Alex R. Howe
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Category Archives: Book reviews
Book Review: The Return by Joseph Helmreich
The Return is the first novel by journalist and screenwriter Joseph Helmreich—a sci-fi thriller with a fresh take on an old trope: Alien Abduction. After years of conspiracy theories, physicist Andrew Leland unwittingly proves the absolute existence of aliens when … Continue reading
Book Review: Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel
Waking Gods is the sequel to Sylvain Neuvel’s debut novel, Sleeping Giants, which I reviewed previously. In Sleeping Giants, a giant alien robot, Themis, is discovered buried in pieces all over the world. Predictably, the governments of the world and … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews
Tagged Sylvain Neuvel, Themis Files, Waking Gods
Web Serial Review: Worm and Ward
Okay, it’s taken me a while to get around to this one. I just had a lot of other posts I wanted to get through, and it’s hard to keep up sometimes. I’m going to try to do this spoiler-free … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Web Review
Tagged Parahumans, Superheroes, Ward, Wildbow, Worm
Book Review: Death’s End by Liu Cixin
Death’s End is the final installment of the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy by Liu Cixin (family name Liu), the most popular science fiction series in China. I’ve reviewed the first two books before: The Three-Body Problem and The Dark … Continue reading
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Tagged Death's End, Liu Cixin, Rememberance of Earth's Past, The Three-Body Problem
Book Review: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Sleeping Giants is one of those books I picked up blind. I knew nothing about the author, and I hadn’t heard the book recommended. All I knew was what was printed on the dust jacket. And I loved it. Sleeping … Continue reading
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Tagged Sleeping Giants, Sylvain Neuvel, The Themis Files
Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Well…here we go. I’m a big Harry Potter fan, so when I heard that J. K. Rowling was writing a stage play to follow the adventures of Harry’s son, Albus, and Draco Malfoy’s son, Scorpius, I was disappointed that I … Continue reading
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Tagged Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J. K. Rowling
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Classic Sci-Fi Recommendation: A Case of Conscience by James Blish
A Case of Conscience, a 1958 novel by James Blish, is one of the few sci-fi novels that really tackles religion and theology head-on, especially in a setting with aliens. I’ll admit that the writing is not stellar, despite the … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Religion, Science Fiction
Tagged A Case of Conscience, James Blish
