Book Review: Pirate Utopia by Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling’s new novel showcases the theme of doing “great” things in the name of progress, regardless of whatever collateral damage is caused.
Book Review: The Emperor’s Men: Arrival by Dirk van den Boom
The Emperor’s Men: Arrival by Dirk van den Boom gives us a good concept, but it fails somewhat in the execution.
A Ship in the Sea of Time
Have you ever noticed how many time travel stories there are about ships being transported backwards or forwards? Have you ever wondered why?
Book Review: King of the Worlds by M. Thomas Gammarino
If you like weird, absurd, meta fiction, then check out King of the Worlds, but if that isn’t your cup of tea…
Anthology Review: What Ifs of Jewish History: From Abraham to Zionism edited by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Counterfactual history is the scholarly cousin of alternate history. Instead of telling stories set in alternate timelines, counterfactual histories use what ifs to teach history. I have covered a couple counterfactual history-related books on Amazing Stories […]
Comic Review: Casefile: ARKHAM: Nightmare on the Canvas by Josh Finney and Patrick McEvoy
Casefile: ARKHAM: Nightmare on the Canvas is an engaging mash-up of Lovecraftian and noir fiction that manages to set eldritch cosmic horror in an urban jungle.
Book Review: Prince of Outcasts by SM Stirling
S. M. Stirling is taking the Emberverse down a dark and disturbing road, and reviewer Matt Mitrovich thinks the long-running series will be the better for it.
Anthology Review: Tales From Alternate Earths
Tales From Alternate Earths is an impressive collection of indie alternate history that you should be reading.
Book Review: 101 Stumbles in the March of History by Bill Fawcett
101 Stumbles in the March of History is an entertaining volume of essays on what the world would have looked like if certain historical mistakes had not happened.
Book Review: MJ-12: Inception by Michael J. Martinez
Can Michael J. Martinez’ MJ-12: Inception live up to the quality of his previous book, The Daedalus Crisis?
Book Review: Breath of Earth by Beth Cato
In her new book Breath of Earth, Beth Cato finds a way to create an entertaining alternate history centred on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Short Story Review: Discards by David D. Levine
Matt Mitroch reviews the short story “Discards” by David D. Levine, part of George RR Martin’s Wild Cards shared universe.
Book Review: The Brass Giant by Brooke Johnson
Are you interested in a steampunk romance novel? If so, Matt Mitrovich can recommend The Brass Giant.
Review of 2015 Best Short-Form Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Nominees
Matt Mitrovich gives mini-reviews of some of the short stories nominated for the Sideways Awards for Alternate History.
Book Review: The Book of Esther by Emily Barton
Golems, Kabbalists and NAZI Germany collide in The Book of Esther
Book Review: The Big Lie by Julie Mayhew
Napoleon Bonaparte once famously said “history is a set of lies agreed upon;”
Book Review: Fallout by Harry Turtledove
Bombs Away by Harry Turtledove was a good, if flawed, book. That being said, how does its sequel, Fallout, hold up to the original? Our story continues (and maybe skip the next two paragraphs if you haven’t read […]
Book Review: Bombs Away by Harry Turtledove
Most nuclear war stories usually involve a quick and devastating war where we then follow civilians trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. In Bombs Away, however….
Book Review: Showdown City by Todd Berger
…our characters find alcoholic children, rampant inflation, polygamy, universal gun ownership and a bandit who steals everyone’s fine linens.
Anthology Review: Thirty Days Later edited by AJ Sikes, BJ Sikes & Dover Whitecliff
A time-shifting steampunk anthology
Short Story Review: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
Steampunk, off the beaten path.
Book Review: The House of Daniel by Harry Turtledove
I was happy to get a chance to read The House of Daniel, a fantasy story about baseball set during the Great Depression.
Book Review: The Last Pilot by Benjamin Johncock
Some might argue I am spoiling The Last Pilot, but it is important to talk about this because Johncock’s description of what parents go through when they lose a child is very realistic.
George R.R. Martin’s Doorways: The TV Show That Never Was
If Doorways had been picked up and was even successful, Martin may never have written the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire
Anthology Review: Dreams of the Space Age by Ian Sales
a quick read of hard science fiction with emotion
Book Review: Clash of Eagles by Alan Smale
Rome threatens North Amercia in Clash of Eagles
Book Review: The Merchant of Death by DJ MacHale
Do kids really still talk like that? Apparently so.
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