I happened upon Station Eleven while I was hanging out at a local indie bookstore. As any writer will tell you, having bookstore staff recommend your book is as important as an ad campaign on social media. On this book was a sticky-note singing the praises for a post-apocalyptic tale following a troupe of musicians…
The latest Brandon Sanderson novel I’ve finished, Calamity, caps off the Recokoners trilogy. It was amazing. Among my favorite series, for sure. I haven’t been updating my currently-reading as frequently as I should be. Right now, I’m on a tear reading through a bunch of Brandon Sanderson’s more recent works (still not reading Stormlight…
I really was not sure what I was getting into, in picking up Ilium. It was on my list of robotics books to read and was suggested to me, but for the first three-quarters of the story, I knew naught why this was suggested in a robotics forum. I do see now, why it was…
There is part of me that realizes that the criticisms against this novel are legitimate. There are typographical and formatting errors that could be fixed. [edit: It seems as though I was reading an older edition. I cannot verify if all of the issues are gone in newer editions, but William Hertling contacted me and…
I started this as a means of researching robot novels for my own work and am glad that I did. I have never seen robots in this quasi-organic state as Ashby portrays them in VN. The characters and their relationships are unique and feel real. The dynamic of Portia to Amy was one that both…
I’ve decided to post the chapter one of Gleeman’s Tales to my blog. Feel free to read it and post below any comments or questions. (If you are interested in continuing to read Gleeman’s, it is available through Wattpad. Or check the link here for specific chapters). Chapter One Approaching the carpenter’s quaint storefront, a familiar…
There was definitely a hesitation in coming into this, because I typically don’t rave over spacey-sf novels, but I found, to my pleasant surprise, very little spacey-ness within this novel. Yes, it was the picture of SF, and it had some space travel, but it also was an Earthly SF novel, and I enjoyed my time with…
One of the most common “What-If’s” in human history is the basis for both Philip K Dick’s science fiction novel, The Man in the High Castle, and the Amazon Prime’s show, based off of the novel sharing a name. That “What-If”, if you were wondering, is: What would our world, (or in this case, America…
I wasn’t sure what I was getting into with this one. The premise intrigued me. An item to enable god-like powers in a YA setting. Definitely stole my attention. The writing itself is sharp. I think this easily could’ve had another hundred or so pages tacked onto it, but I think Van Pelt’s writing…