Under the Green Star by Lin Carter is not a ripoff, it’s a deliberately derivative fanboy love letter to Edgar Rice Burroughs and the sword and planet genre he created. It’s …
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Review: Descender Volume 1: Tin Stars
Descender: Tin Stars has all the elements of great storytelling in graphic novel form: characters, world building, action, conflict, and tension. All of this is masterfully penned by writer Jeff Lemire, and …
Review: Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson
There’s little doubt that Kim Stanley Robinson crafted Aurora to be a cautionary tale about the tremendous risks involved with space travel and the settling of alien planets. The takeaway seems to be that humans are …
Retro Review: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
I‘ve always been fond of the classics, both the books and the authors. As a fan of the genre, I feel obligated to be knowledgeable about what has come before, […]
Review: The Hour of the Dragon by Robert E. Howard
In 1936 Robert E. Howard tragically put a gun to his head and ended his own life upon hearing that his beloved (and terminally ill) mother would never come out […]
Retro Review: Dragonlance: Dragons of Spring Dawning
Note: This is a guest review by Michael. I just finished Dragonlance: Return of the Green . . . I mean Dragons of Spring Dawning. Like I said in my […]
Retro Review: Dragonlance: Dragons of Winter Night
Note: This is a guest review by Michael. I’m back with another review of an epic fantasy novel. Last time I stopped by I reviewed Dragonlance: The Fellowship of the […]
Retro Review: Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Note: This is a guest review by Michael. So I decided to read a fantasy novel again and based on a recommendation I agreed to try one of the Dragonlance […]
Review: In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
I remember first trying to read In the Ocean of Night back in 1978-ish when I was just a wee lad still wide eyed from being exposed to the amazing […]
Review: Deliverance by James Dickey
You aren’t hallucinating. This is not a science fiction book review. This is indeed a review of the novel Deliverance. Yep, THAT Deliverance. The one with white water canoeing, banjo playin’, […]
Review: Halting State by Charles Stross
Halting State by Charles Stross was not the book I was expecting. As a gamer and MMORPG player the book piqued my interest based on the description. Instead of getting […]
Review: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
IV. DEATH BY WATER Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep seas swell And the profit and loss. […]