Few books manage to combine humor, strong character work, and relentless pacing in a way that keeps you turning pages late into the night. The Devils  by Joe Abercrombie does exactly that. It may be the best book I’ve read in the past couple of years—it’s at least in my top five. The Devils  is immersive, fast-paced, genuinely funny, and filled with tragic, memorable characters. Once I started, it was almost impossible to put down. !!! Spoilers Ahead !!! A Story That Moves On

This book was not at all what I expected, and I have rarely been more pleasantly surprised. This novella is more romance than science...

(Photo: William Gibson at the Spook Country promotional tour in San Francisco, CA. Taken by Fred Armitage August 2007.) As a relatively...

I recently finished reading Frank Herbert’s Dune for the first time, and I can’t believe I had waited for so long. It is a foundational...

In the not-so-distant future, oceans are reeling from effects of climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Yet, in one of the few...

In a return to the Sprawl, William Gibson brings us Count Zero, the follow-up to Neuromancer and second book in the trilogy. Taking place...

Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series is a seminal work of science fiction, prominently topping many lists of ground-breaking and...

Garth Nix explores Earth in a slightly-alternate 1983 London for his latest fantasy The Left-Handed Booksellers of London. The story...

This book is exactly what the cover says: a fairy tale by Stephen King. The story is both familiar with elements integrated from a...

I read this book as a judge of the 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. Everything about this book is epic. Epic story, epic...

This book was a finalist in the inaugural 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition, and I read it as a judge. Simply put, this...

This book was a finalist for the 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC), and I read it as a judge. A 61-year-old Asian...

I read this book as a Finalist in the 2021 SPSFC for which I was a judge. This YA-oriented story is one of the mechanically best written...

This book is a Finalist in the 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC), and I read this as a judge. In the Orbit of...

This book is a Finalist in the 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC), and I read this as a judge. The story of a...

In full disclosure, as a judge for the 2021 Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (SPSFC), I read this book as it is a Finalist. ...

Initially wary due to the juvenile title, Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary” exceeded all of my expectations—and they were high. Having devoured the scientific prominence of “The Martian” and thoroughly enjoyed the humanity and humor of “Artemis”, this third effort successfully unites the best aspects of Weir’s writing. When a problem is found with Earth’s sun, the abilities of the entire planet are brought to bear on discovering a cause and finding a solution. When the cause lo

I’m not sure why I’m late the party (there are likely many reasons), but I just started reading the Murderbot Diaries from Martha Wells...

There’s nothing like a good ghost story to affect your sleep and force you to stare into your room's dark corners to make sure nothing is...

I first read The Keep in the ‘80s, about ten years after it was released. Though the first installment of F. Paul Wilson’s Adversary...