Tag Archives: scifi
Book Review : Cinder
Sixteen-year-old Cinder is considered a technological mistake by most of society and a burden by her stepmother. Being a cyborg does have its benefits though: Cinder’s brain interface has given her an uncanny ability to fix things, making her the … Continue reading
Book Review : Across the Universe
A love out of time. A spaceship built of secrets and murder. Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet, three hundred years in the future. Amy … Continue reading
Book Review : Ethan of Athos
Dr. Ethan Urquhart is Chief of Biology at a District Reproduction Center. He delivers babies from uterine replicators. You see, on Athos there are no women. In fact, the planet is forbidden to them. Isolated from the galactic community by … Continue reading
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Life As We Knew It; aka “Supermoon”?
A supermoon occurred this past weekend for the first time in eighteen years. A supermoon occurs when the moon is at its most full and passes most closely to the earth within its elliptical orbit. The last time these two requirements … Continue reading
Chicken Little
Chicken Little has rung the school bell to alert the town about a terrible danger: THE SKY IS FALLING! Or is it? Continue reading
Hull Zero Three
Hull Zero Three is a short science fiction novel unrelated to any series. It is set on a rogue colony ship hurtling somewhere in space. Parts of the ship have been damaged, and subsystems are warring with each other to take control in order to fulfill their vision of completing the mission. Continue reading
Baen Free Library
It’s not everyday that you find an organization that practices what it preaches. And in a volatile, and still evolving, market such as ebook publishing, it is even more priceless to discover such a company. Baen Books is just this rare creature. Continue reading
New Blog Discovery
For all you Twihards and Twihaters, here’s an inspired new theory about vampires. There’s a little something for everyone in this; it just depends upon your feelings about butterflies. Continue reading
Claim to Faim
Claim to Fame is a coming of age story with a paranormal twist. I recommend this book for readers who enjoy speculative fiction that causes you to think. Continue reading
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The 2006 animated film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a combination of science fiction and a gentle, but powerful, romance. It is a fantastic adaptation of the basic plot and mood of Toki o Kakeru Shojo (1967) by Yasutaka Tsutsui. Continue reading
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