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I read this collection while on vacation in Maui, so I’m entering it for September also. A short story collection is a wonderful thing to take on vacation. I loved reading by the beach, with the sound of waves as a background. What’s great about a short story collection is that you get natural dividing […]
Category Archives: SF/F Books
Just my two cents on science fiction (SF) and fantasy novels/anthologies I’ve read. Sometimes I comment on the state of publishing SF and fantasy.
Thud! is a Discworld story — and if you’ve never read any of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, you’re missing some side-splitting humor. Fantasy and humor? Yeah, and nobody does it as well as Pratchett. I read this book on the plane over to Maui (I was getting a vacation while my husband attended a conference). […]
I am in awe of Vernor Vinge; to me, he’s a science fiction icon. I was riveted by A Fire Upon the Deep, which is still my favorite Vernor Vinge novel. A Deepness in the Sky was compelling also, as was The Peace War, although I read that quite a while ago and I don’t […]
The continuation of Ilium (see previous entry)… I had a hard time putting this book down for mundane things like eating, working, or talking to my spouse. At first, everything seemed controllable. Dr. Hockenberry changes Troy’s fate, as written by Homer. Hockenberry prevents the sack of Troy by uniting Hector and Achilles in a war […]
Dan Simmons is one of my favorite authors, hands down. He’s one of those few authors that can publish across genres without having a pen name forced upon him. What always amazes me about his science fiction is the epic scope he manages to squeeze into one mere novel (across two books, unfortunately, since Olympos […]