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Book Review: The Long Earth, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
The Long Earth involves an improbable invention, an astounding discovery, and a journey to see how far the rabbit hole goes. The story begins with two people who have a strange experience where they are transported to some strange location. One is a soldier during World War One in France, and the other is a…
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20 Books: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day Seven: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
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Book Review: A Brother’s Price by Wen Spencer
Wen Spencer does some interesting things with the “female dominated society” trope that appears in science fiction and fantasy from time to time in this book. From my reading of The Shore of Women, Glory Season, Gender Genocide etcetera, whenever this story appears, it is usually clear that the writer has an axe to grind…
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20 Books: Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day Six: Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein.
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Book Review: Unexploded Remnants by Elaine Gallagher
In Unexploded Remnants, the last human in the universe comes across an unexpected find at a marketplace: an ancient weapons system disguised as a lava lamp. (It is not actually disguised as a lava lamp.) Our Protagonist is a woman named Alice who accidentally ended up in the wider universe after accidentally passing through a…
