Review of A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge tied with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis as the winner of the Hugo Award in 1993. (Coincidentally, The Book Smugglers just reviewed Doomsday Book today if you want to read about the other Hugo winner for the year.) It was also nominated for several other awards such as the Nebula Award, the Campbell Award, and the Locus SF Award. There is a prequel to this science fiction novel called A Deepness in […]
Review of Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
A brief note on the Vorkosigan books before I get into Memory: Memory is the tenth book out of fourteen total in the Miles Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. That is, it’s tenth in chronological order beginning with the prequels about Miles’s parents and including the books that do not feature Miles. It may seem odd to include the latter two, but they are still in the series omnibus editions along with the other books so I’ve been reading […]
Killboxby Ann Aguirre368pp (Paperback)My Rating: 8/10Amazon Rating: 5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.33/5Goodreads Rating: 4.72/5 Killbox, the fourth book in the Sirantha Jax series by Ann Aguirre, was released on August 31. The other books in this space opera series are Grimspace, Wanderlust and Doubleblind, in that order. There will be six books total in the series with Aftermath scheduled for September 2011 and Endgame for September 2012. Please note that since this is the fourth book in a series, there will be […]
The Praxisby Walter Jon Williams448pp (Paperback)My Rating: 7.5/10Amazon Rating: 4/5LibraryThing Rating: 3.65/5Goodreads Rating: 3.77/5 The Praxis is the first book in the (completed!) Dread Empire’s Fall trilogy by Walter Jon Williams. The second book in this space opera/military science fiction series is The Sundering, and the final book is Conventions of War. The immortal Shaa have conquered the galaxy with the singular goal of bringing all races together to follow the truth of the Praxis. Despite their best efforts, each […]
Miles Errantby Lois McMaster Bujold752pp (Trade Paperback)My Rating: 8/10Amazon Rating: 4.5/5LibraryThing Rating: 4.38/5Goodreads Rating: 4.3/5 Miles Errant is an omnibus containing the novella “The Borders of Infinity” and the novels Brothers in Arms and Mirror Dance in the Miles Vorkosigan series by Lois McMaster Bujold. Mirror Dance won the Hugo Award in 1995. There are currently 13 novels in this space opera series (including the ones that are loosely related since one takes place 200 years before, two are prequels […]
