The first computer programmer was a woman. Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron’s daughter, wrote code in 1842-43 for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, a computer that was never built. And a century later, when the first digital computers finally came into existence, the programmers were mostly...
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You might think that the author of a long-running series of mystery novels would get bored long before he got to number 33. And that it would show. But that’s most certainly not the case with Jonathan Kellerman. Night Moves—yes, it’s the 33rd Alex Delaware novel—is just as tense and...
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Have you wondered what American society might be like if Donald Trump wins a second term in office? Not what happens in 2020, but what the long-term consequences might be? It’s worth a good deal of thought. And Derek Cressman’s thoughtful new sci-fi novel, RealityTM 2048, presents one...
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It starts with the title itself—Dayo Olopade’s challenge to the prevailing sentiment that sub-Saharan Africa today is little different in its essence from the “dark continent” perceived by nineteenth century colonialists. In The Bright Continent, Olopade catalogs an impressive...
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Authors of historical fiction often pluck their characters from the historical record, imagining how they might have spoken and acted in life. Other writers, probably those with an aversion to the drudgery of documentary research, avoid using historical figures as characters, other than for cameo...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.