Posted by Jason Golomb | Dec 2, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 8
The Sentinel by Jeffrey Konvitz I’d never heard of Jeffrey Konvitz’s superb horror/thriller, The Sentinel (1974), until I saw it promoted on a couple of discount ebook newsletters I receive. The cover, while lacking any subtlety, sold me on the whole horror-wrapped-up-with religion angle. And while the image may be a bit over the top, The […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 3, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 5
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman William Mandella, a genius studying physics, has been drafted into the elite division of the United Nations Exploratory Force, which is fighting a seemingly never-ending war with the Taurans. After strenuous training with other elites on the Earth and in space, William and his colleagues are sent on various […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Jan 27, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 4
The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett Old-time fans of Leigh Brackett’s most famous character, Eric John Stark, would have to exercise a great deal of patience after the first three Stark stories — “Queen of the Martian Catacombs,” “Enchantress of Venus” and “Black Queen of Mars” — appeared in the pages of Planet Stories magazine, […]
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Posted by Steven Harbin (GUEST) | May 29, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 4
Hadon of Ancient Opar by Philip Jose Farmer To most general readers of science fiction, Philip Jose Farmer is probably best known as the creator of the RIVERWORLD series, and possibly also as the Golden Age writer who brought sex into the Science Fiction scene through his stories “The Lover” (1952) and Flesh (1960). He […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Mar 29, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Walk to the End of the World by Suzy McKee Charnas In the mood for a good piece of post-apocalyptic, feminist science fiction? Well, then, I’ve got a doozy for you! Suzy McKee Charnas’ first novel, Walk to the End of the World (1974), is just such a book, combining a tough little tale with […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 6, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 5
The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle The Mote in God’s Eye, co-written by frequent collaborators Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, is a classic First Contact science fiction story which Robert A. Heinlein called “possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read.” The story takes place in 3017 AD […]
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Posted by Steven Harbin (GUEST) | Oct 2, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 9
The Seedbearers by Peter Valentine Timlett The 1970’s were the heyday of the “sword and sorcery” boom that started a decade earlier with the publication of pulp fantasy adventure writer Robert E. Howard’s CONAN stories by Lancer Books. The popularity of Howard’s newly rediscovered (at least to young fantasy readers such as myself at the […]
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