Jo Walton’s My Real Children may be a science fiction novel about alternate universes — or simply a complicated fantasy in the addled mind of an old woman afflicted with advanced memory loss. Since Walton has written other science fiction novels, it’s probably safe to say that...
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It’s 2006. More than 20 years earlier a 15-year-old girl had been viciously raped, murdered, and mutilated in an Atlanta suburb. Her date that evening, John Spence, also 15, was tried as an adult and sentenced for 22 years to life in a maximum security prison. John has now been paroled and...
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Carl Hiaasen’s love for nature comes to the fore on every page of his latest novel, Skink: No Surrender. Unfortunately, his outsize talent for humor rarely comes to the surface. This is a young adult novel of suspense with a fourteen-year-old protagonist. Maybe the kid’s sense of humor...
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If you find the history of World War II fascinating, you’re likely to feel that Rogue Heroes is endlessly so. In this eminently readable book, British historian Ben MacIntyre relates the story of the Special Air Service, the unit that set the pattern for special forces around the world. From...
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Get this: the principal characters are named Bing, Ding, Jang, Wu, Hu, and O. Perhaps Chinese or Korean speakers can keep all these names straight, but I sure couldn’t. Of course, I might have found it easier if the plot were comprehensible. It was anything but. Even after reading through to...
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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.