The famous Philip K. Dick wrote some amazing books, but in his later years, penned a few stinkers. Fortunately, Ubik…
I get excited by a good book, and sometimes read more quickly than I should. Audiobooks slow me down to…
I’m not usually a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories, but Station Eleven is a great story and exceptionally well-written. (more…)
Starting in the fifties, there were tons of books about the colonization of space. Humans went everywhere, and no amount…
Roadside Picnic is short, bleak, and fantastic. It has a typical Russian life-is-a-meaningless-struggle-against-absurdity vibe, but there’s enough going on to…
Sometimes, at the end of a long day (or even a short one), I want to be thrown into the…
If you’re a child of the 80s, reading Ready Player One is like mainlining heroin-strength nostalgia. It’s so ridiculously fun…
One of my favorite moments in any science fiction book or movie is when someone in a spaceship stands up,…
Nominated for a Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards in 1975, The Mote in God’s Eye has not aged particularly well.…
Most young adult science fiction books are set in weird dystopias and involve awkward, doomed romances. Based on what I…