The Expanse TV series trailer
The Expanse books are coming to Syfy and I’m incredibly excited. The trailer looks pretty good and they’re managed to show a lot of the characters without showing much of … Read More
Category: Books
Dune by Frank Herbert
To my colossal shame I only just got round to reading Frank Herbert’s classic this year. I’ve owned about four copies of the paperback over the years and I finally … Read More
Sand by Hugh Howey
After the success of Wool, Hugh Howey was facing a lot of pressure to come up with something even vaguely as good. With Sand, Howey stuck with the always fun … Read More
The Uneven Passage of Time
I plugged my superb travel book over at The Word of Ward the other day, so I thought I might as well plug my Science Fiction short story collection here. The … Read More
The Circuit: Executor Rising by Rhett C. Bruno
Five hundred years after Earth has become a barren, unpleasant wasteland, humanity is scattered throughout the solar system. A religious sect known as the New Earth Tribunal is pretty much in … Read More
Cibola Burn by James S A Cory review
Cibola Burn (The Expanse Book 4) by James SA Corey is another addition to The Expanse series. It is also a rollicking good read. I personally didn’t think it quite on par … Read More
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
In Dan Simmons’ classic scifi novel Hyperion, 28th Century mankind has spread across the galaxy but are still behaving pretty much the same as ever. Consequently, a war is approaching … Read More
Cibola Burn is out!
Life has been a bit mental recently but I still find time to read thanks to a regular commute and an even more regular bowel. I am currently reading a … Read More
Hugo Award 2014 Nominees Announced
The nominees for the Hugo Award 2014 have been announced. If you read a lot of science fiction then this should be fairly exciting news. If nothing else, it should … Read More
James S.A. Corey’s Expanse series to be a Syfy TV show
Previously on this site I have highly recommended the James S.A. Corey Expanse series. Because it is fucking awesome. So far three of the books are out, with a fourth … Read More