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Category Archives: Science Fiction
The Best of Kage Baker
Kage Baker left us far too soon. Her untimely death in 2010, at age 57, was an immense loss for the science fiction and fantasy world, but she’s sure to pop up on recommended reading lists for many years to … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Kage Baker, Subterranean Press
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Boneyards by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Boneyards by Kristine Kathryn Rusch is the sequel to Diving into the Wreck and City of Ruins, two excellent novels featuring a memorable character who specializes in exploring derelict space vessels and who simply goes by the name “Boss.” The … Continue reading
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress
In the year 2035, all that’s remaining of humanity is a group of twenty-six people who live in the Shell, an enclosure built two decades ago by the alien race known as the Tesslies when an environmental cataclysm made our … Continue reading
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain by A. Lee Martinez
Emperor Mollusk’s interplanetary warlording days are mostly over. Sure, he’s still universally worshipped on Earth, the planet he subjugated in the past, although that may have something to do with the mind-control technology he developed too. Still, his days of … Continue reading
Arctic Rising by Tobias Buckell – includes giveaway!
Here’s my review of Arctic Rising by Tobias Buckell. Take a look, and please let me know what you think in the comments. Thanks to the generosity of the kind folks at Tor, I have one hardcover copy of this … Continue reading
Strata by Bradley Beaulieu and Stephen Gaskell
In the 22nd century, resource depletion and Earth’s ever-increasing energy demands have led humanity to a brand new frontier: huge platforms circle the Sun and draw energy directly from its surface. In the past, corporations offered enticing contracts that included … Continue reading
Empire State by Adam Christopher
Angry Robot is one of those publishers you just have to keep an eye on, because they come out with some unique, surprising fiction. Their books tend to defy genre conventions and often are impossible to classify. To mess with … Continue reading
Faith by John Love
Three hundred years ago, a strange and seemingly invincible alien ship visited the Sakhran Empire. Exactly what happened is unclear, because the events were only recorded in the Book of Srahr, a text only Sakhrans are allowed to read. After … Continue reading
Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
I’m a pretty big fan of Ian McDonald, so when I learned that a brand new novel by the author was on the way, I got suitably excited. Then, when I found out that the new novel would be the … Continue reading
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
In his review of Ted Chiang’s brilliant short story collection Stories of Your Life and Others in The Guardian, China Miéville mentions the “humane intelligence […] that makes us experience each story with immediacy and Chiang’s calm passion.” The oxymoron … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Reviews, Science Fiction, Short Story Collections
Tagged Small Beer Press, Ted Chiang
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Far Beyond Reality 