Book Review: The Planet Explorer by Murray Leinster This “novel” is more of a story cycle, a set of four novelettes about the career of Bordman, an officer of Colonial Survey (“Colonial Survey” being the title this collection was first published under.) It’s set in a future where humanity is constantly expanding through the galaxy.… Continue reading Book Review: The Planet Explorer
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Comic Book Review: Once & Future Volume One: The King Is Undead
Comic Book Review: Once & Future Volume One: The King Is Undead written by Kieron Gillen, illustrated by Dan Mora Stories are true. If told often enough, if they resonate with enough people, stories have power in the waking world. And one of the most popular stories, especially in Great Britain, is the tale of… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Once & Future Volume One: The King Is Undead
Book Review: The Last Victorians
Book Review: The Last Victorians by W. Sydney Robinson Much as we sometimes like to pretend otherwise, historical eras do not have clean breaks. Bits and pieces of the Roman Empire lasted well into the Middle Ages, most of us have met people who haven’t got the memo that it’s the Twenty-First Century now, and… Continue reading Book Review: The Last Victorians
Book Review: The Fourth Galaxy Reader
Book Review: The Fourth Galaxy Reader edited by H.L. Gold Galaxy Magazine had a decent run with a lot of good stories, so it’s not surprising that even this fourth collection of fifteen science fiction reprints from the 1950s has a strong selection. (I recognized almost all of these!) There’s an introduction which runs down inferior… Continue reading Book Review: The Fourth Galaxy Reader
Book Review: Next Year in Havana
Book Review: Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton Disclaimer: I received this Advance Reading Copy from a Read It Forward giveaway for the purpose of writing this review. No other compensation was offered or requested. The final product, due out 2/6/18, may have minor changes. In 1958, Elisa Perez is the daughter of one… Continue reading Book Review: Next Year in Havana
Book Review: The Buried Life
Book Review: The Buried Life by Carrie Patel Centuries after the Catastrophe that made living on the surface of Earth too dangerous for most humans, Recoletta is a thriving underground city. Conditions have improved on the surface enough so that there are farming communities up there, but the vast majority of people would rather stay… Continue reading Book Review: The Buried Life
Book Review: The Fall of the Towers
Book Review: The Fall of the Towers by Samuel R. Delany Five hundred years after the old civilizations perished in the Great Fire, the Toromon Empire occupies all the known livable space on Earth. But they are hemmed in by deadly radioactive belts and there’s nowhere for it to grow. And yet–and yet, the… Continue reading Book Review: The Fall of the Towers
Comic Book Review: Joe Kubert Presents
Comic Book Review: Joe Kubert Presents by Joe Kubert and others Joe Kubert (1926-2012) was one of the all-time great comic book artists. The bulk of his work was done for DC Comics, including many Hawkman and Sergeant Rock stories. Joe Kubert Presents was his final series, a tribute to him by the company he’d done… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Joe Kubert Presents
Book Review: Analog 1.
Book Review: Analog 1 edited by John W. Campbell Astounding Science Fiction was one of the most influential science fiction magazines from the 1930s to the 1950s. But long-time editor John W. Campbell had felt for years that the title did not reflect the more mature, “hard” science fiction he preferred to run. So… Continue reading Book Review: Analog 1.