As with most readers, my intro to George Orwell came by way of Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel remains a dystopian masterpiece by which all others are measured. It birthed an entire genre and coined the "Orwellian" adjective, used to describe ideas...

One thing I have learned after four decades on this planet is that anything can get boring. Donuts for breakfast? The delight will fade. Roller coasters every day? The thrill will abate. Reading sci-fi on a regular basis? (gasp) Yes, even that will...

Andy Weir, famed author of The Martian, has carved out a unique place among the greats of science fiction. He has single-handedly created his own sub-genre, which I can best describe as "witty serious." Hard sci-fi and funny sci-fi rarely go hand...

Fantasy author team Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee are at it again with Myth of the Tenz River Troll, a prequel novella that leads into the Constable Inspector Lunaria Adventure book series. These word-slingers are well-known for their genre mashups,...

Every now and then, you just need a little more. That's the beauty of short stories and novellas, in that they give authors room to flesh out interesting ideas that exist in tandem to the main story. So when I heard that authors Geoff Habiger and...

We return to the Nelson Mandela Medical Space Station for the latest chapter in S.E. Sasaki's space opera thriller. Saving Grace is book four of The Grace Lord Series, one of the most original and interesting sagas I have read in quite some time....

We conclude season one of Wings of Earth with the Stranger Bedfellows finale (book five). If that sounds more like a television premise, then you are not far off. Eric Michael Craig constructed this series within an episodic framework. He treats...

Ethan Walker becomes a Fleet Captain! He acquires the Elysium Sun as a sister ship to the Olympus Dawn, and as one might expect: more ships, more problems. Walker takes it all in stride as the "more problems" also means "more money." It allows him...

The adventure continues for Captain Ethan Walker and his merry band of misfits aboard the Olympus Dawn. Chains of Dawn is book three in the Wings of Earth series by Eric Michael Craig. In lieu of jumping straight into the action, Craig takes a more...

What if your home wanted you dead? This is the question posed by Alyx: An AI's Guide to Love and Murder by Brent A. Harris. It's a sharp hook, one that forced me to narrow my gaze and glare at the thermostat. Harris is a talented author who writes...

"Prohibition. Gangsters. Vampires." That's the tagline for this series, which neatly summates what you're getting into as a reader. Unavoidable is book three of the Saul Imbierowicz series by SFF author team Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee, a gripping...

Anyone who has read my books, shorts, and blog is well aware that Douglas Adams is my favorite author. I celebrate the man's entire library, from the wildly popular Hitchhiker's series to the obscurely hilarious Last Chance to See. I even dedicated...