Tade Thompson, Rosewater
Rosewater is an exciting science fiction novel set several decades after first contact with an alien called Wormwood, that has established …
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Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, This Is How You Lose the Time War
This Is How You Lose the Time War is a short novella about two members of opposing factions (Red and Blue) engaged in a ’time war’: …
Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation
I managed to read all of the foundation novels since I wrote about the first one. In this post, I’ll write about the next two, which covers …
Isaac Asimov, Foundation
For our first anniversary we decided to exhange books. What better way to celebrate a paper anniversary? Ingrid bought me the entire …
Alistair Reynolds, Revelation Space
Alistair Reynolds’ 2000 novel “Revelation Space” has long been in orbit of my science fiction “to read” list, …
J. G. Ballard, Hello America
I had low expectations for “Hello America”, the next in the series of Ballard novels that I started reading over seven years …
Wonder Woman: A Short Review
I enjoyed Wonder Woman, which came as a surprise to me given my growing distaste for superhero movies. I can remember seeing the Superman …
Paul McAuley, Something Coming Through
“Something Coming Through” is a science fiction novel set in the near future. A few years after a brief nuclear war known as …
The Martian: A Short Review
In my review of the book I mentioned that a film adaptation of The Martian was on the way. I’m not sure why but it got released …
Andy Weir, The Martian
I received a copy of The Martian by Andy Weir for Christmas. This week during some annual leave I managed to finish it. It’s one of …
Jodorowsky's Dune
Jodorowsky’s Dune is a documentary about outlandish Chilean director Alejandro Jodorosky’s attempt at a film adaptation of Frank …
Iain M. Banks, Feersum Endjinn
Feersum Endjinn is one of Iain Banks’ few non-Culture sci-fi novels. Like the Culture novels, an existential crisis drives the plot: …