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Marco and the Red Granny by Mur Lafferty
Published: 2010 Genre: science fiction Length: 109 pages Setting: a future Earth and colonized Moon Interest: After supporting a Kickstarter campaign for Mur, I received electronic copies of all of her...
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Surface Action by David Drake
Published: 1990 Genre: military sci fi Length: 236 pages Setting: A terraformed Venus sometime in the future Interest: A random book I picked off my Kindle. It’s the first book in the compendium Seas...
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Review of SF Signal
If you’re a science fiction, fantasy or horror fan, you should be checking out SF Signal, a fanzine dedicated to genre-related news and books on the internet. There’s a variety of information they...
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A book meme from SF Signal
SF Signal has decided to start a quick conversation about speculative fiction books by asking about the latest science fiction, fantasy, and horror books you’ve read. I must admit, I don’t read horror,...
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Blackout by Connie Willis
Published: 2010 Genre: science fiction/historical fiction Length: 491 pages Setting: mostly England during the Blitz Interest: Connie Willis is lauded as an excellent writer and Blackout won all the...
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All Clear by Connie Willis
Published: 2010 Genre: science fiction/historical fiction Length: 641 pages Setting: mostly London during WWII Interest: It finishes the story started in Blackout. Summary: Polly, Eileen, and Mike are...
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Operation Chaos by Poul Anderson
Published: 1971 Genre: science fiction/ speculative fiction Length: 232 pages Setting: an alternate Earth that uses magic for technology after WWII Interest: I put it on my list because it’s one of the...
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The Excalibur Alternative by David Weber
Published: 2002 Genre: military science fiction Length: 352 pages Setting: 14th century England up to a future Earth/Universe Interest: It was a free book put on my Kindle a while ago, and I chose it...
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Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
Published: 1961 in French, 1970 in English Genre: science fiction Length: 204 pages Setting: Solaris, a planet outside of our solar system in the far future Interest: It’s a classic science fiction...
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West of Honor by Jerry Pournelle
Published: 1976 Genre: military science fiction Length: 213 pages Setting: A future Earth and exoplanet Interest: It was a free book from Baen (although it’s no longer free, you can still get it as an...
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Everfree by Nick Sagan
Published: 2006 Genre: science fiction Length: 284 pages Setting: a future Earth Interest: It’s the third book in a series that I started reading so long ago that I don’t have book reviews for. I’m...
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Rats, Bats, and Vats by Dave Freer and Eric Flint
Published: 2000 Genre: military science fiction Length: 448 pages Setting: Harmony and Reason, and human colony world in the far future Interest: I was looking for some light reading on my Kindle, and...
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Inherit the Stars by James P. Hogan
Published: 1978 Genre: science fiction Length: 214 pages Setting: near future Earth and nearby planets Interest: It’s a random book I picked off my Kindle. You can read it online at Baen books....
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Apocalypse Troll by David Weber
Published: 1999 Genre: military science fiction Length: 377 pages Setting: far future to near future Earth Interest: It was a book on my Kindle that kept getting selected whenever I tried to turn the...
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Divergent by Veronica Roth
Published: 2011 Genre: YA post-apocalyptic science fiction Length: 487 pages Setting: near future, Chicago Interest: My sister read it and highly recommended it. She came up to visit recently and...
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MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood
Published: 2013 Genre: science fiction Length: 390 pages Setting: a near-future, post-apocalyptic world Interest: It is the concluding book in the trilogy started in Oryx and Crake. Summary: What’s...
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Alien Cradle by Jeff Inlo
Published: 2009 Genre: science fiction Length: 260 pages Setting: far future, various planets Interest: It fulfilled a letter in my author reading challenge. Otherwise, pretty much a random pick off my...
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Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Published: 2005 Genre: military science fiction Length: 314 pages Setting: far future Earth and off planet colonies Interest: I read his blog and enjoy his writing, so I figured it was time to read one...
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Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Published: 2013 Genre: YA science fiction Length: 128 pages, about an hour in audio Setting: starts out in Britain, present day, but jumps around in time and space Interest: We were driving home from...
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Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Published: 2009 Genre: YA science fiction Length: 391 pages Setting: a future U.S., right after the events in The Hunger Games. Interest: It’s the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. The movie...
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