We Read Science Fiction

I’m still here. I’ve been reading through David Brin’s Earth for the last 3 weeks, and while it was a confusing, circular, slog for the first 130 pages or so, it’s growing on me now. I’ll review it when I finish. Certainly has some powerful coincidences with relation to the whole LHC debate currently happening.

Until then I’ll draw your attention to a free SciFi novel called Hal Spacejock that you might be interested in. I’m reading it while on my lunch at work. I discovered it by reading John Scalzi’s blog whatever a few days ago. I’ll review it here shortly, but if you read it now then we’ll have something to debate together in a few weeks. Does this make us a book club? I hope not.

So far — and I’m only on chapter 6 — it’s a very quick read and my initial take is that it’d be absolutely great for hooking young, male, video-game-addicted new readers on SciFi as a whole. It’s funny in a way that teens could get, quick, action-packed and simple. The plot seems a little bland so far, but it’s just starting. I’ve still got 4/5 of the book to go so who knows.

Get it here, but remember that I don’t endorse it… yet.