If, before sitting down to write 1984, George Orwell had decided to candy-flip (ingest LSD and ecstasy simultaneously), he might…
Aliens have always been a great way for authors to explore new ideas or hold a mirror to humanity, reflecting…
Panda Ray is a rare beast: a fun and weird adventure for kids where there is no Chosen One. Thank…
Like all great advancements in technology, nanotechnology will eventually kill us all. We'll have vessel-repairing robots in our bloodstream, and…
The City & The City is a noirish crime novel with some wonderfully inventive world-building, but its flat, wooden characters…
No matter how weird science fiction gets (and it can get pretty weird), it still always feels like a pale…
In The Drowned World, the sun’s become too hot (130°F on a good day), and the cities of the world…
It's just a matter of time, really. Show your acceptance of our inevitable robot overlords before it's cool.
Revelation Space is a sprawling, hard-SF tale with enough original ideas for three thick novels. Seriously, it’s overflowing with the…
I learned about author Iain M. Banks when I was in San Francisco, swing dancing with a woman, who recommended…