This episode I’m continuing to review the Cities in Flight
Vlog – Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, and 2312
Well, this month I’ve been swamped with school, but I have had a little time to watch a couple movies, and read one book, so I might as well give my thoughts on them. Specifically, I’ll be discussing the films Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into Darkness, and the Hugo Award nominated (and now Nebula Award Winning) science fiction novel 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Related articles
- SF and Fantasy Awards Season Heats Up; Hugo and Nebula Awards Still to Come (kindlepost.com)
- Nebula Award Winners Announced: Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Kress, and More (omnivoracious.com)
Book Review – The Sapphire Rose
This week I’m finally reviewing the final installment of David Eddings‘ Elenium trilogy with The Sapphire Rose
Book Review – The Runestaff
I’ve come to the last installment of the story of Dorian Hawkmoon with Michael Moorcock‘s book, The Runestaff
Book Review – The Sword of the Dawn
I’m continuing with the Hawkmoon series with the third book – The Sword of the Dawn
Book Review – The Mad God’s Amulet
This week I’m continuing with the Hawkmoon reviews with the second book – The Mad God’s Amulet
Book Review – The Jewel in the Skull
This week I’m reviewing a novel by Michael Moorcock. Specifically, I’m taking a look at the first novel in the Hawkmoon series – The Jewel in the Skull
Book Review: Cities In Flight Part 2 – A Life For The Stars
This week it’s time for another book review, as I continue to make my way through James Blish
Book Review – Fuzzy Nation
This week I’m taking a look at another Science Fiction novel – John Scalzi’s literary remake of H. Beam Piper’s Little Fuzzy – Fuzzy Nation
Little Fuzzy can be found on Project Gutenberg here.
John Scalzi’s Blog can be found here.
Book Review – Red Storm Rising
Video Review – The Quantum Thief & The Avengers
This week I have a review double feature – the science fiction novel The Quantum Thief, and the film The Avengers. Read more
Book Review – They Shall Have Stars (and my thoughts on the Hugo Best Dramatic Presentation Nominees)
This week I’m quickly giving my thoughts on a short novel – James Blish‘s They Shall Have Stars (Part 1 of Cities in Flight), and then taking a look at some more of this year’s Hugo Nominees.
Book Review – Black Blade
This week I’m finally getting back to book reviews, with a look at the horrible novel by Eric Van Lustbader – Black Blade.
Read moreBook Review – The Ruby Knight
This week I have a review of the second installment of David Eddings’ heroic fantasy series, the Elenium, The Ruby Knight.
Review – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Another week, another review – and this time I’m doubling-up on the book reviews with my take on another of this year’s Hugo Award winners – The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms.
Book Review – The Dervish House (and my Definition of Cyberpunk)
I’m finally getting topical for once, with my review of the Hugo Award nominated novel, The Dervish House, by Ian McDonald. I also give my definition of what I define as cyberpunk.
Book Review – Game Over
As I’ve mentioned in my review of The Soul of a New Machine, I enjoy reading about the history of the computer industry. As you’ve probably gather from all my magazine recaps, I also enjoy learning about the history of the video game industry. Consequently, I enjoy books that fall in the category where the two Venn diagrams overlap. They do so with the book I’m reviewing this week, Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved your Children. Read more
Book Review – The Black Hole War
So, last week I talked about the documentary about Stephen Hawking, “A Brief History of Time”. This week I have a book review taking an alternative approach to Stephen Hawking’s theories of Black Holes, and how they are wrong. The book in question is The Black Hole War by Leonard Susskind.
Essentially, the plot of the non-fiction book is pretty simple. Stephen Hawking comes up with his theories of how Black Holes work, and how nothing can escape them. Well, sort of – Hawking Radiation is emitted by black holes (that’s one of the ways we can find them), but the amount of radiation emitted is not equal to the amount of material that is captured by the black hole. Thus any “information” captured by the black hole (from light to anything else) is lost. Read more
Book Review: The Atrocity Archive
Well, I’ve just finished reading Charles Stross’s espionage horror book The Atrocity Archive, which contains both the titular book, as well as a semi-short story sequel, “The Concrete Jungle”. Overall, the book is a very enjoyable work of fiction for those interested in semi-Lovecraftian horror, dark bureaucratic comedy, and/or espionage fiction.