Space Whale by Yohann Schepacz
[Note: This vignette is a continuation from Heavy Metal.] Our transport pushed through the shell and entered Nullspace, the void between realities, a shortcut that allows humanity to bypass its...
View ArticleSymbol One by Huy Tran Viet
Vek Technician: Study carefully the example specimen shown below. While Vek Technicians themselves are deadly physical and mental adversaries, the Ultra Technician is the most formidable of their...
View ArticleMerry Christmas by Feng Zhu
You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I’m telling you why Cyborg Claus is coming to town He’s making a list And checking it twice; He’s gonna find out Who’s naughty or nice Cyborg...
View ArticleReview: Marsbound Trilogy by Joe Haldeman
Joe Haldeman is one of my favorite and most read authors. The first book of his that I read was There Is No Darkness, a coming of age military SF novel penned with his older brother Jack C. Haldeman...
View ArticleReview: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
“Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.” ~Friedrich Schiller, The Maid of Orleans, 1801 Even the gods cannot fix stupidity. So contends Isaac Asimov in his Hugo and Nebula award...
View ArticleBroken Worlds by Daniel Tyka
Dogs didn’t live long in the Tangle, the Spire didn’t allow it. They were a “burden” on the system. But Crab had somehow defied the odds, somehow avoided the culling, and thrived in the shadows....
View ArticleReview: Transcendental by James Gunn
James Gunn was never in my wheelhouse. To be honest I’d never heard of him until sometime within the last year. Which is odd since he is a SFWA Grand Master, and only thirty authors have been given...
View ArticleReview: Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Let’s get this right out of the way. Slow River is not a science fiction novel. It’s categorize and pigeon-holed as such, but at best it’s speculative fiction, a category much broader than science...
View ArticleIain M. Banks’ Culture Series
With Iain M. Banks’ sudden and untimely death in 2013 I took it upon myself to gather some of his works and at last begin working through his Culture (spoilers at that link) series of novels. I’ve...
View ArticleToo Much in the Son
With the discussion of the blockade put behind them, an unfortunate and untimely inheritance from his recently departed brother, Claudius bent an eye to Laertes, the son of his most loyal steward...
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