Do you have a twisted sense of humor that can laugh about humanity’s death knoll? Are you either a cat fan or a cat hater (either one will work)? Most importantly, do you play RPGs? If so, you will love Dungeon Crawler Carl. If not, you will probably think itContinue Reading
Technical Slip contains 14 excellent short stories and one tedious novella by the author of The Midwich Cuckoos, the basis of the Village of the Damned movies. The stories vary from science fiction to fantasy and even to comedy. All would be excellent choices for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Indeed, Jizzle,Continue Reading
Adrian has been through some hard times. But now his lifelong dream is being fulfilled. He is a crew member on a trip to Mars! Mars has been colonized for its rare metals. But with any new enterprise, factions have been fighting for control. The current government has imposed strictContinue Reading
Made for You is a twisty little tale told from the viewpoint of a “synth” (synthetic human or android) created to win the heart of the main character on a Batchelor type show. I love the concept of this book. It is nice to see AI portrayed in a goodContinue Reading
I have one word for The Ex-Human: boring. The author obviously has several axes to grind. If you are fascinated by science fiction because it shows us a world of wonder and imagination, read some science fiction. If you want to read about academics arguing about the definition of postmodernismContinue Reading
The Ministry of Time merges time travel with a romance and a spy thriller with varying results. A minor government translator is given a dream job. She is hired to teach a time traveler from the 1840s how modern life works. They will live together for a year. Rent, foodContinue Reading
What if Jurassic Park was real? But instead of dinosaurs, extremely large extinct animals like woolly mammoths, are recreated. Would you visit? Would you agree with the morality of man becoming godlike? All that is part of Extinction, the latest book by one of the authors of the Lincoln PendergastContinue Reading
The Harrowing is Minority Report crossed with a standard teen superhero in training tale. I feel like similar plots have been around for ages. For a graphic novel, this was more violent than most. Still, this book might be okay for older teens that enjoy that a female superhero tale.Continue Reading
Greatest Hits is a collection of award-winning short stories by the great twentieth century science fiction writer, Harlan Ellison. If you are jaded and think you have read every plot imaginable, read some Harlan Ellison. The man was completely bonkers! His stories are totally original. They do take some gettingContinue Reading
I so want to find The Book of Doors. For you see, the book allows you to open a door and travel anywhere you can imagine. No more crowded coach airplane seats for me! When Cassie is given the book posthumously by a customer in the bookshop where she works,Continue Reading
Womb City is set in a future African city. Women are treated atrociously. Really badly. The book includes the following trigger warning on its copyright page: “Content notice: Womb City contains depictions of blood, body horror, car accident, child death, death, death of a parent, domestic abuse, drug use, emotionalContinue Reading
Something strange is happening to Tamsin. First, her team at Myrica Dynamic discovers that their city is sinking. Could it be caused by the team’s mysterious secret underground project? More concerning is that Tamsin’s basement is sinking even faster than the surrounding area. Then a door appears, and an exactContinue Reading
I avoid reading books in a series if I’ve missed the first entry. I also don’t read reviews before selecting books because I don’t want to read any spoilers. That did not serve me well in deciding to read The Blue, Beautiful World. Imagine my surprise when I discovered thisContinue Reading
It is hard not to compare new science fiction plots to all that have gone before. On Earth as It Is on Television is much more about the characters’ individual reactions to the first alien arrival than humanity’s overall response to it. It reminded me of the beginning of IndependenceContinue Reading
The author of The Passage has written a standalone door stop of a novel called The Ferryman. The plot is part science fiction, part fantasy and part mystery. For someone who loves genre mashups, did the entire book thrill me as much as its blurb? The Plot Prospera is aContinue Reading
I selected Momenticon because of its post-apocalyptic science fiction plot within an Alice in Wonderland setting. I chose it even though I had been disappointed by Alice books before. I didn’t have to worry. The world-building is fantastic here! In a future horrifically ruined Earth, two insanely rich families scrapContinue Reading