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December 22, 2008
Dorsai by Gordon DickinsonFollowing Donal Graeme, an extraordinary military mercenary warrior, the novel charts his rise as he hires himself out to other planetary governments. Written in the late 50's, it is an imperfect novel. Donal is of course the unstoppable warrior while his enemies seem less .
December 20, 2008
Vampire romance books are one of a kind. They are smitten in mystery and their wild side manages to capture the imagination of many a fan. Stories about vampires have been told for a long time. Vampires are beings which are supernatural and feed on the blood of humans. They are imaginary creatures ..
December 17, 2008
Of all of Orson Scott Card's books, “Earthborn" is probably my least favorite. It is not that the novel is not well written - it is - or that it lacks a good story - it does not. But its role as the fifth and final book in a series makes it feel like an incomplete ending.Unlike the rest of ..
December 17, 2008
When a mudslide overwhelms the Rowan mining settlement, the only survivor is a three year old girl whose psychic powers alert everyone on her moon to the fact that she is trapped in a mud-covered skiff alone. Ann McCaffrey's novel, The Rowan, follows the growing up of a unique and powerful child ..
December 09, 2008
This book started out slowly, building swiftly as the murder investigation ensued. It felt right just before Springer went over the edge, being too obvious and “shocker" about the phrase “serial killer." My daughter talks about the “creepiness levels" of such prose, citing that in .
December 07, 2008
1984, startlingly portrays a completely controlled society with unequalled depth and understanding. Key to understanding the way this dystopia works is in the concept of doublethink. Doublethink allows the Party to maintain absolute control over an individual's understanding of her environments and .
December 04, 2008
Grayrider is the first book in a three book series of the Deathsong Chronicles by Bruce Skye. Volume two is untitled, Hard-Favour'd Rage and the third and final book in the series is called, A Dragon's Wrath. Bruce Skye as an author believes that all stories, no matter the genre, first and foremost .
December 01, 2008
FADE IN: Leela Powers, a famous Sedona psychic, is driving to a fateful meeting with members of a secret society who plan to take down China with an electromagnetic pulse. The meeting takes place in a small rural town called Page Springs, about 10 miles from Sedona. Leela is equipped with a hidden ..
November 30, 2008
I've enjoyed the movie version of Zelazny's classic work Damnation Alley, but wasn't surprised to find that there was very little in common between the two.Damnation Alley takes place in a post-apocalyptic nuclear war where most of the earth has been destroyed. Only a few pockets of humanity exist ..
November 30, 2008
QUICKSAND is a multi layered science fiction novel that is a masterpiece of characterization.Dr. Paul Fidler, is the psychiatric registrar at Chent, a hospital for mental disorders in England. Years earlier he himself had a breakdown. Sometimes the unrealized possibilities of his life become so ..
October 28, 2008
Recently I watched “Children of Men" starring one of my favorite actors, Clive Owen. It's a great blend of science-fiction, action and drama with a thought-provoking premise.The setting is a bleak England in 2027. People have stopped reproducing, although we're never told exactly why, and ..
October 27, 2008
Steve Niles’ and Ben Templesmith have created a monster. The highly stylized and deeply disturbing 30 Days of Night graphic novel went on to spawn various sequels and a big screen feature film, as well as a TV mini series (Blood Trails) and an online prequel to the movie (Dust to Dust). Why ..
October 10, 2008
Forty-some years ago my uncle gave me a science fiction anthology, a thick red hardback that I read from cover to cover. It inspired a life long love of the genre. The stories in that book made me think outside the box. They filled me with awe for the imagination it took to write them and sometimes .
October 09, 2008
In the future there is a good chance that humanity will be mining the Asteroids for precious and exotic metals, materials needed to build space colonies, space ships and anything else mankind needs to further his exploitation of space.There will be private mining operations, corporate mining ..
October 08, 2008
Grayrider offers the reader everything they could need in a story. There is romance, sword fights, magic, and more to keep the reader entertained. The story line moves at a fast pace and keeps the reader very involved. I found that I could not put the book down.Grayrider follows the story of ..
September 30, 2008
The Tombs of Atuan is the second book in LeGuin's Earthsea series of books. At less than 150 pages in length it is a small yet magical book that is suitable for children and adults. This is a perfect book for bedtime stories or if you want something light that won't take a year to finish.The story ..
September 27, 2008
They say that reality mimics art and we find this to be true in civilization and human societies. For instance, science fiction authors discuss technologies and adventures that eventually come to pass. Is it because we read their works and dreamed of it and through human intent made it so? And if ..
September 27, 2008
We all know that sun spots, solar flares and sun cycles affect life on Earth and scientist are pretty certain when the Sun is nearly depleted that it will expand, consume the earth and then retreat, anything living on the surface of earth at that time will perish, as the seas boil and well, you get .
September 23, 2008
As Hollywood prepares to churn out yet another movie based on the work of Philip K. Dick, the producers blithely ignore the existence of a screenplay written by Philip K. Dick, himself. If you have read the book that was published as UBIK: The Screenplay, you have not read Phil's screenplay. That ..
September 23, 2008
The Pawn of Prophesy is the first book of a series by David Eddings called, “The Belgariad." Like most fantasy novels, this story is a quest. It is set in a mythical land somewhere during an age of knights in armor and swords, similar in technology to The Middle Ages, but the physical setting .
September 21, 2008
Have you ever considered what the future will bring as our communication innovations get better and better? Just 2-decades ago the first cell phones became inexpensive enough for the average citizen. Today, your phone has instant messaging capabilities, email, mobi-TV, weather, stocks, sports and ..
September 21, 2008
Wizard's First Rule is the first Terry Goodkind book in the Sword of Truth series which is also the basis for the ABC television series Legend of the Seeker. This is a review of this remarkable book.This isn't your typical epic fantasy book. Yes, it has all of the normal trappings you would expect ..
September 20, 2008
Dead Until Dark, the first book in the Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris, is set in Bon Temps, Louisiana. It's here, in a local bar called Merlotte's, that we meet our heroine, Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie is a waitress at Merlotte's and on the surface, appears to be the typical ..
August 28, 2008
My first impression after reading this book is there must be more of the adventures of Belimai Sykes and his lover Captain William Harper. Just inside the front cover, Hale includes two maps of the world of Wicked Gentlemen; one depicting the layout of Crowncross, the Holy Capitol; and Hopetown, ..
August 28, 2008
In the world of Epic Fantasy there are two series of books that stand above all the rest as masterpieces. Lord of the Rings is one of those series. The Earthsea Series by Ursula K. LeGuin is the other. This is a review of the first book in the Earthsea series A Wizard of Earthsea.As far as fantasy ..
August 24, 2008
Hex is not only a novel of love spells, but also the love of relationships, unrequited and sex. It contains elements of the supernatural, occult and horror. Throughout the story and more importantly, it has a wonderful sense of humor.The novel opens in Miami, where news of Castro's death has sent ..
August 23, 2008
The science fiction and fantasy novels by the master storyteller Orson Scott Card have to be some of the most satisfying top fiction books I have read.It is quite a few years since I have read OSC's books and so I am about to embark on a wonderful return journey - beginning with The Tales of Alvin ..
August 23, 2008
This is a review of Magic to the Bone by Devon Monk. (Roc, November 4, 2008).The setting is Portland, Oregon where Allie Beckstrom lives in an old apartment she hates because the building stinks of used magic especially when it rains. Although her father is a prominent and wealthy business man, ..
August 19, 2008
This book is the second book in Feist's Riftwar Saga (the first book is Magician: Apprentice) and in this book we see not only the transformation of our main character from apprentice to master but we also see this same transformation in Feist's writing. The tone, texture, and richness of this ..
August 14, 2008
I cut my teeth at an early age on books by such noted authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, E.E. “Doc" Smith and his Skylark of Valeron series, and many more.I read the books discussed here when I was a pre-teen, and was actually disappointed in the 1951 movie when I ..
August 12, 2008
Blue Comet Books (2008) ISBN 9780976974420In the year 2177 Jack Jacobs worked in Area 51 and was assigned as lead scientist to the top secret Advanced Gravity Drive (AGD) project code-named Orion Nine. Jacobs was recognized as one of the top gravity propulsion experts in this field even before he ..
August 12, 2008
When this book arrived in the mail, and I saw that mid-list actress Adrienne Barbeau was one of the authors, my first thought was a has-been decides, when all else fails write a book. I was certain I would hate it, and was pleasantly surprised it did not happen.The story begins with the gruesome ..
August 11, 2008
There are a lot of epic fantasy series out there. But very few of them have withstood the test of time. This book is one of the best books in the genre of modern epic fantasy and it is the first book in a series called the Riftwar Cycle. If you are looking for an epic fantasy series to dig into ..
August 09, 2008
The Vision Quest -like most Sci-Fi novels-takes place on earth, in what the creator imagines our planet could be like in a century from now.Cloned humans, humans that have become half-butterfly, droids that appear to be morphing into a state that could essentially destroy all but themselves and the .
August 08, 2008
There's good reason why Littluns have remained but a myth to the outside world. Northwest from the city of Ephesus Cam Coo Nick and hidden high atop within the impenetrable snow covered exterior walls of Powder Mountain, and secret to the rest of the world is the protected, self-contained, pure and .
July 29, 2008
However marginalized as a “pulp" or “genre" writer, Dick wrote novels that have from the beginning evoked a passionate response from readers, exciting their imaginations, provoking their fears, and inspiring a devoted fandom. Now, The Library of America, “our quasi-official canon ..
July 22, 2008
Ann B. Keller's new novel “Briggen" has all the elements of a great science-fiction novel and a great fantasy novel combined. From the opening pages, I felt I had stepped into a world not unlike that of Conan the Barbarian or Tarzan but then the book alternated into science-fiction scenes ..
July 22, 2008
There have been great fantasy novels in history but none have been quite as important as The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. And what great story would be where it is without the villains to make it memorable? The following are some of the most important villains in the Lord of the ..
July 17, 2008
This summer brings us a lot of great epic fantasy novels both from established authors continuing their series and from new authors with fresh new stories and worlds for you to discover. This article gives you recommendations from among the best and most promising.The Masters release their sequels ..
July 14, 2008
The umbrella term “Science fiction" covers fictional books from a wide spectrum of genres. One major factor behind the unprecedented popularity of science fiction books is the springing up of these book publishing houses. Though Science fiction works have been experimented in television ..
July 10, 2008
UFO Retrievals: The Recovery of Alien SpacecraftThis is a collection of accounts and examinations of all cases of alleged landed or crashed alien spacecraft and the secret government action to recover them and keep their remains and their occupants.The Alien ChroniclesThe Alien Chronicles takes us ..
June 15, 2008
Many folks enjoy Science Fiction and recently a friend who is a vegetarian and has lived all over Europe expressed to me his years of reading Sci Fi and listed many of his favorite authors. These included authors like Robert Heinlein, Charles Sheckley, Larry Niven, Isaac Asimov, Ursula k. Leguin... .
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