A New Age of Science Fiction
The Ages of Science Fiction Science Fiction has been around since Lucien’s True History in the 2nd century AD. That’s almost two millenia of Scifi which is pretty damned cool. But I’m … Read More
Category: Books
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A man called “Man” and a boy called “Boy” walk down a road called “The Road”. Ok those aren’t literally their names, they just don’t seem to have any. On … Read More
The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl & Cyril M. Kornbluth
This book is a gem. It was written over 50 years ago but deals with topics still relevant today. The story is about a star-class copysmith Mitch Courteney who works … Read More
And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer
Let me state this first: I am a massive Hitchhiker fan. Not to the point where it becomes sad-loner going to a convention level, but damn close – I’ll probably … Read More
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
The story follows a group of drug users in California in the far-off year of 1994. Actually, the date doesn’t really matter, the book is barely science fiction. The futuristic … Read More
Non-stop by Brian Aldiss
Non-stop by Brian Aldiss is a classic Scifi book and shame on you if you haven’t read it. I love this book but this review will be a short one … Read More
Halting State by Charles Stross
The book is set in the not too distant future. Scotland has devolved (in a political not Darwinian sense), gained independence, and the world is even more saturated with information … Read More
Ringworld by Larry Niven
This is a classic science fiction book. It is such a classic that I had assumed I had already read it. I think I got confused with other books featuring … Read More
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
You can’t really go wrong with Neil Gaiman, so to say that Neverwhere (this is the author’s preferred version) is great, is pretty much a given. Brief synopsis: When Richard … Read More