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Recent ReviewsThe Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu 24 May 2013 Wesley Chu's debut novel The Lives of Tao is a fun book that will appeal directly to those who enjoy Charles Stross's Laundry novels. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay 22 May 2013 Despite its ambition and length, and the clearly painstaking research behind it, River of Stars is never showy. 20 May 2013 Deprivation presents itself primarily as an immersion in language and dream, rather than a journey along a narrative arc. 17 May 2013 The collected stories may owe more to Austen and Thackeray than to Tolkien, as the editors point out, but they also owe a great deal more to Dunsany and the Rossettis and Andrew Lang than to Jules Verne. Zenn Scarlett by Christian Schoon 15 May 2013 Zenn Scarlett is a novel that disappoints on multiple levels. 13 May 2013 As the program throws together a heady cocktail of biological weapons, mad scientists, conspiracy theories, spies, torturers, attempted genocide, deserted mansions, long lost family members and assorted other improbable elements besides, Utopia becomes a dizzying and intricate balancing act which always seems one moment away from collapse. The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke 10 May 2013 This is a novel that wants to be a character study first, a romance second, and speculative fiction a distant third. 08 May 2013 In Taber's construction, gender is destiny. 06 May 2013 The title Adam Robots is a giveaway. Is this a joke? splutters the unwary reader. Well, yes. 03 May 2013 Quietly, without any fuss, the New Weird has won. The Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist, Part 2 01 May 2013 So, is the 2013 Clarke shortlist any good? The 2013 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist, Part 1 29 April 2013 The judges for the 2013 Clarke award faced an extra challenge. This year, on top of all the usual tasks, it was incumbent upon them to produce a shortlist that would prove that we have not, in fact, lived and fought in vain. Queen of Nowhere by Jaine Fenn 26 April 2013 In Queen of Nowhere, Jaine Fenn opens a window on a fascinating and vivid science fictional world, seen through the lens of an intriguing character—a world which, ultimately, proves more vivid and coherent than our protagonist. View older reviews in our Archive, thanks to the kindness of our authors who allow us to keep their material online. |
