In the way that Galaxy Quest is my favorite Star Trek movie, Redshirts is my favorite Star Trek novel. That…
Apologies for the self-promotion, but my New-York-Times-bestselling wife and I wrote an audiobook and I'm pretty excited about it. The…
Kindred is one of the most intense, anxiety-inducing books I’ve ever read. It’s a tightly written, unconventional thriller. (more…)
I’m a huge fan of Alastair Reynolds and his smart, exciting space operas. So I was surprised to find that…
As a straight white middle-aged male, I’ve often felt like science fiction’s target demographic. Most SF feels like it’s aimed…
Max Brooks wrote my two favorite zombie books: The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z. He did an amazing…
Six Wakes is a good old-fashioned murder mystery in space that starts with everyone on the ship being murdered. Everyone’s…
A lot of people love John Varley's books, and he's a Hugo- and Nebula-award winner, so I decided to give…
Childhood’s End is considered Arthur C. Clarke’s greatest work. Better than 2001, better than Rendezvous With Rama, better then The…
Dark Matter is one of those books that I stayed up way too late reading. The science is perhaps a…