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Category Archives: Science Fiction
23 Years On Fire by Joel Shepherd
It’s been almost a decade since the release of Killswitch, the third novel in Joel Shepherd’s excellent Cassandra Kresnov series. In that time, Shepherd wrote a series of four fantasy novels entitled A Trial of Blood and Steel (also excellent, by … Continue reading
Transcendental by James Gunn
I had high hopes for Transcendental, the new novel by veteran SF author James Gunn, based on the publicity copy from publisher Tor: Riley, a veteran of interstellar war, is one of many beings from many different worlds aboard a … Continue reading
The Darwin Elevator (Dire Earth #1) by Jason M. Hough
Karin Kross just posted an excellent piece on Tor.com about “dumb” action movies, nominally a review of Pacific Rim (which I haven’t seen) but with broader application to anything we tend to label as “dumb”: Respectfully, I would like to … Continue reading
The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill
I picked up The Beautiful Land by Alan Averill because its plot summary piqued my interest: Takahiro O’Leary has a very special job… …working for the Axon Corporation as an explorer of parallel timelines—as many and as varied as anyone … Continue reading
Equations of Life (Samuil Petrovitch #1) by Simon Morden
I picked up Equations of Life, the first novel in Simon Morden’s Samuil Petrovitch series, after receiving a copy of his latest novel The Curve of the Earth for review. The new novel is the fourth one set in the … Continue reading
The Curiosity by Stephen P. Kiernan
The struggle for life after death has been a theme in science fiction for ages. From Frankenstein, to cryogenics in all its myriad permutations, to uploaded cyber-consciousness, to even, in a sense, generation star ships and other attempts to find … Continue reading
The Last Full Measure by Jack Campbell
The Last Full Measure is an alternate history novella by Jack Campbell, set in the middle of the Nineteenth Century in the US around the time of the Gettysburg Address. (The title is actually a famous quote from that speech.) … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Fiction, Reviews, Science Fiction
Tagged Jack Campbell, Subterranean Press
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The Daedalus Incident by Michael J. Martinez (includes giveaway!)
Before I get to the actual review, a brief side-note: the story of this book’s publication is interesting in itself. The Daedalus Incident was originally scheduled to be released a while back, but then the whole Night Shade Books situation happened, putting … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Giveaways, Reviews, Science Fiction
Tagged Michael J. Martinez, Night Shade Books
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Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh
Will McIntosh has been on my list of favorite new authors since his excellent 2011 debut novel Soft Apocalypse. (Incidentally, my review of that novel was also the very first review I posted on this site, back in January 2012!) To celebrate … Continue reading
Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell
The protagonist in Sean Ferrell’s Man in the Empty Suit has seen and done it all. Thanks to his ability to travel in time, he’s cruised all the way up and down the course of human history. There’s not much … Continue reading
Far Beyond Reality 