life by Gwyneth Jones

Cover to Cover #141: Gwyneth Jones / Vijaya Schartz

November 22, 2004June 27, 2024
Woken Furies by Richard K. Morgan

Cover to Cover #194: Richard K. Morgan / Alison Baird

November 28, 2005June 22, 2024 | 1 Comment
River Marked by Patricia Briggs

Cover to Cover #446: Patricia Briggs

March 15, 2011July 6, 2024 | 2 Comments
Hammerjack

Cover to Cover #172: Marc D. Giller / Paul Story

June 27, 2005June 23, 2024 | 1 Comment

Cover to Cover #72: Gabriel Benson / Judy Galardi

July 28, 2003August 25, 2024
The Briar King by Greg Keyes

Cover to Cover #46: Greg Keyes

January 23, 2003June 9, 2024

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Review: “Fire Study” by Maria V. Snyder

Review: “Fire Study” by Maria V. Snyder

Lora Friedanthal | June 18, 2008June 8, 2024

Oh, Yelena. You crazy, headstrong, impulsive, bleeding heart, acrobatic trickster, I have missed you. I hope Ms. Synder takes it as a compliment that I have read each of her books in no more than two days. For all the work that goes into them, part of me feels that I should somehow be savoring them more. But if I did, then I wouldn’t find out what happens next as quickly as I need to.

Review: “Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town” by Cory Doctorow

Review: “Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town” by Cory Doctorow

David Moldawer | October 12, 2005June 7, 2024 | 1 Comment

This is a book that will appeal mostly to geeks, both because it’s SF and because it dwells so enthusiastically on the topic of wireless connectivity and networks and all that. But above and beyond those trappings, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town is about family and society: fitting in, feeling left out, struggling for acceptance, struggling for independence.

Review: “The Boys Are Back In Town” by Christopher Golden

Review: “The Boys Are Back In Town” by Christopher Golden

Joe Murphy | April 7, 2004June 5, 2024

Many people who read and write science fiction believe that through the last few decades science fiction has actually prepared society for future technological advances. The idea, some say, is that in science fiction all the pitfalls, moral uncertainties, and roads best not traveled can be discovered and worked out in the pages of entertaining fiction, rather than bitter experience.

So why won’t this generation learn? If science fiction has taught us one thing, it’s that if you have the ability to go into the past in order to change events and make the world a better place… don’t do it! You’re just gonna fuck it up.

Classic Review: “Minority Report and Other Short Stories” by Philip K. Dick

Classic Review: “Minority Report and Other Short Stories” by Philip K. Dick

E Terra | November 29, 2004June 2, 2024 | 1 Comment

I drive a lot. So I’m always on the lookout for free or cheap-ass audio books of great SF. A few days ago I stumbled across Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report and Other Stories narrated by actor Keir Dullea, the perfect mind-escape from the four-hour drive back from Vegas over the holiday weekend. And what a ride.

Review: “The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark” by Ridley Pearson

Review: “The Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark” by Ridley Pearson

Darcy Low | October 25, 2007July 27, 2024 | 3 Comments

What I will remember about this book is how the kids worked together to find the answer to what is going on in the part at night, and how they all became friends. I loved the sci-fi part a lot! How they made the holograms work and how it couldn’t do some things, and even though I don’t like young adult books too much, I really liked this one.

Review: “Darwin’s Paradox” by Nina Munteanu

Review: “Darwin’s Paradox” by Nina Munteanu

Brian Brown | February 29, 2008June 15, 2024 | 2 Comments

Nina Munteanu weaves a good story that has some large concepts peppered through it. The story does have warts but they are easy enough to gloss over and dig into the main story. There are some nice twists and turns and rabbit holes to follow the tale down. I hope that future books have more about the world, the citizens who inhabit it, and the politics of city states.

Review: “Keeper of Light and Dust” by Natasha Mostert

Review: “Keeper of Light and Dust” by Natasha Mostert

Web Genii | July 25, 2010June 8, 2024

Set in modern day London, Keeper of Light and Dust is attempting to elevate the vampire romance into a more modern “literary” form. (This would be the form I always find vaguely depressing – you can see why the book is not gelling for me.) Our young heroine, a tattoo artist is a Keeper. Keepers are mystic guardians and warriors and… well, frankly I lost interest at that point.

Review: “Nexus” by Ramez Naam

Review: “Nexus” by Ramez Naam

Laith Preston | January 30, 2013May 31, 2024 | 1 Comment

Nexus is a thriller for the post-human age, Ramez Naam does a phenomenal job of taking modern cutting edge science and building a realistic world of the near future. In Nexus, Naam asks the question, “what if?”.

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