Here’s an old SF site review I did of one of Philip K. Dick’s lesser known novels.  Review: The Game Players of Titan, by Philip K. Dick British SF classic re-release series seem to be […]

 Review: The Witness for the Dead, by Katherine Addison By Rich Horton A few years ago I read Katherine Addison’s novel The Goblin Emperor, and I just lapped it up – it’s a captivating read, […]

Like blue eyes, height, or left-handedness, how much of our temper and ill manners can we contribute to our genetics? Author Bernie Jean Schiebeling explores the breakage of inherited anger, and what it’s like to […]

This review was written in 2010, when Blue and Gold came out, and I honestly can’t recall where it was published. Possibly nowhere! But a much briefer review appeared from Locus.  There is an interview […]

I reviewed Wil McCarthy’s The Collapsium at SF Site in 2000 when it first appeared. I thought it lots of fun. A trilogy which somewhat more darkly explored the implications of the ideas introduced in […]

Nothing beats away a dreary February day like curling up with a cozy fantasy novel. Even better when that novel is a sapphic love story with iguana, cat, and mushroom people! Grab a seat by […]

The intentions behind one’s actions speaks louder than words ever could. Author Darby McDevitt leads us on a journey through the exploration of intention, desires, and consequences in the Big Idea for his newest novel, […]

On occasion, you know the ending of your story before you start writing. Most other times, you find the path as you go, each twisting turn appearing before you as you continue on your merry […]

Motherhood is a term that has many meanings, and looks a little different for everyone. It is also something that comes with a lot of questions, and though she may not have all the answers, […]

Five funerals may seem like a lot, but this number is actually cut down considerably from author Jeff Somers’ original idea of 26 deaths. Put on your best black tie and follow along the Big […]

This is a review I did for SF Site in 2008. So the opening sentence is much dated — Egan has been publishing regularly for the last couple of decades after a bit of an […]

I was a bit surprised to realize that I haven’t posted here in half a month — but I have a good reason: my new grandson, Sylvester Took Whitman, was born, and my wife and […]

Here’s another SF Site review I’m posting on this blog after the demise of that wonderful site. This review was written in 2000. The UK imprint Millennium is reprinting a number of classic SF novels […]

The big idea behind The Ballad of the Bone Road started out as several small ideas. The names Brix and Bellefeather made their way into my head and struck me as the perfect names for […]

Retro Magazine Review: Astounding, July 1955 Astounding Science Fiction, under the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr., was the central magazine of the so-called “Golden Age of Science Fiction”, which is typically considered to have […]

Life isn’t fair. But it also isn’t unfair, it just is. As author Warren Tusk puts it in his Big Idea for The Goetist: the cosmos are indifferent. Follow along in the Big Idea for […]

Author Veronica G. Henry has come up with a library that truly has all the answers, thanks to its ever-evolving AI. Take a tour through The People’s Library in Henry’s Big Idea, and don’t forget […]

Many people wish they could return to a specific age in their life and live it all over again. But what if that person didn’t know they were reliving the same year over and over […]