Red Seas Under Red Skies is Scott Lynch’s ambitious second Gentleman Bastard novel: part casino heist, part nautical adventure, and held together by one of fantasy’s best fictional friendships.
Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind: A Promising Fantasy That Tests Your Patience
Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth opener has some brilliant ideas buried inside it, but getting through the first half requires patience that even War and Peace didn’t demand. A 3-star review that’s honest about the pacing problems, the gratuitously dark section, and whether it’s worth your time.
What Happens When Fantasy Meets Wall Street? Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
Imagine a world where dragon hoards are securitised into financial derivatives before anyone’s even swung a sword. Where orcs can …
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: Ten Stories That Invented the Future
Philip K. Dick was writing The Twilight Zone before The Twilight Zone existed. That’s not hyperbole. The ten stories collected …
The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor: Popcorn Sci-Fi With Extra Butter
Taylor Goes Standalone Having now worked my way through every single Dennis E. Taylor book in print, I can say …
The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett: Where it All Began
There are books you enjoy, books you remember, and then there are books that quietly rewire something in you. The …
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson: A Monument to Ambition (and Patience)
There’s a particular kind of science fiction that doesn’t just want to tell you a story. It wants to teach …
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor: A Review of Red Dwarf Book 1
A funny, warm, inventive sci-fi comedy that lays the foundations for one of the great British comic universes. Grant Naylor’s Red Dwarf novel is essential reading for fans of Hitchhiker’s Guide and British sci-fi humour.
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey: Space Opera Meets Noir and It Works Brilliantly
James S.A. Corey blends noir detective fiction with political space opera and a dose of genuine horror in Leviathan Wakes, the first Expanse novel. A confident, gripping start.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor: A Sci-Fi Romp That Launched a Series Worth Binging
What happens when a recently deceased software engineer wakes up as a Von Neumann probe with a mandate to explore …