Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1897) - Earth astronomers are surprised by a series of violent explosions on the surface of Mars. All too soon they will discover the cause of the disturbance as spaceships slam into the quiet English country side near London. The Martians have landed and their intent is to... Continue Reading →
Daughter of Elysium (1993) and The Children Star (1998) by Joan Slonczewski - Two novels from a common universe. Slonczewski is a microbiologist at Kenyon College and brings that hard science background to her work. These books make up two thirds of the "Elysium Cycle". The stories examine events on several planets when an intelligent... Continue Reading →
Dover Beach (The Last P.I. #1) by Richard Bowker (1987/2012) - A "limited" nuclear war has reduced the United States to a post-apocalyptic backwater nation. Society is still sorting itself out with both good and bad affect. In the midst of this Wally Sands is trying to be a private investigator. At the moment it... Continue Reading →
Nest of Worlds by Marek S. Huberath - (Originally published in Poland in 1998 this is the first edition in English available this year from Restless Books) Imagine a world where your social status is determined by the color of your hair and where you must move to a new continent every 35 years. In that... Continue Reading →
Some Of The Best From Tor.com 2012 Edition - Tor is a great name in the world of scinece fiction and fantasy. This is an annual collection of short works from some of their authors. So it's really a best of the best collection and that's exactly the way it reads. You'll find one part... Continue Reading →
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Somehow in all the years of science fiction reading I've done I have somehow managed to never read this classic by Verne. It is a classic story of a man who turns his back on civilization after his family is presumably killed. But rather than disappear into... Continue Reading →
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon (1977), Time Travelers Strictly Cash (1981), Callahan's Secret (1986) by Spider Robinson - There isn't a bar like Mike Callahan's place. But there ought to be. And if there is I would politely request directions. In the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke's "Tales From the White Hart" and L. Sprague DeCamp and... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 