Category Archives: Book reviews

Book Review: The Return by Joseph Helmreich

Posted on March 22, 2018 by

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 →

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Book Review: Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel

Posted on February 5, 2018 by

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 →

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Web Serial Review: Worm and Ward

Posted on January 26, 2018 by

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 →

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Book Review: Death’s End by Liu Cixin

Posted on October 10, 2017 by

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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Book Review: Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel

Posted on September 24, 2016 by

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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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Posted on August 30, 2016 by

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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Classic Sci-Fi Recommendation: A Case of Conscience by James Blish

Posted on July 6, 2016 by

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 →

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