Let's take another break from the deluge of generation ships and instead focus on another type of ship, the ark. Didn’t see that one coming did you? Or maybe you’re here to hold me to task on the books I promised to read in our Black Author Appreciation post from earlier this year. Either way,…
Continue reading ➞ Lost Ark Dreaming – An Enthralling Vision
Mickey7 is a book I chose to skip on its release particularly because of its popularity and hype. It had an interesting premise, but there were a few red flags that hinted to me that I would personally not like it. However, I ended up picking this one up because Bong Joon-Ho is set to…
Premee Mohamed’s Beneath The Rising trilogy cemented her in my mind as an author to watch. She had a unique perspective on the Cthulhu mythos, dismantling it and rebuilding it with a fervent glee that paid homage while making her own compelling story out of it. Her focus on character and the strife between her…
Continue reading ➞ The Siege of Burning Grass – Smells Better Than Napalm, Though It’s Just As Bleak
I’ve been thinking a lot about Alastair Reynolds lately. Specifically about his Revelation Space universe and all of its thematic elements. And while I eventually want to dig into his space of gothic and cosmic horror, I decided I would pick up another of his books that didn’t seem to carry as much controversy within…
Continue reading ➞ House Of Suns – It Rises, But Not In New Orleans
Folks, serendipity has shined its beautiful face upon me. I rarely read several books so closely together that tackle themes that resonate strongly with me, while each successive work expands on them in different ways. If you don’t follow my work in particular, I urge you to take a look at The Dark Beyond The…
Continue reading ➞ Venomous Lumpsucker – A Sobering Draught of Dystopic Essence
Marina Lostetter has been on my watch list since Noumenon. She has genuinely interesting ideas within the science fiction space and approaches the darkness of the void with a strong sense of humanity. When Activation Degradation was first released, I wanted to step back into the emptiness with her, but I found myself turned off…
Continue reading ➞ Activation Degradation – An Engaging Enhancement
A couple years ago, Cole gifted me Adam Roberts' The Thing Itself. I enjoyed the book greatly, and it lives in a special place within my heart, but I also felt inadequate to the task of reviewing it. It is a dense 350 page book that mixes philosophy with cyberpunk movie action, asking: what is…
The Dark Beyond The Stars, by Frank M. Robinson, was not a book I heard about until I found it at a library book sale. Sporting a decidedly 1990s science fiction book cover (being from that time), complete with the requisite title font, I couldn’t help picking it up for two dollars. It boasted of…
Continue reading ➞ The Dark Beyond The Stars – A Satisfying Step Out Of The Light
Ray Nayler came hot out of the gates with his debut novel The Mountain in the Sea and instantly won my attention for all time. Learning that he was releasing a novella in early 2024 about reviving the wooly mammoth was a cause for celebration. The Tusks of Extinction delivers on its premise but it…
Continue reading ➞ The Tusks of Extinction – Wrestling With The Future
Folks, we love a strong science fiction debut, and I’m here to tell you These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs is that very thing. It’s a dark space opera filled with intrigue, deception, villainy, violence, and good old-fashioned chase scenes. It also takes its subject matter seriously and digs into its own world with an…
Continue reading ➞ These Burning Stars – Bombastic, Beautiful, and Blasphemous
