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 …
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 …
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.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells: The Introvert’s Guide to Being a Killing Machine
Martha Wells did something brilliant with this novella. She took a construct, half organic, half machine, built to provide security …
Eight Legs, Big Ideas: Review of Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Adrian Tchaikovsky wrote a book that made me genuinely root for spiders. If you knew me, you’d understand what an …
Alone in the Stars: Review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Here’s the thing about Andy Weir: the man writes science problems the way thriller writers write car chases. “Project Hail …
A Mind-Bending Search – Review of “Second Foundation” by Isaac Asimov
Salutations, esteemed interstellar bibliophiles! Our sojourn through Asimov’s monumental universe continues, and today we’re uncovering the layers of the third …
Galactic Struggles and Unforeseen Variables – Review of “Foundation and Empire” by Isaac Asimov
Hello again, cherished chrononauts of our literary odyssey! Buckle up, because today we’re delving deeper into Asimov’s cosmos with the …