We Read Science Fiction

So, as promised here is the result of my holiday reading binge. If you want more of my thoughts on a given book, use the comments to ask me and if there is enough interest I’ll do a dedicated review for some of these books. They are all worthy of a review, I just don’t [...]

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Startide Rising by David Brin is number 7 on my all-time top 10 list of Science Fiction stories you need to read. Written in 1983 it won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards, and is the second book set in Brin’s Uplift Universe. This novel spawned a whole sequel trilogy (that I haven’t [...]

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I’m tired. For the last week I’ve been staying up late reading as fast as I can. Last night I finished Seeker by Jack McDevitt and tonight I’m going to bed early. Seeker is my first exposure to Mr. McDevitt’s work and was a recommendation that Amazon gave me based on the other books I’ve [...]

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No “Ultimate Top 10 Science Fiction” list would be complete without a little Asimov, but this is one of his lesser known works. Nearly everyone is familiar with I Robot after Hollywood got through with it, and the Foundation series isn’t far behind. However, I chose what I believe is Asimov’s most powerful, gripping and [...]

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I’m not sure who recommended Pushing Ice to me (it might even have been Amazon), but whoever did — Thank You! I read this novel while on vacation at the cottage, and while it won’t get you thinking deeply about any topic, it was hard to put down for long.
Summary: This novel is a cliche, [...]

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So I’m 37 years behind the times — sue me. I wasn’t even born when this book was written (1970) let alone when it won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards for best novel. Now, at least, I can say I’ve read it.
Written and released during the golden age of science fiction, this book [...]

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I recently completed a novel by Charles Stross called Singularity Sky.
The story is a fairly standard space opera with a romantic sub plot. The main universe is set in a post-singularity version of our future. Technology on Earth has grown to the point where the economy is no longer scarcity based and everyone can [...]

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