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Shadow of the Scorpion by Neal Asher
Shadow of the Scorpion (2008) is the fifth in Neal Asher’s AGENT CORMAC subseries, but first in terms of internal chronology, and second in the overall chronology of the POLITY series. Describing the events of Cormac’s youth, as well as his first years training as a soldier, it reveals how he came to be in Sparkind and involved in so much graphic, rip-roaring action across the Prador-infested galaxy.
Split into two storylines,
July 28th, 2018. Jesse Hudson´s rating: 2 | Neal Asher | SFF Reviews | no comments |
The Parafaith War by L.E. Modesitt Jr
In our far future, a young man named Trystin Desoll is a soldier in the long war that his high-tech civilization has been fighting with the Revs, a society of religious zealots. The Revs, who are outgrowing their own planet, believe that the Eco-Techs are sinful because they use brain implants and other technology to improve their bodies. Therefore, the Revs think it’s permissible for them to wipe out Trystin’s civilization, and they’ve been trying to do this for decades.
Trystin is rising rapidly in the Eco-Tech military.
July 27th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | L.E. Modesitt_Jr | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Sidney’s Comet by Brian Herbert
A lot of Brian Herbert‘s bibliography consists of collaborations with other authors. There is Man of Two Worlds, written in collaboration with his father Frank Herbert, the Dune sequels, written with Kevin J. Anderson, and a couple of books written with Marie Landis. I haven’t read Man of Two Worlds yet, although I do own a copy signed by Brian Herbert. I have read a stack of the Dune sequels,
July 23rd, 2018. Rob Weber´s rating: 2 | Brian Herbert | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Second Summoning by Tanya Huff
Note: This review will contain mild spoilers for the previous book, Summon the Keeper.
I was entertained by Tanya Huff’s first KEEPER’S CHRONICLES novels, Summon the Keeper, about a woman named Claire whose job, as a Keeper, is to travel around closing evil holes in the fabric of the universe when they pop up around Canada and the US. In Summon the Keeper,
July 17th, 2018. Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Tanya Huff | Audio | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
Having never read one of Peter Watts’ novels before, I thought a short novel like The Freeze-Frame Revolution (2018) would be a good place for me to start. After all, I like science fiction, generation-style ships, rogue AIs, and solid narratives about mutinous crews. Watts delivers on those elements and many more, but the story never really coalesced for me, and I had trouble connecting with the narrator.
Over the last sixty million years, Sunday Ahzmundin and the rest of the Eriophora’s crew have been traveling the galaxy,
June 22nd, 2018. Jana Nyman´s rating: 2 | Peter Watts | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
Tim Powers’ fourth novel, 1983’s The Anubis Gates, is a book that I had been meaning to read for years. Chosen for inclusion in both David Pringle’s Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels and Jones & Newman’s Horror: 100 Best Books, as well as the recipient of the Philip K. Dick Memorial Award in 1984, the book came with plenty of good word of mouth, to say the least.
June 18th, 2018. Sandy Ferber, Katie Burton and Stuart Starosta´s rating: 2, 5 | Tim Powers | Audio, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 12 comments |
The Eterna Files by Leanna Renee Hieber
Just after President Lincoln’s assassination, his wife Mary sets a governmental task force to find a cure for death, thus setting in motion the plot of The Eterna Files (2015) by Leanna Renee Hieber. Seventeen years later, the science team working on the Eterna Compound is mysteriously murdered, as is a parallel team in England, where Queen Victoria wants Britain, not America, to be the first to discover an answer to mortality. Both countries seek to find out what happened to their teams,
June 8th, 2018. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2 | Leanna Renee Hieber | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Tool of War by Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi’s Tool of War (2017) is the third entry in a series of futuristic novels in which catastrophic climate change projections have come to pass. The American seaboard is flooded, and the United States government has been overtaken by transnational organizations. The most stunning technological breakthroughs are in gene editing, and elite organizations own “augments,” creatures that are part human and part animal, part slave and part soldier. The main character here, Tool, is the greatest of the augments because he can defy his training and act independently.
June 5th, 2018. Ryan Skardal´s rating: 2 | Paolo Bacigalupi | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
White Sand Volume 2 by Brandon Sanderson
White Sand Volume 2 is, like most graphic works, a team effort: the story is by Brandon Sanderson, the script by Rik Hoskin, the art from Julius Gopez and Julius Otha, the coloring by Morgan Hickman and Salvatore Aila Studios, and the lettering by DC Hopkins. Unfortunately, in my case, quantity did not equal a quality experience.
One problem is I’m not sure Sanderson’s storytelling translates well into the graphic form. Though there are certainly exceptions (The Rithmatist for one excellent example),
March 31st, 2018. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2 | Brandon Sanderson | Comics | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The Dark Intercept by Julia Keller
The Dark Intercept (2017) by Julia Keller is another teen dystopia, and while it has at its core an intriguing concept, bolstered by a few well written passages, overall it feels only partially thought through, with the reader skating too far out on the thin ice of weak characterization, flimsy world-building, and poor plotting, until finally falling through.
Sixteen-year-old Violet Crowley lives (say this in Trailer Guy voice, please) in a world that has been divided into the haves of New Earth,
February 15th, 2018. Bill Capossere´s rating: 2 | Julia Keller | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
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