More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon’s More Than Human, which won the International Fantasy Award in 1954 and was selected as one of David Pringle’s 100 Best SF novels, must have been quite an eye-opener back in 1953 in the Golden Age of Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, when robots, rocket ships, future societies and aliens ruled the roost. For one thing, it hardly features any credible science at all,
March 17th, 2015. Stuart Starosta´s rating: 3.5 | Theodore Sturgeon | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Against the Tide of Years by S.M. Stirling
It’s been several years since “the event” which pulled the island of Nantucket back in time to 1300 B.C. (We read all about this in Island in the Sea of Time, the first book in S.M. Stirling’s NANTUCKET trilogy.) The islanders have been busy learning how to live without all the modern conveniences of the 20th century. They are successfully learning how to farm and fish, breed animals, acquire fuels,
March 17th, 2015. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | S.M. Stirling | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Heart of a Witch by Judith Hawkes
Back in the late nineties, younger-me was obsessed with reading every novel about witches I could find. (Don’t get me wrong, I still like witch books, but there are just so many now!) The Heart of a Witch, published in 1999, would have appeared right smack in the middle of this obsession, and yet somehow I never discovered it back then, when I was first devouring Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour and Elizabeth Hand’s Waking the Moon.
March 17th, 2015. Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 3.5 | Judith Hawkes | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 7 comments |
Hurricane Fever by Tobias Buckell
I very much enjoyed Tobias Buckell’s 2012 SF novel Arctic Rising, which was set on a near-future Earth dramatically affected by global warming. As much as I loved that novel’s main character Anika, I mentioned in my review that I wouldn’t mind reading a novel set in the same world but featuring one of its two excellent supporting characters, Vy or Roo.
Lo and behold, just about two years later, Buckell delivers Hurricane Fever,
March 17th, 2015. Stefan Raets´s rating: 4 | Tobias Buckell | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Locus reports that John Marsden died early today. Marsden authored the 7 book series that started off with the novel…
Mmmmm!
I *do* have pear trees... hmmm.
There were at least 2 pear soup recipes that caught my eye!
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