Posted by Kat Hooper | Dec 9, 2020 | SFF Reviews | 0
Involution Ocean by Bruce Sterling John Newhouse is a middle-aged man addicted to a drug called Flare which is synthesized from the oil of a whale that lives in a large sea of dust on a hostile planet. John lives with several other drug addicts. When Flare is declared illegal and their stash runs dry, […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Oct 10, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 1
Kingdoms of Elfin by Sylvia Townsend Warner I first read Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Kingdoms of Elfin (1977) almost twenty years ago. At the time, I was using the recommendation lists in the back of Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling’s fairy tale books as a to-read list (side note: I highly recommend this; I found lots […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Mar 28, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 6
Dreadful Sleep by Jack Williamson At the end of my recent review of Jack Williamson’s 1933 novel Golden Blood, which initially appeared as a six-part serial in the pages of Weird Tales magazine, I mentioned that the author had later placed another serial in that same pulp publication, and that I meant to seek it […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jun 14, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 6
Stardance by Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson Spider & Jeanne Robinson’s Stardance was first published in Analog in 1977 and won both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards for Best Novella. It was up against Vonda N. McIntyre’s Aztecs, John Varley’s In the Hall of the Martian Kings, Gregory Benford’s A Snark in the Night […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Mar 3, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 4
The Best of Leigh Brackett by Leigh Brackett Back in the late 1970s and early ‘80s, Ballantine Books had a wonderful thing going with its “Best of” anthology series: 21 generously packed books celebrating 21 of the most influential authors of science fiction’s Golden Age, all reasonably priced at $1.95 (I refer here to the […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Dec 15, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 9
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick Whether unjustly or not, no other science fiction author has been as closely linked to the 1960s drug culture — at least in the public eye — as Philip K. Dick … and understandably so. From the San Francisco bar in The World Jones Made (1956) that dispensed […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Nov 22, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos and The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin If you are at all interested in the villain haunting the cosmic portion of the Marvel Universe, then you might want to check out these two titles: Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos and The Infinity Gauntlet. Both are trade collections that tell one grand […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Feb 4, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 2
A Scent of New-Mown Hay by John Blackburn The old whimsical phrase “there’s fungus among us” might not sound so amusing after a reader finishes John Blackburn‘s first novel, A Scent of New-Mown Hay. This short (my New English Library paperback edition from 1976 is only 160 pages long) but densely written book originally appeared […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Nov 1, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 1
Dying of the Light by George R.R. Martin In the outer fringe of the inhabited universe, the rogue planet Worlorn falls darkly through space. But years ago it circled the Wheel of Fire, the brilliant wheel-shaped star system that is worshipped by many in the outworlds. Worlorn, the Wheel of Fire’s only planet, was lit […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 25, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle When bored millionaire Tim Hamner discovers a new comet, he’s excited to finally accomplish something without the help of his family. Harvey Randall, who’s producing a TV documentary about the comet, expects his show to be wildly popular. And the American and Russian astronauts who are chosen […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Aug 16, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 2
A Dream of Wessex by Christopher Priest Written in 1977, Christopher Priest’s A Dream of Wessex stands at the midpoint of media questioning reality. Falling on the tail end of Philip Dick and his oeuvre’s continual exploration of metaphysical meaning, A Dream of Wessex is also an (unheralded) fore-runner to science fiction featuring uncertain realities that followed in […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Nov 7, 2010 | SFF Reviews | 0
East of Midnight by Tanith Lee It Died Eight Times My Love. After that, Love Stays Dead… Tanith Lee once again proves herself a master of young adult fantasy with this wonderful (but apparently little known) story of the battle of the sexes. Set in a gloriously created world where women ride horned lions and […]
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Posted by Guest | Jun 5, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson They say that the book is often better than the movie and that statement definitely applies to Bridge to Terabithia. The movie gets only 2 stars, but the book is worthy of 5 stars. While the movie had very good actors and great special effects, somewhere along the way it […]
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