Mainline by Deborah Christian
Recently, while browsing at the Hyde Park Powell’s books, I chose between a ten dollar copy of R. Scott Bakker’s The Warrior-Prophet in hardcover, or a three dollar and change paperback title from an author named Deborah Christian. The title was Mainline and that’s the branch of reality I chose. […]
Over in this thread on rasfw, Jim Butcher, renowned for being unwilling to spend two or three minutes on google to render Chicago accurately in his novels, gets cranky after someone comments on an upsurge of religious content in the Dresden novels.
It’s understandable. After all, it’s so difficult to find out any […]
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod’s new novel takes us from a shocking explosion in a near-future Scotland, to the world of ultra-sophisticated conspiracy bloggers and the shady government operatives who play and spin them. The Travis family lead their own lives, but each of thejm is in some way complicated by the […]
The story (see also the Torque Control take) of Titan’s Campbell Award win has made a little more headway. David Truesdale has a column for F&SF that includes the remarks of Elizabeth Hull announcing Bova’s victory. Until now we have had no insight into the reasoning of the Campbell jury in selecting Titan, […]
The Lost Fleet: Fearless by John G. Hemry writing as Jack Campbell
When I reviewed the preceding volume in this series Dauntless I may not have fully expressed how much that book exceeded my expectations. I truly enjoy military science fiction, but I also tend to suffer for my dalliances with it. Dauntless didn’t […]
My Elves Are Different throws in on the Campbell & Titan debate.
Ben Bova’s Grand Tour novel Titan was announced as winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel earlier this month. This post examines the merits of that decision and makes an argument to the jury of that award that their choice comprised a mistake damaging to the award and […]
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Special thanks to a Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, the reviewed copy of Brasyl was acquired via his excellent giveaways.
Ian McDonald has only recently returned to prominence in the states, with Pyr returning his works to these shores in a big way with River of Gods and another novel of the developing world: Brasyl. […]
Crossover by Joel Shepherd
A Cassandra Kresnov Novel
Cassandra Kresnov is a weapon of the League: a construct of the advanced biotechnology that is the point of contention in the League’s war with the Federation. A year before we meet her, she opted to be something besides a weapon and fled into general human society. […]
It is a rare event, but I have won a drawing of chance. Specifically I’m a winner in the Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist Brasyl giveaway. Excellent. And it means a review will be forthcoming for Brasyl.
