Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Jack Chalker’s latest return to the Well World is a pretty solid effort, but it doesn’t feature Nathan Brazil or Mavra Chang, and it doesn’t even reach the Well World …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Berkley Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? On his deathbed, Elissa’s young husband names her as regent, the one to protect the kingdom of Albor until their five year-old son comes of age. The dying king might truly …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Warner Books Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Confronted with the task for writing the story of man’s first visit to Mars, I imagine far too many writers would elect for the 500+ page epic. Fortunately, Benford …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? I wanted to like this book. I really did. But in the end I can’t help but conclude that it was a pretty disappointing piece of work. Sailing to Sarantium …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2001 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Perhaps it was inevitable that my ever escalating expectations for MacLeod’s books would eventually get the best of me. I enjoyed Cosmonaut Keep, but not nearly to the …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ace Published: 1965 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? My computer crashed, keeping me away from my precious hacking and in a strange way sucking out my life force. I have been singularly unmotivated to do anything, including read …
Genre: Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? This is a solid collection of Gene Wolfe short stories. They are a diverse lot, having only excellence in common. I’ll admit that I’m really not a …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 1999 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? This is a hardcover I bought on a lark because I was feeling prosperous after a big run-up in my stocks. Well, now my net worth is about half …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: DAW Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? This trilogy works well as an omnibus novel. The three books tell a single tale with really no logical break between them, something I imagine annoyed people at the time. …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ballantine Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? Those of you who read my review will recall that I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked May’s light adventure Perseus Spur. Well now she’s back with a …
Genre: YA Science Fiction Publisher: Baen Published: 1963 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? I guess it is a sort of crime against humanity to speak ill of Heinlein, but in the case of Podkayne of Mars, I can’t resist. The old master …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher:Â Del Rey Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? A Case of Conscience won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. And for good reason. If I might generalize a bit, a lot of science fiction seems to be implicitly …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 1994 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? A nice, satisfying novel written against the backdrop of a 21st century Earth where nanotechnology exists, you can upload custom software mods to your brain, and the solar system …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: William Morrow & Co Published: 2000 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by Aaron M. Renn Have you read this book? I liked Kristine Smith’s Code of Conduct a lot and apparently so did a lot of other people, because Smith was nominated for the John W. Campbell …
