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  1. AC Baldwin

    Sci-Fi The Traveller's Cup (my upcoming novel)

    Howdy, space-gents. My upcoming novel, The Traveller's Cup, is currently part of the Nerdist contest hosted by Inkshares. Placing in the top three gets me a publishing contract. My placement in the contest is entirely contingent on pre-orders. The Traveller’s Cup In this story I aim to...
  2. astonwest

    ALL GOOD THINGS, Aston West #4

    Odd, I thought that I had already posted about this, but guess not... So, it's been a while since I've had a full-blown Aston novel out (even if it hasn't seemed like it, with all of the short story collections, novellas, and such). But yes, my third Aston novel (Death Brings Victory) came out...
  3. Anthony G Williams

    Sci-Fi The Inner Landscape, by Peake, Ballard and Aldiss

    The Inner Landscape, by Peake, Ballard and Aldiss This rather odd little 1970 Corgi anthology (previously published by Allison & Busby in 1969) consists of three novellas by famous authors, without any editorial foreward to explain them, just a few portenteous phrases on the cover about eerie...
  4. ryanseanoreilly

    Review "The Preserving Machine and Other Stories" by Philip K. Dick (podcast)

    An early collection of short stories touching on cold-war era fears, and other weird pseudo-realities. Philip K. Dick is known fairly well for toying with reality in his fiction and meta-fictional stories. His ideas negotiate the fuzzy edges of existential questions. He pushes boundaries in his...
  5. Anthony G Williams

    Sci-Fi Interzone 261

    Interzone 261 Two authors are featured in this issue: Cixin Liu, with reviews of his novels The Three-Body Problem and The Dark Forest; and David Mitchell, also concerning two books: The Bone Clocks and Slade House. Cixin Liu's stories certainly sound different, but I wasn't prompted to rush...
  6. Anthony G Williams

    Sci-Fi Omega, by Jack McDevitt

    Omega, by Jack McDevitt This is the fourth book in this author's Academy series, the earlier ones reviewed here being The Engines of God (TEoG), Deepsixand Chindi. A linking element between all of them is starship captain Priscilla Hutchins (Hutch), although in this story – set years after...
  7. RobertLCollins

    Sci-Fi A Story from Richland

    I have a new novella available, A Story from Richland. Here's what it's about: One day a stranger appears in the village of Richland on the planet of Ogallah. The stranger wants to make Richland his home. The stranger is willing to integrate into his new community, but unwilling to talk about...
  8. Anthony G Williams

    Sci-Fi Black Man, by Richard Morgan

    Black Man, by Richard Morgan This is the third book by this author I have read, the first two being Altered Carbon and Broken Angels (only the second of which is reviewed here – I read the first one before starting this blog). Black Man, known as Thirteen in the USA, was published in 2007 and...
  9. ryanseanoreilly

    Sci-Fi Book Review: "1984" George Orwell (podcast)

    Review: "Nineteen Eighty-Four" by George Orwell (5 Stars) Ages like a fine wine with a dark, full-bodied harbinger of doom, increasing with relevance as each year goes by. What can be said about this book that has not already been said? Orwell’s despondent view of an evil utopia hits all the...
  10. Anthony G Williams

    Sci-Fi The Line of Polity, by Neal Asher

    The Line of Polity, by Neal Asher The Line of Polity (TLoP) is the second novel in the author's Agent Cormac series, the first (Gridlinked) being reviewed here in February 2012. A couple of extracts from that review in the way of introduction: The novel starts in the twenty-fifth century when...
  11. Anthony G Williams

    Fantasy The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison

    The Goblin Emperor, by Katherine Addison I don't normally read traditional fantasies (as opposed to contemporary ones set in our present-day world, for which I have a particular fondness) but this one received such enthusiastic endorsements from members of the Classic Science Fiction discussion...
  12. M

    Star Wars Books

    I was looking at the Sci Fi thread talking about OMNI from the 70s and 80s. Apparently they come up as one of the first results for Star Wars Books. Pretty cool that they're back in action. Link - The 10 Best Star Wars Books Every Fan Must Read - OMNI Reboot My dad used to talk about them all...
  13. Anthony G Williams

    Sci-Fi Film: Continuum (2013)

    Film: Continuum (2013) First of all, this Continuumis absolutely nothing to do with any other recent productions of the same name: not the Canadian TV series concerning a time-travelling police officer; nor the different TV series about a woman who wakes up in a drifting spaceship; nor the new...
  14. M

    Sci-Fi Best Isaac Asimov Books

    I've read most of these. Missing 2 or 3 from the list - 10 Of The Best Isaac Asimov Books - OMNI Reboot
  15. Erik Martin Willen

    Sci-Fi Science fiction Series Update

    Hi everyone, My third book in the NASTRAGULL series has been released and if you like science fiction and fantasy with a new twist away from a genre of repeats then I definitely recommend my story. Thank you for your time. Erik Martin Willén Book 1 An epic space adventure that holds...
  16. Anthony G Williams

    Sci-Fi Interzone 258-260

    Interzone 258-260 I haven't posted anything about the last three issues of this magazine so far, because I did not like any of the stories in Issue 258 so thought it better to skip that. This experience rather put me off reading the two subsequent issues, other than the usual comprehensive book...
  17. ryanseanoreilly

    Sci-Fi Book Review: "The Martian" by Andy Weir (podcast)

    140 million leagues under the blackness of space, Jules Verne is reborn…this time with a sense of humor and irreverent references to pop culture. Through a series of journal entries, the protagonist of this story relays a first person account that chronicles the trials and tribulations of being...
  18. julirew

    Sci-Fi "Third Flatiron's Best of 2015"

    A great gift for the SF, Fantasy, and Horror fan, "Third Flatiron's Best of 2015": When an anthology comes together around a theme, it's a thing of wonder, and Third Flatiron is justly proud of all of its anthologies. But sometimes a theme limits the scope of the speculative fiction to one...
  19. J

    Sci-Fi Trying to find titles and/or copies of a couple of old Science Fiction Books

    I've lost track of a couple of books that I want to relocate and or replace in my collection. I don't remember the title of either, but one was fairly distinctive. This one was probably in the 1970s. It had a cover which featured one of the principal characters. These characters could assume...
  20. Kevin

    Sci-Fi Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft (free)

    Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft is a short anthology of sci-fi stories that were inspired by inviting the authors to the Microsoft company research labs. The anthology is, currently, available for free in digital format and includes entries from Elizabeth Bear...
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