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Asteroid Colonies and Vomit Zombies: A Review of Leviathan Wakes
With the new Syfy show The Expanse slated to release some time this year, I figured I should get through at least the first book of the series before the show premieres. And I have to say, this book...
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Murder and Magic: A Review of Storm Front
A friend of mine, a fan of this series, gave me Storm Front many years ago and said I should read it. It took me actually starting to write an urban fantasy to have any real interest. But now that I...
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Actions vs Motivations: A Review of Vicious
V.E. Schwab’s Vicious is a really great take on the superhero genre of stories. Avoiding the standard tropes of people gaining powers and becoming heroes (or villains), it plays with the idea of what...
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The Quest for Water Rights: A Review of The Water Knife
Paolo Bacigalupi is one of my favorite authors. His stories always focus on relevant issues. He takes problems that we are facing or seeing the beginnings of now and weaves tales of futures where they...
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Separate and New Works from the Creators of Avatar
The co-creators of the hugely popular animated shows Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra announced their upcoming projects earlier this week. The duo is not collaborating, at least for...
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Quantumly Connected: A Review of Entangled
I love a good space opera, so I was curious when I heard about Entangled. It is about a girl named Cade who is quantum entangled (connected at a molecular level) to a boy named Xan. The pair were...
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A Blend of Myth and Post-Humanism: A Review of Hannu Rajaniemi’s Collected...
Hannu Rajaniemi is a Finnish sci-fi writer who is best known for his Jean le Flambeur series, the first book of which is The Quantum Thief. The series is known for its take on a post-human society,...
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Mutants and Aliens: An ARC Review for EVE: The Awakening
Today is the release of EVE: The Awakening, the self-published debut novel by Jenna Moreci. I met Moreci through Twitter once upon an internet time and as such was lucky enough to get an Advanced...
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A Lighthouse In Space: A Review of Beacon 23
In space opera, “space as the sea” is a familiar trope. Many of the large empires we’re familiar with from our favorite space faring adventures often resemble the maritime empires of old. But Hugh...
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Memory Hacks and AIs: A Review of Onica Transcending Vol. 1
I haven’t gotten as much reading done this past week as I would’ve liked, so I’m sharing a review for the short story Onica Transcending by Lisa Kjaer, which I downloaded from the Kindle Store. Like...
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Nobody Puts Honor in a Corner: A Review of On Basilisk Station
I picked up On Basilisk Station, the first book in the Honor Harrington series, a little while ago because I’m a big fan of space opera, and I realized that I hadn’t read anything from the Honorverse,...
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Strange and Often Stranger: A Review of Three Moments Of An Explosion
I picked this book up on a wander through Barnes and Noble. I wasn’t aware it was coming out, and I haven’t read a ton of China Mieville’s work, but I really enjoyed Perdido Street Station, so I...
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