Posts tagged with ‘Science Fiction’
August 14, 2012
MARVELOUSLY SILLY SPACE saga stars a cranky interplanetary conqueror and his diabolical nemesis. Fun #beachread!
Grade: B PLUS
EMPEROR MOLLUSK VERSUS THE SINISTER BRAIN
Orbit
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Novels, Science Fiction
August 9, 2012
MARVELOUSLY ABSORBING SPACE opera, set in an artificial solar system. Lots of action! Last of 5 in a series.
Grade: B PLUS
ASHES OF CANDESCE: BOOK FIVE OF VIRGA
Tom Doherty Associates/Tor
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
July 21, 2012
AN ARTIFICIAL ISLAND CITY wracked by class struggle and environmental threats in a future world; compelling.
Grade: SOLID B
OSIRIS (OSIRIS PROJECT #1)
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
June 29, 2012
SCIENCE FICTION-FLAVORED spy thriller stars a hapless math Ph. D student on the run from shadowy agents. Fun!
Grade: SOLID B
THE COINCIDENCE ENGINE
Crown
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
June 26, 2012
SERIAL-KILLER SUSPENSE meets time-travel science fiction: plot is intriguing, but characters less so, alas.
Grade: SOLID B
THE MAN FROM PRIMROSE LANE
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sarah Crichton Books
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Suspense
June 20, 2012
COMPLEX, BORGESIAN TALE told in the form of a tour guide to another world has spooky, dreamlike charm to offer.
Grade: SOLID B
THE ISLANDERS
Gollancz
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
June 18, 2012
POST-APOCALYPTIC TIME TRAVELERS, aliens, and ecocatastrophe weave together in a thought-provoking SF tale.
Grade: B PLUS
AFTER THE FALL, BEFORE THE FALL, DURING THE FALL
Tachyon Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
May 19, 2012
SUBTLE, MIND-BENDING THRILLER compellingly mixes time travel, espionage, and digital revolutionaries. Wild!
Grade: A MINUS
THE REVISIONISTS
Little, Brown and Company
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
May 11, 2012
ENGROSSING ALTERNATE HISTORY thriller inverts the War on Terror in a parallel universe. Beautifully done!
Grade: B PLUS
THE MIRAGE
Harper
2012
Tags: Alternate History, B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction, Thriller
April 22, 2012
THOUGHTFUL SPACE OPERA features anti-hero outsiders battling a mysterious, technologically superior alien ship.
Grade: SOLID B
FAITH
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews