Posted by Ryan Skardal | Aug 24, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 2
Blindness by José Saramago Originally published in Portuguese in 1995, José Saramago’s Blindness is a post-apocalyptic novel about pandemic blindness and the consequent dissolution of a society. Both the novel and the author have received acclaim, and Saramago won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. I liked Blindness, but I found it overrated. Many […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Jul 28, 2018 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Secret of This Book by Brian W. Aldiss Brian Aldiss was one of the most versatile writers in speculative fiction. Published in a variety of forms (poetry, plays, short fiction, novels, and non-fiction), a variety of genres and sub-genres (fantasy, science fiction, and realism — to cover the big ones) and in a variety […]
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Posted by Nathan Okerlund | Nov 20, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 1
Merlin’s Bones by Fred Saberhagen We raided the used bookstore the other day and this was one of my prizes; as sometimes happens when I visit the used bookstore and pick up a book by an author whose name I consider a guarantee of quality, I discovered when I got home that I had actually […]
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Posted by Rob Weber | Mar 31, 2017 | SFF Reviews | 2
Slow River by Nicola Griffith Slow River (1995) is Nicola Griffith‘s second novel and the third one by her I’ve read. Like her debut Ammonite (1992), it attracted quite a bit of attention. The novel won a Nebula Award in 1996 and has made it into the Gollancz SF Masterworks series. I enjoyed both Hild […]
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Posted by Stuart Starosta | Jun 2, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 2
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer Robert J. Sawyer is a very popular Canadian science-fiction author, with many novels under his belt and several major awards, including the 1995 Nebula Award for The Terminal Experiment, 2003 Hugo Award for Hominids, and 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Mindscan. I hadn’t read anything of his […]
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Posted by Katie Burton | May 12, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Firework-Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman The Firework-Maker’s Daughter is a short children’s book written by Phillip Pullman and it’s a little gem. Pullman pulls off a perfect recipe of magic, adventure and pure fun in this sparkling little fairy tale. Lila is the daughter of the talented firework maker Lachland. All Lila wants is […]
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Posted by Jason Golomb | Jan 13, 2016 | SFF Reviews | 6
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter Stephen Baxter’s The Time Ships is a sequel to HG Wells’ classic The Time Machine. Where Wells was crisp, haunting and poignant, Baxter is deep and broad, and offers his usual blend of hard-core sci-fi philosophy and science. The Time Ships picks up where The Time Machine left off. […]
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Posted by Brad Hawley | Aug 29, 2015 | SFF Reviews | 2
Clover Honey by Rich Tommaso Clover Honey by Rich Tommaso is a re-release of his first graphic novel, originally published in 1995, when Tommaso was twenty-three-year-old. I’ve never read anything quite like it. It’s a quick read — I think it took me all of forty-five minutes to read it — but I think it’s […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Mar 3, 2014 | SFF Reviews | 0
Dreams of Terror and Death: The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft In the mood for some Eldritch horror? Feel like steeping yourself in Lovecraft’s frightening nihilistic dream worlds? Want to be read to by some of the world’s best story readers? Then give Blackstone Audio’s version of Dreams of Terror and Death: The […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Oct 6, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 4
Resurrection Man by Sean Stewart Not knowing who Sean Stewart was prior to reading Resurrection Man, it was more than a pleasant surprise to find such a well written book with poignant themes. Hiding on the margins of literature, Stewart’s novel tells the story of a Hungarian family living in the US and their attempts to come […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Sep 24, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay In the turbulent region that used to be the stable empire of Al-Rassan, petty kings vie for power. Each of these rulers is ambitions and clever, but none of them has been able to acquire his position without the help of others — crafty advisors, brave army […]
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Posted by Jesse Hudson | Aug 24, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
Distress by Greg Egan The unique talent that is Greg Egan has written another novel that barely strains the limits of modern technology in a near-future socio-political world that is more than believable. Cameras are biologically inserted into humans, rendering reporters as close to the definition of the word “witness” as philologists will permit; pharmaceuticals […]
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Posted by Kat Hooper | Jun 6, 2012 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele To get the fastest transport to a rendezvous with his new job, spacer Rohr Furland decides to take a position on The Comet. Rohr doesn’t listen to gossip, so he isn’t aware that the captain of The Comet, who styles himself Captain Future, is a nut case […]
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Posted by Ryan Skardal | Jan 21, 2011 | SFF Reviews | 8
The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson In The Diamond Age, anything, no matter how trivial, could be made from diamonds drawn from molecular feeds. This will be the era in which humanity masters nanotechnology. On the one hand, this is a time of plenty and technological progress, but it […]
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Posted by Ruth Arnell (RETIRED) | Apr 20, 2009 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Shape-Changer’s Wife by Sharon Shinn Aubrey is a young wizard, apprenticed to Glynrenden, the most powerful shape-changer in the land. Aubrey wants to learn all of his magical secrets, but instead discovers a mystery surrounding the shape-changer’s wife, Lilith, which may change everything Aubrey has ever known. The Shape-Changer’s Wife is a beautiful fairytale […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | May 3, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia McKillip I would have brought you every bird in the wood… Patricia McKillip once again takes a seemingly simple plot and shapes into something mysterious and beautiful through the use of her poetic, luminous language. It must be said that McKillip’s writing style is entirely unique, to the […]
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Posted by Rebecca Fisher | Apr 2, 2008 | SFF Reviews | 0
The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander Lloyd Alexander follows his usual technique of incorporating various myths from around the world into his own original story (as he’s already done with The Chronicles of Prydain, The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen, and The Iron Ring) but this time it’s with a clever twist. Instead of taking aspects […]
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