Posted by Kat Hooper | Sep 3, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 3
The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt In the near future, NASA scientists pick up a signal from space that turns out to be a coded message (“The Hercules Text”) from an alien species. It originated a million years ago, so it’s unlikely that the aliens still exist, and even if they do they’re very far […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | May 5, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 2
Replay by Ken Grimwood Replay is a story that every reader can empathize with. Who wouldn’t want to relive their best years over again, with all their memories intact? Fixing all the mistakes, seizing all the missed opportunities. It’s an irresistible thought, a fantasy of “what ifs.” Ken Grimwood’s Replay (1986) predates Groundhog Day (1993) […]
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Posted by Rob Weber | May 3, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke The Songs of Distant Earth is one of Clarke’s later novels, based on a shorter piece of the same name that he wrote in the 1950s. In the foreword Clarke states it is something of a response to the rise of what he calls “space opera” […]
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Posted by Jason Golomb | Apr 27, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 2
It by Stephen King Stephen King‘s It is a wonderfully sweeping tale of what it means to be a child and what it means to leave your childhood behind, inevitably and mostly forgotten, when transforming into an adult. This very evocative tale of childhood orbits and surrounds a tale of exquisite horror, and is my […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Apr 22, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 1
The Bridge by Iain M. Banks Iain M. Banks is a versatile Scottish writer, equally skilled in far-future space opera (the CULTURE series), dark contemporary novels (The Crow Road, The Wasp Factory, Walking on Glass), and a host of novels in between. The Bridge is one of his earlier books, and the late author’s personal […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Jan 30, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 3
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (writer/artist) and Klaus Janson & Lynn Varley (Artists) Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and Alan Moore’s Watchmen (1986-87) are generally considered the watershed graphic novels that revived and reinvented the comic book industry, forced mainstream critics and readers to take the genre more seriously, […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Oct 13, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 4
Star of Gypsies by Robert Silverberg In 3159 AD humans have spread across the universe, colonizing other planets. The spaceships that took them to the stars were piloted by the special “magic” of the Romany people. The Romany “Gypsies” have always been mistreated by the people of Earth who never realized their true history and […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Sep 16, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 7
Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov Every time I see a short story collection by Isaac Asimov in audio format, I pick it up because I love his short stories more than I love his novels. Last year Recorded Books released Robot Dreams, which was originally published in print form in 1986. The audiobook is 14.5 […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Nov 17, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy was one of New Zealand’s most seminal writers, and one of only a few authors to twice-win the Carnegie Medal — first for The Haunting and then for The Changeover. As good as these books are, my personal favourite is The Tricksters, written for a slightly older audience […]
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Posted by Sandy Ferber | Mar 4, 2013 | SFF Reviews | 0
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By by John Farris Having never read anything by John Farris, I stumbled upon his 1977 novel All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By after seeing David J. Schow‘s very laudatory remarks concerning the book in Jones & Newman‘s overview volume Horror: 100 Best Books (1988). In […]
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Posted by Rob Weber | Jul 4, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 7
Wizard of the Pigeons by Megan Lindholm Wizard of the Pigeons is one of the last books Megan Lindholm wrote under this pen name, before moving on to her Robin Hobb alter ego. Once again I am impressed with the diversity of Lindholm’s writing; Wizard of the Pigeons is unlike any of the others I’ve read. […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Feb 9, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Burning Chrome by William Gibson William Gibson is one of those authors whose style is so distinct that it’s immediately recognizable. Anyone who’s read one of his novels could pick up another and, without looking at the cover, probably identify it as Gibson’s merely by reading the first page. His popularity indicates that legions of […]
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Posted by Kelly Lasiter | Apr 10, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy Archaeologist Elizabeth Butler has a secret: she can see the shades of people from the past, going about their daily activities. This talent has led to plenty of “lucky hunches” in her career but also to questions about her sanity. Normally she just sees the past scenes playing out […]
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