Popular young adult author, Scott Westerfeld, brings his unique style to adult science fiction in The Risen Empire. Oftentimes referred to as a space opera, the captivating story is more like an action packed space adventure, with space battles and glimmers into the future. Without losing his particular form of […]
A charming science fiction novel, The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord is a tale of truly alien customs. Lord writes a harmonious dance of foreign and familiar; with unique characters and a truly fascinating journey of government funded scientific research, Lord excels. A romance story unlike many, […]
I picked up The Creative Fire, Book One of Ruby’s Fire, by Brenda Cooper with high hopes. A social revolution on a spaceship? Right up my alley. Unfortunately, while the social revolution plot was interesting, there was not enough science fiction to really keep my attention. If you focus on […]
I rarely read SciFi books as in there are only two authors who made me realize that aliens aren’t just slimy, gross, scary things that want to eat me. Sherrilyn Kenyon is one of them. Yep, against all odds, I am addicted to her League series. While I did enjoy […]
Mandy Hager brings to life an eerie world of subservience in The Crossing. The first in the new Blood of the Lamb trilogy, The Crossing transports the reader to a world that is a perfect nightmare. Hager expertly infuses her story with the time old tradition of native servants and […]
The meaning of a normal day is questioned in Typical Day by Gary Wolf. A charming novel, Typical Day is a book about gaming for anyone and everyone. Wolf infuses the concept of Gaming = life into every aspect of his novel and he takes it to new heights. Every […]
Science fiction is truly visionary in Ramez Naam’s Nexus. Throughout the journey of the characters, the technology and science of today is propelled forward to make a stunning reflection of what may come to pass. Naam brings to light the possibility of science advancements through Nexus. The story that unfolds […]
As a big fan of the post-apocalypse genre and the first novel in Justin Cronin’s epic trilogy of a post-apocalyptic United States., I was reserved in my eagerness for The Twelve. What I found was a book which only expands upon the magnificent wasteland Cronin has created; full of adventure and […]
I approached London Eye thinking that it was post apocalypse lite- half the post apocalypse gore and death with a romance heavy plotline. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised to see that Lebbon created a London full of cataclysmic adventure. So much so, that despite London Eye being firmly in the Young […]
What would you do if you had 24 hours to solve a mystery that’s bigger and more complex than you can imagine, with very little to go on and only a couple of people you can trust to help you, all while the government is hunting you down like a […]
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