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Review: <em>Do Not Resuscitate</em> by Nicholas Ponticello

Do Not Resuscitate is a story told by the aging Jim Frost, who’s being harassed by a daughter with control…

11 years ago

Review: <em>His Master’s Voice</em> by Stanislaw Lem

His Master’s Voice is a smarter book than I am a reviewer, so my vantage point is of a slow…

11 years ago

15 Best Science Fiction Western Books

"Science fiction western" sounds like an oxymoron, but space travelers and cowboys have plenty of similarities: they're often portrayed as…

11 years ago

21 Best Immortality Science Fiction Books

If there's anything that people want more than love and money, it's long life. However, true immortality (or even super-long…

11 years ago

25 Best Science Fiction Books for Kids

There's nothing quite like corrupting the innocent minds of kids, and science fiction is the best gateway storytelling out there.…

11 years ago

Review: <em>Cosmicomics</em> by Italo Calvino

Cosmicomics is a wild imagination's love letter to science. It's a series of tales told by a creature named Qfwfq,…

11 years ago

19 Best Biopunk Books

Biopunk is a flavor of science fiction that focuses on intended (and unintended) consequences of biotechnology. As a lapsed marine…

11 years ago

Review: <em>The Ware Tetralogy</em> by Rudy Rucker

After finishing most books, I’ll put them down and think something like, “That was a good book,” or “The ending…

11 years ago

Review: <em>Gun, with Occasional Music</em> by Jonathan Lethem

It’s easy to be a hero when you’re saving the entire world or galaxy or species. Which is why the…

11 years ago

23 Best Science Fiction Mystery Books

We like mystery because life is mysterious, and story-telling exists to help us figure out how to live. Mysteries help…

11 years ago