The zombie apocalypse will be televised, but it will not be the rising of the undead according to Mira Grant, author of Feed, Blackout & Deadline. In her latest book, Parasite, and the first of the new Parasitology trilogy, zombies are the result of a reasonable scientific explanation and not magic. The problem is the […]
Book Review: iD by Madeline Ashby
July 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Madeline Ashby’s The Machine Dynasty series takes place in a world where Christian leaders have created robots (called vN) to provide for those left behind in the event of the biblical Rapture. This has not happened, and the aftermath of their preparation is neither utopia or dystopia. What we do have is a compelling story […]
Book Review: BLACKOUT and ALL CLEAR by Connie Willis
July 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Connie Willis is the only writer I can think of in science fiction who can combine high tension with dry wit; belly laughs with nail biting; and clever scientific ideas with ripping yarns. Her latest work(s), Blackout and All Clear (which won the 2011 Hugo Award), a single novel the publishers (Bantam Spectra) chose to release in […]
Book Review: THE THOUSAND NAMES by Django Wexler
July 16, 2013 by 1 Comment
Flintlock Fantasy is one of those new terms genre fans are hearing a lot of these days. It’s one sub-genre this reader happens to like very much. Django Wexler’s debut, The Thousand Names: Book One of The Shadow Campaigns, is a fine addition to the growing number of Fantasy novels mixing magic and Napoleonic-era technology. […]
Book Review: THE BLUE BLAZES, by Chuck Wendig
July 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In The Blue Blazes, by Chuck Wendig, the Underworld–a series of caverns, tunnels and bolt-holes–lurks beneath New York City and burrows deep into the earth toward the mythical Vast Expanse. This space is inhabited by goblins, Snakefaces, the living dead and those that defy being named. Often, these beings venture out among the humans. Some […]
Book Review: WOLFSANGEL by M.D. Lachlan
July 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Wolfsangel is the first book in the Claw Trilogy. Penned by M.D. Lachlan, an alias of Mark Barrowcliffe, Wolfsangel is a novel about the Norse mythos and werewolves during the Viking age. In this book, creatures of legend and gods of myth retake their place as world-shapers and destroyers, playing with the fates of human […]
Book Review: NO RETURN by Zachary Jernigan
June 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Zachary Jernigan’s debut novel, No Return, is a refreshing blend of literary science fiction and fantasy sure to engross readers of genre fiction. If you are looking for something challenging and original, look no further. No Return’s characters resist archetypes. The story refuses to fall into familiar tropes. Jernigan’s use of lyrical prose and imagery […]
The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi
September 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Lighter than air flight, pedal powered computers, liquefied coal powered luxury vehicles, giant elephants genetically engineered to efficiently convert crops into usable energy, a plague of invisible cats, and an discarded, over-engineered, beautiful young lady.
The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios
August 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I learned that it was Spider-Man’s webbing that killed Gwen Stacy. That Superman is able to leap 660 feet in a single bound and, surprisingly enough, Aquaman’s ability to breath underwater is not an impossibility.
Powerless, by Matthew Cody
August 16, 2009 by Leave a Comment
When Daniel Corrigan moves to Noble’s Green, he quickly finds out why it’s called “the safest town on earth.” Some of his new friends in this town have superpowers. But Daniel’s new friends are afraid.
