Book Reviews

The World Set Free by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novel that is as ambitious in its vision as it was a reflection of Wells’ anxiety around human nature. For a text written over 100 years ago, it does a fantastic – almost prophetic – job of predicting atomic warfare. But, on a […]

A Narrative That Opens The Mind When it comes to Robert SIlverberg, it is a name that I’ve heard crop up when people talk about progressive science fiction books with unique ideas. However, until I found To Open The Sky in my local Oxfam charity shop, I hadn’t picked up one of his books until

JUdge Dredd VS Death Book Review I have been a long term fan of the Judge Dredd franchise. From flicking through old 2000ad annuals from the 80s during my childhood to browsing the character’s latest adventures in the local comic book store, the no bullshit hallmark personality of the futuristic lawman always owned a certain

Threshold is, if I could condense my experience into one word, intriguing. Co-authored in 1990 by both Janet & Chris Morris, this sci fi title is a good blend of a mystery and adventure novel set in a sci fi world. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting when I found it on the shelves

To say this book was over-rated would be a vast under-statement. As a huge fan of more modern sci fi books, and having grown up reading whatever sci fi I could find in my local charity shop, I envied those who had access to works from classic sci fi writers such as C.S. Lewis. So,

If I had to describe this novella in a short, concise sentence it would be: a wonderfully simplistic yet deeply intriguing tale of cosmic discovery. Samuel Delany (often penned as Samuel R. Delany) wrote The Ballad of Beta-2 in 1965, four years before the moon landing when the space race was in full flight. It