New Acquisitions is a feature where I talk about recent books that I’ve purchased, borrowed, won, and/or received for review consideration. All book descriptions are taken from Goodreads. For Review: […]
Tag: sci-fi
New Acquisitions: Pulpy trash edition!
A few weeks ago, I went to a used bookstore in DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, where I was delighted to find a great selection of vintage pulpy sci-fi/fantasy novels. After […]
“City of Illusions” by Ursula K. LeGuin
City of Illusions is the story of an alien who awakens on earth with amnesia. He doesn’t know who he is or why he’s there, but a group of […]
“Annihilation” by Jeff Vandermeer
Annihilation, the first book in Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, is a horror/survival story in which mankind explores the site of a world-changing catastrophe. The premise reminds me a […]
Guest Post by Marian Perera – Strange Bedfellows: When Science Meets Fantasy
Strange Bedfellows: When Science Meets Fantasy Guest post by Marian Perera, author of the Eden series I was browsing articles on Wikipedia one day (that site is almost as bad […]
“Hard to Be a God” by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Strugatsky brothers are among the classics of Russian/Soviet science fiction, most famous for their novel Roadside Picnic, which became the basis for the film Stalker and its later […]
“Love Minus Eighty” by Will McIntosh
Love Minus Eighty is a futuristic story that describes the love lives of a handful of intersecting characters. Mankind has developed the technology to revive the dead provided that […]
“Katya’s War” by Jonathan L. Howard
Katya’s War is the second book in Jonathan L. Howard’s Russalka Chronicles, which are set on a watery planet that was colonized by a group of Russians but eventually […]
New Books from ALA
While I was at ALA last weekend, I acquired a stack of shiny new books to read over the next few months. Most of them are ARCs of books coming […]
“The Mad Scientist’s Daughter” by Cassandra Rose Clarke
When I requested The Mad Scientist’s Daughter, it was actually by mistake. I had confused it with a YA novel about Frankenstein’s daughter (proof that the …’s Daughter naming […]