We are back with the second half of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s vignettes! If you are just catching up with The Quill to Live, Orbit has graciously allowed us to publish a series of vignettes that take place between two of our favorite books: Children of Time and Children of Ruin. Our reviews of each can be…
Continue reading ➞ Children Of Time/Ruin – Prologue Vignettes 4-6
Today we have something a bit different and very fun. If you are a reader of the site you might be aware that we absolutely loved Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time and Children of Ruin. Our reviews of each can be found by clicking the links in the titles, and if you haven’t read them…
Continue reading ➞ Children Of Time/Ruin – Prologue Vignettes 1-3
When Ninefox Gambit came out, I remember the consternation of some readers that starships were called "moths," and not just "moths" but different kinds of them, everything from the big cindermoths to the logistical support ships called boxmoths and later the stealthed needlemoths and shadowmoths. Why moths? Why not just call them ships like everyone…
Continue reading ➞ Every Sky Is Full of Stars – Blog Guest Post By Yoon Ha Lee
The days are getting shorter, the temperature is fluctuating 30 degrees a day, and everything is slowly turning brown. This can only mean one thing: We’re most of the way through October and Halloween is fast approaching. Regular readers of this blog know that with Halloween comes…a SPOOKY CORNER POST. Yes, that’s right. I’m back…
In an attempt to be more thorough in my understanding of science fiction, I decided I would look back at some more well-known books that I have yet to read. My Dad recommended Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's 1974 novel The Mote in God’s Eye, and I decided to crack it open and give it…
Continue reading ➞ The Mote in God’s Eye – Vision From The Past
Post by Alex Tas. I have been eagerly awaiting a chance to read Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy, but since I am already bogged down in so many series, I opted for his 2015 novel, Aurora. It starts at the end of a generational starship’s 170 year journey to the planet Aurora. Told from the…
Continue reading ➞ Aurora: The Beauty Of Home And The Importance Of Hard Science Fiction
When I wouldn’t stop gushing to The Quill to Live’s Book Tyrant about my excitement to read a new canonical book in the Star Wars universe about Grand Admiral Thrawn, the aptly named Thrawn by Timothy Zahn, our Tyrant calmly informed me how pleased he was that I could write another review for the blog.…
Continue reading ➞ Thrawn-Right at Holmes in the Star Wars Universe
Hey there readers, I’m Alex, a new guest poster here at The Quill To Live, and boy do I have a treat for you. I recently read Altered Starscape: Andromeda Dark Book One by Ian Douglas of Star Carrier fame. Altered Starscape follows one Lord Commander St. Clair, a naval officer within the newly proclaimed United…
Continue reading ➞ Altered Starscape – Conflict of Disinterest
Will won’t stop bothering me about the lack of zombies on the site (despite our recent reviews of the Ex-Heroes series), so he has convinced me to let him do a post demonstrating the wonder and glory of the undead. Enjoy: Can something be a guilty pleasure if you don’t feel guilty about the pleasure…
Continue reading ➞ 5 Stories About the Living Dead that You Should Be Dying to Read
My father was 60 years old when I was born. Kind of an odd thing to start a book review off with, but those of you who are the guessing sort are probably guessing that this will be tied into the review later on. Bonus points for you. As for the rest of you, just…
Continue reading ➞ Two Serpents Rise – This Sequence Gets Craftier
