Posted by Sandy Ferber | May 22, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 2
Three-Bladed Doom by Robert E. Howard Even those readers who have previously thrilled to the exploits of such Robert E. Howard characters as Conan the Barbarian, King Kull of Valusia, the Puritan fighter of evil Solomon Kane, the Pictish king Bran Mak Morn, the piratical Cormac Mac Art, and boxer Steve Costigan might still be […]
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Posted by Nathan Okerlund | Nov 16, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Devil in a Forest by Gene Wolfe Gene Wolfe is different from most of us — at least, he’s certainly not like me. When I hear the song “Good King Wenceslas” I may wonder idly when the Feast of Stephen is (it’s December 26th, as I finally learned two years ago), if he was […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | May 2, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 7
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm Sometimes, a book just has to be given a second chance. Case in point for this reader: Kate Wilhelm’s Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. When I first started this book around 35 years ago, I could not get past page 20 or so, for some […]
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Posted by Rob Weber | Mar 8, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl In the 1970s Frederik Pohl produced a number of highly regarded science fiction novels. Man Plus, which earned a Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1976, shows its age just a bit but I still found it very much worth reading. In the near future, as seen from the 1970s, […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Nov 1, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 2
Deus Irae by Philip K. Dick Of the 36 science fiction novels, nine mainstream novels, one children’s book and over 120 short stories that cult author Philip K. Dick produced before his premature death at age 53, in 1982, only two creations were done in collaboration with another author. The first was 1966’s The Ganymede […]
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Posted by Marion Deeds | May 15, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Triton by Samuel R. Delany Samuel R. Delaney wrote Triton in 1974, but it was published in 1976, after his best-seller Dhalgren. Delany’s subtitle for this book was “An Amorphous Heterotopia,” and he stated at the time that the book was inspired by (or a response to) Ursula LeGuin’s “ambiguous utopia” The Dispossessed. Oh, how […]
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Posted by Steven Harbin (GUEST) | Nov 27, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Maske: Thaery byJack Vance Jack Vance was a fairly prolific author during his writing career, publishing over sixty novels and various short stories in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. During the 1960’s and 70’s many of his science fiction stories were set in a far future milieu which he termed the Gaean […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | May 31, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg It’s the summer of 2012 and the Earth is a disaster. A deadly virus has killed most of the world population and those who remain will eventually succumb to its organ-rotting effects if they are not given an antidote before they start to show symptoms. All of the national […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Nov 3, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
Power of Three by Diana Wynne Jones Combining the atmosphere of Celtic folklore with a plot reminiscent of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, an intricate plot (including a huge twist halfway through that will completely turn your perception of the story on its head), and likable characters, Power of Three is one of Diana Wynne Jones’ best novels […]
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