Redshirts
I read John Scalzi’s blog “Whatever“, so I’ve been aware of Redshirts for a good while. I bought it just after it was released, but it sat around on my Kindle for some time before I got around to reading … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Science fiction
The Storm
After reading Lost Empire by Clive Cussler last summer I swore never to read anything more by him, ever again. Well, I saw some fairly enthusiastic reviews for The Storm and I’m fairly bad at keeping resolutions, so I gave … Continue reading
The Revisionists
Title: The Revisionists Author:Thomas Mullen Publisher: Mulholland Books Edition: Kindle Pages: 449 Originally published: 2011 Genre: Science fiction The dice landed on: 3 Did I finish?: Yes Do I like the cover?: Yes, one of the reasons I bought it. … Continue reading
Book beginnings on Friday – July 13th. 2012
For this week’s beginning I’ve chosen one of my all time favorite books. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is about time travel, or so it seems. What it really is about is people, and plagues, and compassion. Kivrin is a … Continue reading
Dream War by Stephen Prosapio
Title: Dream War Author: Stephen Prosapio Publisher: Noble Publishing Edition: Kindle Pages: 277 Originally published: 2010 Genre: Science fiction / Fantasy The dice landed on: 4 Did I finish?: Yes Do I like the cover?: It’s all right 1980. Hector … Continue reading
Book beginnings on Friday – June 8th. 2012
It’s been a while since I last joined this meme, but this week I’m back. A bunch of us readers are sharing the first lines of a book and we all link up at the Linky at Rose City Reader, … Continue reading
Grensen – Bokomtale
Tittel: Grensen Forfattar: Frank Schätzing Forlag: Aschehoug Utgåve: Innbunden Sider: 1326 Først utgitt: 2009 Originaltittel: Limit (tysk) Sjanger: Science fiction / Krim Terningen landa på: 4- Las eg heile?: Ja Likar eg omslaget: Ja, veldig godt. Året er 2025. Banebrytende … Continue reading
Smakebit på søndag – Grensen
Fleire smakebitar er som vanleg å finne på Mari sin utmerka blogg Flukten fra Virkeligheten. No har eg endeleg gitt meg i kast med mursteinsromanen Grensen av Frank Schätzing, forfattaren av Svermen som var så populær for nokre år sidan. … Continue reading