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With the advent of SciFi channel’s “The Dresden Files,” I thought I’d get familiar with Jim Butcher’s books. I always wanted to read some of his work, since the Harry Dresden series had always looked intriguing to me. However, I was faced with a series of eight books (or nine, depending upon when White Night […]
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.
This month I thought I’d go back and read one of the masters of science fiction, Isaac Asimov. If I want to flow with the trends I’ve read on the Internet, I’d now partake in Asimov-bashing (not enough strong female protagonists, not enough characterization, lack of sex, lack of aliens, lack of sex with aliens, […]
So many authors, so little time… hence I’m not familiar with Robert Charles Wilson’s work. But when Spin won the Best Novel Hugo Award in August 2006, I resolved to read it. I bought my copy at The Tattered Cover in Denver around late September, then promptly left it on the register counter with A […]
Heinlein left detailed notes and an outline for this novel, which he shelved and never finished (see http://www.variablestarbook.com/). Spider Robinson was nominated to finish Variable Star and the afterward in this book that explains his writing and creative process was interesting (for me, at least, but perhaps not so much for others). It’s been years […]
I got a strange look from the cashier at The Tattered Cover in Denver when I bought A Fistful of Charms — probably because I’d just made a pest of myself so I could find Robert Wilson’s Hugo-award-winning Spin. The bookstore had shelved Harrison’s book under horror and they don’t expect the same readership for […]
Sometimes when the Science Fiction Book Club offers a whole series of books, I bite and buy them all, telling myself that I’m saving money. I’ve read Elizabeth Moon before and she’s an excellent writer (see The Speed of Dark, which won the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novel), so it wasn’t much of a […]