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Category Archives: Science Fiction
Lockstep by Karl Schroeder
Toby is the seventeen-year-old scion of the McGonigal family, which is in the process of colonizing Sedna, one of the countless unclaimed orphan planets that can be found in interstellar space, far beyond Pluto but light years away from the … Continue reading
Her Husband’s Hands and Other Stories by Adam-Troy Castro
I came to the works of Adam-Troy Castro quite late. Specifically, the first story I remember of his is “Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs” in the excellent dystopian anthology Brave New Worlds, edited by John … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Adam-Troy Castro, Prime Books
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Empress of the Sun by Ian McDonald
I don’t usually get this effusive about books, but I’ve rarely had as much fun with a Young Adult SF series as I have with Ian McDonald’s Everness—now up to three books with the brand new, shiny addition of Empress of … Continue reading
The Bread We Eat In Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente
At first the narrator of “The Consultant,” the opening story of Catherynne M. Valente’s excellent new collection The Bread We Eat in Dreams, sounds like your standard, tired Raymond Chandler private investigator: She walks into my life legs first, a long … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Catherynne M. Valente, Subterranean Press
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Invader and Inheritor by C.J. Cherryh
Invader and Inheritor are the second and third books in C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner series. I reviewed the first novel, Foreigner itself, here. That review led to some interesting discussion about (main character) Bren’s agency or lack thereof, which in turn … Continue reading
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance is the latest book in a brilliant science fiction series that usually centers on Ivan Vorpatril’s more famous cousin Miles Vorkosigan. The Vorkosigan Saga has been going strong for over 25 years and about 15 novels. While … Continue reading
The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan
From the back cover of The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan I learned that this is Kiernan’s twelfth collection of short stories since 2001. That’s about one collection per year. Even more impressive, in the book’s … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press
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Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh
Foreigner is the opening volume of what has turned out to be C.J. Cherryh’s longest series. When I first read it, some time in the early 2000’s when the series only consisted of six books, I had no idea that … Continue reading
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
At the time of its release in 2010, Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold was, to put it mildly, a highly anticipated novel. It had been about eight years since Diplomatic Immunity, the previous full-length installment in the author’s excellent Miles Vorkosigan Saga. … Continue reading
Far Beyond Reality 