Book Reviews

April 30, 2024

Book 44: Slaughterhouse-Five

Book Reviews Kurt Vonnegut, post traumatic stress disorder, science fiction, time travel, war

Slaughterhouse-Five is a classic in the sci-fi and American canon that depicts the physical and emotional desolation of war.

January 23, 2024

Book 43: The Left Hand of Darkness

Book Reviews androgyny, science fiction, shifgrethor, small stakes, Ursula K. Le Guin, worldbuilding

The Left Hand of Darkness is a masterclass in world building that lives up to all the hype.

November 30, 2023

Book 42: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Book Reviews androids, empathy, Mercerism, Philip K. Dick, science fiction, Voigt-Kampff

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is a thought-provoking novel about what it means to be alive on a dying planet.

September 29, 2023

Book 41 – 2001: A Space Odyssey

Book Reviews Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, monoliths, science fiction

Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is a fun read and a staple in the sci-fi canon.

July 27, 2023

Book 40: Stand on Zanzibar

Book Reviews John Brunner, New Wave, science fiction

Another New Wave novel that I just couldn’t get into.

June 8, 2023

Book 39: Lord of Light

Book Reviews Roger Zelazny, science fiction

Another one that I had to put down.

June 8, 2023

Book 37: This Immortal

Book Reviews aliens, immortality, nuclear war, Roger Zelazny, science fiction, Vegans

This Immortal offers an interesting take on immortality, the Earth, and humanity.

April 4, 2023

Book 36: Dune

Book Reviews exposition, Frank Herbert, military, politics, science fiction

Book 36 on my list is another classic in the canon that I couldn’t finish.

December 9, 2022

Review: The Rabbi and the Condemned

Book Reviews Brian Bandell, capital punishment, character development, criminal justice, forgiveness, science fiction

The latest book by author Brian Bandell asks interesting questions about criminal justice, capital punishment, and forgiveness.

June 2, 2022

Book 35: The Wanderer

Book Reviews aliens, exposition, Fritz Leiber, science fiction

Unfortunately, 1964’s The Wanderer proved too much for me with its over exposition. Sadly, another novel that I had to put down.

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