Note: This is a guest review by Michael. The Forever War is an entertaining novel with an interesting mix of science fiction, war and social issues. In this classic science […]
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Review: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Let’s get this right out of the way. Slow River is not a science fiction novel. It’s categorize and pigeon-holed as such, but at best it’s speculative fiction, a category […]
Review: Transcendental by James Gunn
James Gunn was never in my wheelhouse. To be honest I’d never heard of him until sometime within the last year. Which is odd since he is a SFWA Grand Master, […]
Review: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
“Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.” ~Friedrich Schiller, The Maid of Orleans, 1801 Even the gods cannot fix stupidity. So contends Isaac Asimov in his Hugo and Nebula […]
Review: Marsbound Trilogy by Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman is one of my favorite and most read authors. The first book of his that I read was There Is No Darkness, a coming of age military SF […]
Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
How can you be happy in this world? You have a hole in your heart. You have a gateway inside you to lands beyond the world you know. They will […]
John Carter of Mars by Vance Kovacs
For a little over 100 years Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ John Carter of Virginia has been roaming the red plains of Barsoom and filling our minds with adventure. Vance Kovacs captures […]
Review: Redemption Ark by Alastair Reynolds
Before delving in to the Revelation Space universe I first suggest perusing the chronology and consider reading the books in order. This is Part 6 in my series of reviews focusing on […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Review (2013)
The Desolation of Smaug is a tedious failure when compared to the purity of its source. Peter Jackson has been infected with some incurable malady that needs …
The Art of Gino D’Achille
Gino D’Achille is an illustrator and commercial artist of international renown, whose work includes many of the most iconic and well-loved book covers and illustrations produced in the last half-century, […]
Childhood’s End Movie Concept Art
Yes, the photo above is from the reboot of the television show V, but it goes a long way in showing what could have been (and what eventually could be) […]
Review: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles has been a book long in the reading for me. I’ve known about it since I was a kid. I watched the terrible, terrible 1980 mini-series (video […]
