Archive for the ‘Books’ category
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Fresh Look At Asimov’s ‘The Caves Of Steel’
With the announcement of a Hollywood adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s ‘The Caves of Steel,’ the timing is right for a fresh analysis of the book. This is the first book in Asimov’s Robot Series. It was first published as a novel in 1954 by Doubleday. It... -
Science Fiction Books – New Releases September 26th – 30th
It’s a vampire-free edition of New Science Fiction Book Releases. Wizards, time travelers, air pirates, and a steampunk Sherlock Holmes are featured in this week’s picks. For those of you hooked on vampires, fear not. I threw in a book with a werewolf boyfriend to... -
Science Fiction Author Connie Willis Wins The 2011 Robert A. Heinlein Award
This year’s Robert A. Heinlein Award goes to science fiction author Connie Willis. The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings to inspire the human exploration of space. Space exploration was a frequent topic of Heinlein’s... -
The Alternative To Science Fiction Novels: Short Fiction
Many people have read science fiction novels, and not all of them are regular SF readers. It’s a safe bet that not nearly as many people have read SF short fiction such as short stories, novellas, and novelettes. Reading short fiction is analogous to watching films. They... -
What Is Biopunk?
Upcoming genetic and biological enhancements may give outcasts the tools necessary to be the virtuous (or villainous) rebels of the future. That is the essence of biopunk: subversives using futuristic biotech. I consider biopunk to be a sub-genre of cyberpunk. Biopunk settings... -
Book Review: ‘Breathing Space’ By Ian Fydell
The year is 2095. After the devastation caused by the third World War, and many centuries of devastation brought on by Mother Earth’s blind and uncaring human progeny, man is now looking for a new home. Countless centuries of pollutants, wars, deep mantle mining, and general... -
Science Fiction Books – New Releases September 18th – 24th
It’s Cranky Writer Week in this edition of Science Fiction Books New Releases! The third week in September is a slow one for science fiction titles but I’ve scoured the internet and found some very interesting reads. A new Star Trek title, a couple of graphic novels, a gigantic... -
Book Review: The ‘Metrozone’ Trilogy By Simon Morden
Book 1: Equations of Life It’s London, England after Armageddon. Europe has been nuked by Christian fundamentalists, Russia’s a criminal kleptocracy, and America is in the hands of the extreme religious right; Japan has copied Atlantis and has sunk beneath the waves. It seems... -
New Science Fiction Book Releases – September 11th
The end of Summer is here and it is bringing with it everything from space opera, adventure quests, speculative fiction, mythology, and, yes, more vampires. There’s a couple of funny novels and a contender for best debut novel of the year. These are some of the best books... -
Book Review: Ann Aguirre’s ‘Aftermath’
Sirantha Jax is a soldier in the Conglomerate Forces. She has a genetic ability to take her ships into “grimspace”, the primary mode of interstellar travel. Her body is further enhanced with various high-tech implants to facilitate her skills to use against the Morgut, a... -
About The Novel That Inspired ‘Blade Runner’
Of those people who have seen Ridley Scott’s ‘Blade Runner,’ only a small percentage of those people have read the 1968 Philip K. Dick novel that the film is based on: ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ This is unfortunate, because the book is... -
‘World War Z’ Zombie Footage Is Downright Creepy
Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane on the set of 'World War Z' Max Brook’s novel ‘World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War’ is one of the best zombie books ever written so it was no surprise when Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B Entertainment, snatched up the... -
Upcoming Science Fiction Book Releases – September 4th
This week’s picks feature 1950s pulp fiction, Peruvian zombie hunters, a jedi training manual, and some science fiction romance. Sprinkle in a little alternate reality, parallel universes and good, old-fashioned space opera and you have a great start to September. Below... -
Book Review: ‘Final Days’ by Gary Gibson
We’re in the world of 2235 and there are more than a dozen interstellar colonies, linked to Earth through a central wormhole terminus, the Lunar Array at the Copernicus crater on the moon. Earth dominates the colonies through the machinations of the paramilitary Array Security... -
Among The Best Cyberpunk Novels: ‘Snow Crash’ By Neal Stephenson
What follows is a quote from ‘Snow Crash’ that has multiple levels of meaning when applied to the entire book: “She’s a woman, you’re a dude. You’re not supposed to understand her. That’s not what she’s after…She doesn’t...
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