Regular Guy Book Reviews

Review: <em>Annihilation</em> by Jeff VanderMeer

In the dream-like Annihilation, a section of the Californian coast has turned so weird that it’s now called Area X.…

8 years ago

Review: <em>Victor Schmud, Total Expert</em> by Jim Benton

Victor Schmud: Total Expert is a fun, mildly bonkers series for young readers (ages 7-10) by Jim Benton, the guy…

8 years ago

Review: <em>Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits</em> by David Wong

I think author David Wong has invented "trailerpunk"—intelligent, funny, but low-income and low-achieving people save the world in all his…

9 years ago

Regular Guy Book Review: <em>The Girl With All the Gifts</em> by M. R. Carey

The Girl With All the Gifts is a wonderful book, which is odd praise for a story about zombies. But…

9 years ago

Review: <em>Riddley Walker</em> by Russell Hoban

Riddley Walker is a unique, fascinating book. It takes places a few thousand years after a nuclear Armageddon in England…

9 years ago

Review: <em>To Say Nothing of the Dog</em> by Connie Willis

To Say Nothing of the Dog is one of the funniest science fiction books I've ever read. It isn't a…

9 years ago

Review: <em>Abaddon’s Gate</em> by James S. A. Corey

A while ago I had surgery. Nothing really major, but enough to put me in bed for several days. During…

9 years ago

Review: <em>Ancillary Justice</em> by Ann Leckie

The Justice of Toren was a colossal starship run by an artificial intelligence. That intelligence also linked thousands of human…

9 years ago

Review: <em>Pushing Ice</em> by Alastair Reynolds

In Pushing Ice, one of Saturn’s moons suddenly departs from its orbit and shoots off into deep space. The only…

10 years ago

Review: <em>Mooncop</em> by Tom Gauld

Mooncop is an oddly beautiful piece of work about the last policeman on the moon. Short and simply drawn, it's…

10 years ago