Spunky Heroine

Review: <em>The Breach</em> by Patrick Lee

The Breach is a fast-paced thriller, a firehose of plot unburdened with character development. A lone hiker in Alaska comes…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Girl in Landscape</em> by Jonathan Lethem

My kid is learning to play the piano, and part of that is using dynamics: playing some parts of the…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Strata</em> by Terry Pratchett

Fantasy author Terry Pratchett is famous for his Discworld series, comprised of over forty books taking place on a round,…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Red Moon</em> by Kim Stanley Robinson

Author Kim Stanley Robinson has written some great books, including the Mars trilogy (Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars) and…

7 years ago

Review: <em>Ready Player One</em> by Ernest Cline

If you’re a child of the 80s, reading Ready Player One is like mainlining heroin-strength nostalgia. It’s so ridiculously fun…

7 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

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

23 Best Spunky Heroine Science Fiction Books

Lou: "You know what? You've got spunk." Mary: "Well, ye—" Lou: "I hate spunk!" — First episode of The The…

9 years ago