There’s so much to like about Mitosis, and almost all of it comes down to one thing: Brandon Sanderson’s nearly unparalleled ability to build and describe action. Mitosis takes place in the period between the events of Steelheart and Firefight, but really is just a snap shot, a moment in time to give a flavor […]
Short Story Review | Mitosis: A Reckoners Story by Brandon Sanderson (Reckoners #1.5)
2015-03-13 · by ·
Review | Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2015-03-09 · by ·
I was drawn to Station Eleven because I saw it on a several 2014 best books lists: It was nominated for the both the National Book Award and the Goodreads Choice for Best Fiction. Station Eleven is dystopian fiction. The story starts pre-end of civilization as we know it due to a pandemic, but flashes back and forth […]
Review | William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher
2015-02-04 · by ·
Dost thou love Shakespeare? Are you Star Wars fan? If you answered “yes,” once, then William Shakespeare’s Star Wars is recommended reading. If you answered “yes” twice, this is a must read! Ian Doescher masterfully retells Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in iambic pentameter. However, this is far from being a simple script rewrite of […]
Author Profile: Marissa Meyer, Writer of the Lunar Chronicles
2015-01-29 · by ·
Last night I had the opportunity to hear Marissa Meyer discuss her science fiction/fantasy series, The Lunar Chronicles at The King’s English book store in Salt Lake City, Utah. My time was well spent as Meyer is very charming and funny. Meyer warned that after reading Fairest: Levana’s Story, Meyer’s latest in The Lunar Chronicles series, readers may start to have […]
Racers of the Night by Brad Torgersen is Fantastic
2015-01-06 · by ·
In the hour since I finished reading Brad Torgersen’s second collection of short stories, Racers of the Night, I’ve tried to come up with clever ways of saying nice things about Brad’s short fiction. Really. I have. He’s the cream of the crop, the crème de la crème, the ace in the hole, as fine […]
The Causal Angel by Hannu Rajaniemi is Brilliant, but Difficult
2014-12-24 · by ·
As I approached the final act of The Causal Angel, Hannu Rajaniemi’s Jean Le Flambeur Series that started with The Quantum Thief, there was an uptick in the action, a movement toward battle and denouement. Giant space ships and lethal weapons were brought to bear, planetary defenses were invoked, and warriors on both sides came […]
Just in Time For Halloween: Top 5 Ray Bradbury Books
2014-10-31 · by ·
Ray Bradbury is one of the most iconic fantasy, horror, and science fiction writers of the last century. Although he wrote every day religiously until shortly before his death in 2012 at the age of 91, his most famous works were written in the years and decades following World War II and during the Cold […]
The Water that Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu is not Scifi
2014-09-25 · by ·
The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu is not scifi. Clever, maybe, but Hugo worthy? There’s something clever about this story. Water that falls on you from nowhere…when you are fibbing. The conceit is the narrator is an in the closet gay, at least to his parents, and without the ability […]
25 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time…Maybe
2014-09-24 · by ·
What are the 25 best sci-fi books of all time? In a genre that has constantly evolved since before the days of Mary Shelley, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells (okay, okay… I recognize that the days of Shelley and Verne and Wells are not the same days. Not by a long shot. Let’s just call that the […]
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov: Modern Scifi Owes a Debt
2014-09-19 · by ·
I, Robot. Is there a selection from the golden age of science fiction that better epitomizes the era? There’s no doubt that Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot is a science fiction classic. Complete with the three laws of robotics, it casts a tall shadow over almost every work of science fiction, book or movie, and you hear […]
