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…

8 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…

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

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…

10 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…

10 years ago