I’ve had ideas for new posts rattling around in my brain for months, but, to be perfectly honest, I just haven’t had the mental or emotional energy to get the words down. It started with the election or, really, with the campaign. It was just so dispiriting and disheartening and now it feels like it’s …
Two swimmers wrestled on the spar– Until the morning sun– When One–turned smiling to the land– Oh God! the Other One! The stray ships–passing– Spied a face– Upon the waters borne– With eyes in death–still begging raised– And hands–beseeching–thrown! –Emily Dickinson, (1861) 201 Lately I’ve been haunted by Dickinson’s poem about the two swimmers wrestling …
I picked this up on account of the cover and finished it in a sitting. Dark Run is Guardians of the Galaxy meets Firefly meets Han Solo with more whiskey. Space Pirates, misfits, and one-liners: what more does one need? Can’t wait to read the next book by Mike Brooks. –Alex, Third Place Books, Seattle, …
Not every author can transition from novel to comic book, but Meyer obviously can. Wires & Nerve is full of adventure, intrigue, friendship, and a little romance. And also rogue wolf spiders and a funny, feisty android, kicking butt, taking names, and fighting anti-android prejudice. If you loved the Lunar Chronicles, you’ll love Wires & …
This book is fabulous! It’s like a modern, funnier “Back to the Future” in which the main character explores different versions of himself within different timelines of both his life and the universe. He is trying to save the love of his life from her fate, and ends up endangering the fate of the world. …
René Kirkpatrick got her bookselling start at the University of Oregon Bookstore in 1978. At first she worked part-time while getting her degree in elementary education, and then she went full-time, becoming the children’s book buyer in 1985. In 1992, she and her husband moved to Seattle, where she worked with Chauni Haslet as manager and …
The story line is quite simple: Genly Ai has arrived on the planet Winter in an effort to enlist the people in a growing association of intergalactic civilizations. There are many layers to this classic science fiction novel, but foremost is the exploration of gender roles. On this planet, the people are androgynous and sexless …
You know the old story: the musically inclined artificial intelligence of a great space war ship that conquers planets by controlling thousands of dead humans called ancillaries gets separated from her ship and her soldiers and now inhabits one human body and tries to track down the person responsible in order to take revenge. Yes, …
How do we imagine the future? 10:04, the breathtaking novel from Ben Lerner, is a moving, deeply thoughtful examination of possibility. The narrator finds sudden literary success, only to learn he suffers from a potentially fatal heart condition; he struggles with anxiety over his mortality while facing the prospect of fatherhood in a New York …
I have not read much science fiction over the last 50+ years. I do read historical naval fiction (think Horatio Hornblower series or Alexander Kent‘s series). Recently I was told about David Weber’s series featuring Honor Harrington. I was told to expect naval fiction in space. This is the perfect description of On Basilisk Station, the first book …
