THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I first ‘read’ this book sometime around 1977-1979.  I’m pretty sure I did not finish it at the time.  Open Road Media has reissued this classic sci-fi book and I decided that I should give the book another chance.  I’ve matured, and my reading habits have matured as well.  The… Continue reading

I have not read the entire Lives of Tao series, by Wesley Chu, but I enjoyed the book I read (see review here), and I know that it’s put Chu’s name at the forefront of a new wave of sci-fi writers.  But his latest book, Time Salvager, is the book (series) that will cement his… Continue reading

It is not unusual to find religion, or religious aspects in the characters in science fiction stories, but it definitely takes a lot of care to write it intelligently and with respect.  Robert Jackson Bennett does just that in his science fiction novel, City of Stairs. There are two aspects to this book.  The first… Continue reading

Unseemly Science, by Rod Duncan, is the second book in “The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire” series and I felt that book one was one of the most original sci-fi/fantasy novels I had read in a long time (see that review here).  This second venture into Duncan’s world definitely takes a darker turn, but holds on… Continue reading

A year or two ago I sent Brad Torgersen a message telling him that I thought he was one of the best new writers of sci-fi writing in the field today.  I had read a number of his works that were up for consideration for the Hugo Award and felt that they were really outstanding… Continue reading