Science Fiction book reviews

Here are reviews, ratings, and summaries of the SF I've read since starting my Web page in 1996. Recommended titles, with ratings of 1--3, are emboldened; books about SF are at the end. For each author, I list those books that I've read (and ones that are on my "to be read" pile) [and ones on my "to be bought" list -- the details of which may be incomplete, or even downright wrong!]. There is no attempt at completeness: there might be other books by the author that I don't intend to buy, or don't know about.


 

latest reviews

 

alphabetical by author

A

Ben Aaronovitch • The Also People
Dan Abnett, Rod Whigham, Jack Snider • Cybernetic Dawn
Poul Anderson • All One Universe • Matuchek stories
——, Gordon R. Dickson • Hokas Pokas!
Donna Andrews • Turing Hopper series
Ilona Andrews • Kate Daniels series
Catherine Asaro • Skolian Empire series
Pauline Ashwell • Unwillingly to Earth
Isaac Asimov • Gold • Magic

B

Kage Baker • Company
Margaret Ball • Mathemagics • No Earthly Sunne
Iain M. Banks • Culture
John Barnes • Apocalypses & Apostrophes • One for the Morning Glory • Jak Jinnaka series
Paul Barnett • Strider's Galaxy
Gael Baudino • Dragonsword series
Stephen Baxter • Vacuum Diagrams
Elizabeth Bear
Greg Bear • New Legends • Tangents
Hilari Bell • Navohar
Gregory Benford • Worlds Vast and Various • Far Futures
Lloyd Biggle Jr • The Chronocide Mission
Katherine Blake • The Interior Life
Marion Zimmer Bradley • Best of MZBFM • Sword and Sorceress
——, Holly Lisle • Glenraven series
——, Andre Norton, Mercedes Lackey • Tiger Burning Bright
Patricia Briggs • The Hob's Bargain • Mercy Thompson
David Brin • Kiln People
Kristen Britain • Green Riders
Mary Brown • Strange Deliverance
Lois McMaster Bujold
F. M. Busby • Islands of Tomorrow
Octavia E. Butler • Parable of the Sower

C

Diane Carey • Ghost Ship
Raphael Carter • The Fortunate Fall
Jeffrey A. Carver • The Chaos Chronicles
Chris Claremont
Jan Clark • Prodigy
Arthur C. Clarke
Brenda Clough • How Like a God • Doors of Death and Life
Dawn Cook • The Decoy Princess
Tom Cool • Infectress • Secret Realms
Greg Costikyan • First Contract
Douglas Coupland • JPod • Microserfs
John Cramer • Einstein's Bridge
Julie E. Czerneda • Beholder's Eye • In the Company of Others • Trade Pact universe

D

John Dalmas • The Puppet Master • The Walkaway Clause
Dennis Danvers • Circuit of Heaven
Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois • Nanotech
Pamela Dean • The Dubious Hills • Tam Lin
Stephen Dedman • The Art of Arrow Cutting
Judy-Lynn Del Rey • Stellar 1
Samuel Delany • Babel-17
Cory Doctorow
Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald • Mageworlds series
Diane Duane • Wizards series • Intellivore • Stealing the Elf King's Roses

E

Eagle Comics • Dan Dare series
Rosemary Edghill • The Warslayer
Claudia J. Edwards • Taming the Forest King
Greg Egan
Elton Elliott • Nanodreams
Harlan Ellison • The City on the Edge of Forever
E. Everett Evans • Alien Minds

F

Edward L. Ferman • Oi, Robot
Jasper Fforde
Eric Flint • Mother of Demons
Michael Flynn • Eifelheim • The Forest of Time
John M. Ford • Web of Angels
Robert L. Forward • Camelot 30K • Saturn Rukh
Diana Pharaoh Francis • Reisil series
Esther Friesner • The Sherwood Game • Wishing Season • Chicks anthologies
Leo Frankowski • A Boy and His Tank
Dave Freer, Eric Flint • Rats, Bats and Vats

G

Neil Gaiman • Coraline • Day of the Dead
David Gerrold • Dingilliad
Stephen Goldin • Assault on the Gods • A World Called Solitude
Kathleen Ann Goonan • Queen City Jazz
Steven Gould
Simon R. Green • Blue Moon Rising • Hawk and Fisher
Martin Harry Greenberg, Russell Davis • If I Were an Evil Overlord
Jon Courtenay Grimwood

H

Barbara Hambly • Dragon series
Laurell K. Hamilton • Anita Blake series • Nightseer • Nightshade
Peter F. Hamilton • Greg Mandel series • Watching Trees Grow
Tara K. Harper • Cat Scratch Fever • Lightwing • Tales of the Wolves
Charlaine Harris • Sookie Stackhouse series
Harry Harrison • The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell
Kim Harrison • Rachel Morgan series
Robert A. Heinlein
Bobby Henderson • The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Dorothy J. Heydt • The Interior Life • A Point of Honor
Philip E. High • Blindfold from the Stars • Butterfly Planet • Fugitive from Time
P. C. Hodgell • God Stalk
James P. Hogan • Bug Park • Minds, Machines & Evolution • The Mirror Maze • Paths to Otherwhere • Rockets, Readheads and Revolution • Star Child
Tanya Huff
Barry Hughart • Bridge of Birds

J

Diana Wynne Jones • The Dark Lord of Derkholm • Deep Secret • The Homeward Bounders • Minor Arcana • A Sudden Wild Magic

K

Janet Kagan • Hellspark
James Kahn • World Enough, and Time
Lee Killough • Bridling Chaos
Donald Kingsbury
Mindy L. Klasky • Rani Trader
Nancy Kress • The Prince of Morning Bells

L

Mercedes Lackey
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Brad Linaweaver, Edward E. Kramer • Free Space
Jane Lindskold • The Buried Pyramid • Marks of Our Brothers • Smoke and Mirrors • Through Wolf's Eyes
Holly Lisle • Arhel series • Hunting the Corrigan's Blood • The World Gates series
——, Ted Nolan • Hell on High
George Lucas, Chris Claremont • Shadow Moon

M

Ken MacLeod
Maxine McArthur • Time Future
Paul J. McAuley • Four Hundred Billion Stars • The Secret of Life
Anne McCaffrey • The Girl Who Heard Dragons • Restoree
——, Margaret Ball • Acorna
Wil McCarthy • Bloom • Murder in the Solid State • Queendom of Sol
Jack McDevitt • The Engines of God
Vonda McIntyre • Dreamsnake
Robin McKinley
John McLaren • Press Send
Ann Maxwell • Change
Ardath Mayhar • Exile on Vlahil • A Place of Silver Silence
John Meaney • To Hold Infinity
Melisa Michaels • Rosie Lavine series
Steve Miller, Sharon Lee
Syne Mitchell • Murphy's Gambit
Elizabeth Moon
Moira J. Moore • Source and Shield series
Lyda Morehouse • Archangel Protocol

N

Linda Nagata • Lot • Tech-Heaven
Larry Niven
Andre Norton
Jody Lynn Nye • The Ship Errant

O

Peter O'Donnell • Modesty Blaise series
Cary Osborne • Deathweave

P

David R. Palmer • Emergence
Marjorie Phillips • Annabel and Bryony • Annabel and Tawny • Annabel and Curlie
Daniel Pinkwater • Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars
Steven Piziks • Lance Michaels
Terry Pratchett
Malcolm Pryce • Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Philip Pullman • His Dark Materials

R

Jennifer Rardin • Jaz Parks
Robert Reed • Marrow
Laura E. Reeve • Peacekeeper
Alastair Reynolds • Inhibitors
John Ringo • A Hymn Before Battle
J. D. Robb • Eve Dallas series
Spider Robinson
Justina Robson • Mappa Mundi • Silver Screen
J. K. Rowling • Harry Potter series
Matt Ruff • Sewer, Gas and Electric
Eric Frank Russell • Wasp

S

Lilith Saintcrow
John Scalzi • Colonial Union
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough • Channeling Cleopatra
James H. Schmitz • Hub/Federation stories
Charles Sheffield
——, Jerry Pournelle • Higher Education
Mike Shepherd • Kris Longknife series
Linnea Sinclair •  Finders Keepers
Kristine Smith • Code of Conduct
L. Neil Smith • Henry Martyn
Michael Marshall Smith • Only Forward
Melinda Snodgrass • Circuit series • The Edge of Reason
Neal Stephenson • Cryptonomicon • The Diamond Age
Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen • Wheelers
S. M. Stirling, Holly Lisle • The Rose Sea
J. Michael Straczynski • Tribulations
——, Peter David • In Valen's Name
——, DeHaas, Ridgway • Shadows Past and Present
——, Mark Moretti • Babylon 5
Charles Stross

T

Diann Thornley • Ganwold's Child
J.R.R. Tolkien
Kathy Tyers • One Mind's Eye

V

John Varley • The Golden Globe • Mammoth • Thunder and Lightning
S. L. Viehl • StarDoc series
Vernor Vinge

W

Jo Walton • The King's Peace • The King's Name • Tooth and Claw
David Weber
——, John Ringo • March series
Stanley G. Weinbaum • A Martian Odyssey
Joss Whedon • Buffy • Serenity
James White • Sector General series • The White Papers
Ysabeau S. Wilce • Flora Segunda
Liz Williams • Snake Agent
Connie Willis

Z

Timothy Zahn • The Green and the Gray • Night Train to Rigel


 

about SF

John Clute • Science Fiction: the Illustrated Encyclopedia
——, John Grant • The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman • Ghastly Beyond Belief
Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner • The Ring of Words
Nancy Holder, Jeff Mariotte, Maryelizabeth Hart • Angel: the Casefiles
Diana Wynne Jones • The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
Dave Langford • The Silence of the Langford • Up Through an Empy House of Stars
Scott McCloud • Reinventing Comics • Understanding Comics
Alan Morton • The Complete Directory to Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Television Series
Tom A. Shippey • J. R. R. Tolkien: author of the century
Thomas G. Smith • Industrial Light and Magic
Anne Sudworth, John Grant • Enchanted World
Gary Westfahl • Science Fiction Quotations