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Anti Science Fiction snobbery – my protest. Post a Day #160
Started this post before the subject of today’s Post A Day came up but nice to be able to tie it in all the same! Having read this article last week, I felt inspired to comment on the ridiculous idea...
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Book Review: Galactic North by Alastair Reynolds
One day I will eventually get around to re-reading Alastair Reynolds Revelation Space books so that I can post thorough reviews but the truth is, at the moment they are such a distant memory that I...
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Nerd overdrive – Baxter and Pratchett talk “The Long Earth”
I rarely take interest in The Guardian podcastsbut this one caught my eye. It is an interview between Stephen Baxter and Terry Pratchett on their collaboration The Long Earth Terry Pratchett and...
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Book Review: Zima Blue by Alastair Reynolds
Alastair Reynolds is one of modern science fiction’s most celebrated writers. Not everybody’s cup of tea, even seasoned fans such as myself sometimes find his work heavy going, he is a master of what...
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Book Review: Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds
I’d been dying to read this and deepest, darkest, wettest winter is when I am usually in the mood for something really heavy and science fiction rarely comes heavier than Alastair Reynolds. I am a big...
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Book Review: Solaris Rising (various writers)
I realise I am late in the day with this review. The Solaris series after all is now an annual event and this first one came out three years ago. I bought it in 2012 when it was on kindle daily deal...
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Book Review: Galileo’s Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson
This latest novel from Kim Stanley Robinson is at once both identifiable as Robinson’s unique brand of philosophical science fiction and a departure from his work. In some ways it feels more like a...
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Book Review: Manhattan in Reverse by Peter F. Hamilton
I’ve waited a long time to read anything by one of the new masters of sci-fi and of British sci-fi. I purchased this collection of short stories several years ago; around the same time, I also...
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