Fastest spaceship in the galaxy
Han Solo claimed the Millennium Falcon could do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs. Which is presumably a speed race with the winner being the spaceship that can go the … Read More
Category: Books
2015 British Fantasy Awards Shortlists
This may not be of interest to everyone but I have found that Scifi fans are frequently fantasy fans. I know I am. So if you are looking for something … Read More
Syfy and Amblin to make Brave New World TV show
The Syfy channel and Spielberg’s Amblin Television have just announced that they are going to make a TV show based on Aldous Huxley’s superb Brave New World. I have to … Read More
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
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