scifi

To the StarsTo the Stars

To the Stars

To the Stars is a 1950 scifi novel by L. Ron Hubbard about deep space travel and the social and…

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Remnant PopulationRemnant Population

Remnant Population

In the beginning of Remnant Population, by Elizabeth Moon, Ofelia has lived on a distant colony planet for decades, working…

1 month ago
The Man Who Saw SecondsThe Man Who Saw Seconds

The Man Who Saw Seconds

The Man Who Saw Seconds by Alexander Boldizar is a new scifi thriller that questions power and authority. The novel…

1 month ago
Kitty Cat Kill SatKitty Cat Kill Sat

Kitty Cat Kill Sat

Kitty Cat Kill Sat, by Argus, is a space opera about Lily ad-Alice, a 400-year-old super-intelligent kitty cat, who operates…

3 months ago
The Secret PeopleThe Secret People

The Secret People

The Secret People is John Wyndham's first novel, a pulpy adventure story about the civilization living under the Sahara Desert. …

4 months ago
Yevgeny Zamyatin’s WeYevgeny Zamyatin’s We

Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We

Written about 100 years ago, We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin, is often considered the first dystopian novel. I'd read We back…

4 months ago
Doomsday BookDoomsday Book

Doomsday Book

Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book combines science fiction and historical fiction in a time travel drama, with academia and the plague.…

4 months ago
Time Hopper Book 2: The Tale Of The Sand DwellersTime Hopper Book 2: The Tale Of The Sand Dwellers

Time Hopper Book 2: The Tale Of The Sand Dwellers

In the first Time Hopper novel, we saw the brilliant and wealthy Dan Walton decide to start an invention company…

8 months ago
Time HopperTime Hopper

Time Hopper

Time Hopper is a new scifi novel by Os Ibrahim. The story follows Dan Walton’s internal and external quests. Dan…

8 months ago
New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection: Writers of the Future, Vol. 40New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection: Writers of the Future, Vol. 40

New Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection: Writers of the Future, Vol. 40

Writers of the Future , Volume 40 is this year's collection of sci-fi and fantasy stories from emerging authors, illustrated…

9 months ago
Gods on Trial Book 1: Beyond the FatherGods on Trial Book 1: Beyond the Father

Gods on Trial Book 1: Beyond the Father

In Beyond the Father, the opening novel of the planned eight-part scifi/fantasy epic series Gods on Trial by Opëshum Patroz,…

11 months ago
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023

I really wanted to read this Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023 collection because it included stories from Theodora…

12 months ago
Ghost StationGhost Station

Ghost Station

Ghost Station, by S A Barnes, is a new space suspense story.  The novel's tension comes from a distant, deep-space…

12 months ago
John Christopher’s ‘The Guardians’John Christopher’s ‘The Guardians’

John Christopher’s ‘The Guardians’

The Guardians, a YA scifi novel by John Christopher, was published in 1970 and set in the year 2052. In…

1 year ago
Dark, Solitary Adventures of “Empty World”Dark, Solitary Adventures of “Empty World”

Dark, Solitary Adventures of “Empty World”

Published in 1977,  John Christopher's scifi novel Empty World describes a world decimated by the Calcutta Plague, a deadly virus…

1 year ago

Trouble With Lichen

Trouble with Lichen is a 1960 scifi novel by John Wyndham. The story revolves around the discovery of a new…

1 year ago

The Chrysalids

The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham, is a 1955 science fiction novel set in a post-apocalyptic world. Some unexplained worldwide nuclear…

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Battlefield Earth

Battlefield Earth takes place in a dark, distant future where our Earth has been conquered by powerful aliens, the Psychlos.…

1 year ago

The Wormwood Trilogy: Rosewater

Rosewater takes readers to a fascinating specfic future in Nigeria. I was immediately intrigued with Kaaro's abilities as a sensitive,…

1 year ago

The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles

After the end of The Mimicking of Known Successes, Mossa and Pleiti discover another strange disappearance to solve in The…

2 years ago

Writers of the Future 39

I’ve been reading the Writers of the Future annual SF/F anthology for a few years now, since WofF31, so  I…

2 years ago

Nerd Friends and Wild Creatures in “The Kaiju Preservation Society”

I originally noped out of the first scenes of The Kaiju Preservation Society, because they were about a shady startup…

2 years ago

Mutant Octopus and Coming-of-Age in Sea Change

Sea Change, by Gina Chung, is about Dolores, a giant octopus in captivity, and about Ro, who cares for Dolores…

2 years ago

This Time Tomorrow

I just loved This Time Tomorrow, by Emma Straub. Y'all know I love a good wibbley-wobbley timey-wimey story, when linear…

2 years ago

Doctor Who: The Good Doctor

I got The Good Doctor, by Juno Dawson, on our stop at Who North America. Our whole road trip this summer…

2 years ago