Matt’s Reviews: The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin
Publisher: Hachette Audio Audible.com Release Date: December 24, 2018 Program Type: Audiobook Listening Length: […]
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Matt’s Reviews: The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
Publisher: Tachyon Publications Publication date: June 12, 2018 Language: English Print length: 192 pages ISBN-10: 1616962526 ISBN-13: 978-1616962524 Author: Peter Watts The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts is set on an interstellar ship sometime […]
Matt’s Reviews: 944 Hidalgo by Jack Davies
Publisher: Roundfire Books Publication date: July 1, 2025 Language: English Print length: 240 […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Publisher: ListenUp Audiobooks Published Date: 2015 Print Published: 1950 Duration: 7 hours 45 minutes Author: […]
Matt’s Reviews: BLACK HOLE HEART AND OTHER STORIES by K.A. Teryna
Publisher: Fairwood Press Publication date: 10/14/2025 (Pre-order available) Pages: 236 ISBN: 978-1-9588880-29-6 Author: K.A. Teryna Translated by: Alex Shvartsman Black Hole Heart and Other Stories by K.A. Teryna was translated from Russian by Alex […]
Matt’s Reviews: Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Publication date: November 3, 2010 Language: English ISBN-10: 1441886516 […]
Matt’s Reviews: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Recorded Books Published Date: 2006 Print Copyright: 2005 Discs: 11 Duration: 12.5 hours ISBN10: 1-4281-1336-3 ISBN13: 978-1-4281-1336-7 Author: Scott Westerfeld Read by: Carine Montbertrand Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is set about 300 […]
Matt’s Reviews: If Looks Could Kill by Julie Berry
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 16, 2025 (pre-order available) Language: English Print length: […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Publisher: Hachette Audio Audible publish date: 2018 Print Publish Date: 2010 Series: […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Publisher: Random House Audio (Books On Tape) Publication date: August 2, 2016 Language: English Disks: 9 Duration: 10 hours 43 minutes ISBN-13: 978-1-5247-3627-9 Author: Colson Whitehead Read by: Bahni Turpin The Underground Railroad by Colson […]
Matt’s Reviews: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling (with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund)
Publisher: Flatiron Books Publication date: April 2018 Print length: 352 pages ISBN-13: 978-1-250-10781-7 Authors: Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are […]
Matt’s Reviews: Babayaga by Toby Barlow
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication date: August 6, 2013 Print length: 400 pages ISBN-10: 0-374-10787-4 ISBN-13: 978-0-374-10787-1 Author: Toby Barlow Babayaga by Toby Barlow doesn’t really know what kind of book it is. Sometimes […]
Matt’s Reviews: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC Audio Published Date: 1989 Original Print Published: 1870 Length: 12 disks (14 hours 18 minutes) ISBN-10: 1-4193-1162-x ISBN-13: 978-1-4193-1162-8 Author: Jules Verne Read by: Norman Dietz 20,000 Leagues Under […]
Matt’s Reviews: The AI Incident by J.E. Thomas
Publisher: Levine Querido Published Date: July 8, 2025 (pre-order available) Reading age: 8 – 12 years Grade level: 3 – […]
Matt’s Reviews: Soulmatch by Rebecca Danzenbaker
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: July 29, 2025 (pre-order available) Language: English Print […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.; Published Date: August 28, 2006 Disks: 6 ISBN-10: […]
Matt’s Reviews: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Publisher: Del Rey; Published Date: First Edition (July 23, 2019) Pages: 352 pages ISBN-10: 0-525-62075-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-525-62075-4 Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is […]
Matt’s Reviews: Iliad and Odyssey by Homer (translated by W H D Rouse)
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Publication Date: October 1st, 2008 Disks: 20 ISBN: 9781433248832 ISBN-10: 1433248832 Author: Homer Translated by: W H D Rouse Read by: Anthony Heard Iliad and Odyssey by Homer, translated by W H […]
Matt’s Reviews: Artemis by Andy Weir
Publisher: CROWN PUBLISHING GROUP INC Publication Date: November 14th, 2017 Pages 320 ISBN: 978-0-553-44812-2 Author: Andy Weir Artemis by Andy Weir is set on a small Lunar city made up of various interconnected ‘bubbles’. […]
Matt’s Reviews: 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan
Publisher: TURNER PUBLISHING CO (TN) Publication date: 04/01/2010 Copyright Date: 2009 Pages: 344 ISBN: 978-0-470-60203-4 Author: Fred Kaplan 1959: The Year Everything Changed by Fred Kaplan is not a book I would normally review […]
Matt’s Reviews: Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson
Publisher: Tor.com Publication date: 03/13/2018 Language: English Pages: 240 ISBN-10: 1-250-16384-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-250-16385-1 Author: Kelly Robson Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson is a time travel story. It is part ecological, […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin; First Edition Published Date: April 15, 1997) Pages: 160 pages ISBN-10: 031215514X ISBN-13: 978-0312155148 Author: George Gaylord Simpson Additional Content: Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Jay Gould, Joan Simpson Burns The […]
Matt’s Reviews: Promised Land by Connie Willis and Cynthia Felice
Publisher : Ace Trade Publish Date: 1998 Pages: 362 ISBN-10 : 0-441-00543-8 Authors: Connie Willis; […]
Matt’s Reviews: Dune by Frank Herbert
Publisher: MacMillan Audio Publication date: 05/29/2007 Copyright Year: 2007 Print Copyright: 1965 Discs: 18 ISBN13: 978-1-4272-0143-0 ISBN10: 1-4272-0143-9 Author: Frank Herbert Read by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance and others Dune by […]
Matt’s Reviews: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Publisher: BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL Publication date: 02/06/2024 Pages: 432 ISBN: 9781984820709 Author: Robert Jackson Bennett The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett is a typical Sherlock Holmes / John Watson type mystery. Typical that is […]
Matt’s Reviews: A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by MarkTwain
Publisher: Audiobook Contractors Published Date: 2010 Original Print Published: 1889 ISBN: 1-60646-181-8 Author: Mark Twain Read by: Flo Gibson A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain is […]
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (Anthrophobia) Challenge – RESULTS!
First off, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to download and read Anthrophobia: A Teacher’s Tale, whether or not you entered the Challenge. If you have not already done so, I’d […]
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (Anthrophobia) Challenge – Ends 3/31/2025
Results are in Find the Robert Heinlein Easter Eggs and other references in – Anthrophobia by Matt Truxaw and win free books. There are several references within the book to my favorite author, Robert […]
Matt’s (Movie) Review: Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game is the 2013 film “based” on the classic 1985 book by Orson Scott Card. It features Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, and Ben Kingsley. The Ender’s Game novel […]
Matt’s Reviews: We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker
Publisher: Berkley Books Publication date: 05/11/2021 Pages: 400 ISBN: 978-1-9848-0260-6 Author: SARAH PINSKER We Are Satellites by Sarah Pinsker is set in the relatively near future when a new medical device, the Pilot, is […]
About Author
Matt Truxaw’s newest book is Monster. This urban fantasy, horror, thriller will keep you turning the pages.
He is also the author of the hard science fiction thrillers: “Plastiphobia/Plastivore” and “Anthrophobia: A Teacher’s Tale”
You can find them all on Amazon in Paperback, Hardback, Kindle and/or free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
When you read any of them, he would really appreciate a review/rating on Amazon or your favorite book seller/book reader site.
More about Matt:
He was born in Orange County California many years ago and he still lives there. He has been reading books for most of those years and writing up book reviews for the last few years. He gets MANY of his books out of the library/Libby so expect a lot of old science fiction classics book reviews and other science related reviews in addition to newer books he comes across.
If you want to be ‘in-the-loop’ on these and other works, you can follow his website( MattTruxaw.com), his author’s page on Amazon or his Facebook page.
For more reviews and articles by Matt here on Amazing Stories (Click here).
Monster: A Novel by Matt Truxaw
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