Book Reviews

Book review: All Tomorrow's Parties - William Gibson

A review of William Gibson's Science Fiction novel "All Tomorrow's Parties"

Book review: Titan - Stephen Baxter

If Cassini/Huygens finds life on Titan next year, could NASA send a manned misison to follow up?

Review: Do androids dream of electric sheep? - Phillip K Dick

The novel on which the film "Blade Runner" is based. Published in 1968.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Coraline is a children's book by Neil Gaiman, but I enjoyed it very much.

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Stardust, a fairy tail for adults, written by Neil Gaiman. It reads like a fairy tale, except for the parts that don't. Gaiman is twisted, and it shows.

Neal Stephenson - The Confusion

I just finished volume 2 of the Baroque Cycle "The Confusion" by Neal Stephenson. Is it worth reading the 1600 pages in volumes 1 (Quicksilver) and 2?

Callahan's Con - Spider Robinson

Telepathic hippie barflies in Key West take on the Mob.

Pattern Recognition - William Gibson

A new Gibson novel that doesn't have AI's or cyberdeck jockeys.

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

The 1967 classic Sci-Fi novel about a war between godlike humans for the fate of the rest of humanity. A great novel.

Schild's Ladder by Greg Egan

A quantum mechanical experiment at a remote research outpost goes awry. The very fabric of the universe starts to unravel, forming a vacuum that swallows everything in it's path and grows at half the speed of light. Teams of transhumans race to study or obliterate the never before seen object.