DOUGHNUT, by Tom Holt
DELIGHTFULLY TWISTED SCIENCE FICTION: a hapless schlub discovers apocalyptic physics and wacky multiverses.
Grade: A MINUS
DOUGHNUT
Orbit
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Science Fiction
Posts tagged with ‘Science Fiction’
DELIGHTFULLY TWISTED SCIENCE FICTION: a hapless schlub discovers apocalyptic physics and wacky multiverses.
Grade: A MINUS
DOUGHNUT
Orbit
2013
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Science Fiction
A CYBORG SINGULARITY RUN wild is at the heart of this high-tech military thriller. Page-turning suspense!
Grade: SOLID B
EXTINCTION
St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne Books
2013
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
QUIRKY SF SATIRE of a future world where everyone is always connected, and life, love, death are monetized.
Grade: B PLUS
LOVESTAR
Seven Stories Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
CHILLING ECO-HORROR TALE touches on love, innocence, science, history, and the future amid fast-paced thrills.
Grade: B PLUS
THE UNINVITED
Bloomsbury
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Horror, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
FIVE STORIES, CONNECTED by big themes like luck, love, and identity, each deftly handled by Sebastian Faulks.
Grade: B PLUS
A POSSIBLE LIFE: A NOVEL IN FIVE PARTS
Henry Holt
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novellas, Novels, Science Fiction, Short Fiction
FUTURISTIC THRILLER SET in a privatized San Francisco police state. Some interesting ideas, poorly handled.
Grade: SOLID C
SILHOUETTE
St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid C Reviews, Thriller
FUGITIVE HUMANS ON a planet under the tyrannical rule of other alien species = deftly handled space thriller.
Grade: SOLID B
HARMONY
Rebellion/Solaris
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
CRACKLING STEAMPUNK THRILLER mashes up literary references, alchemy, clockwork robots, and lots of other fun.
Grade: SOLID B
THE CONSTANTINE AFFLICTION
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
FAST-PACED FUTURE THRILLER revolves around an experimental drug that can be used for mind control. Chilling!
Grade: SOLID B
NEXUS
Angry Robot
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
GRAND STEAMPUNKY COLLAGE of science fiction and historical fact revolves around H. G. Wells’s WAR OF THE WORLDS.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MAP OF THE SKY
Atria
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction