Category Archives: Rambles

Reading Challenge Update (March)

Wrapping up Science Fiction Week with a Reading Challenge Update. As always, notes on what I’m writing at the end. In February I read Spherical Harmonic by Catherine Asaro. Set in the aftermath of the Radiance War, Spherical Harmonic picks up and tidies up threads left by several other books. For some readers, this will feelContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update (March)”

Science Fiction Week

Next week I’m going to feature reviews of science fiction published by Carina Press, two series in particular: The Tanner Sequence by Timothy S. Johnston and The Epherium Chronicles by T.D. Wilson. Carina might not be known for its science fiction offerings (yet), but these two series are a good example of the diverse genres they publish.ContinueContinue reading “Science Fiction Week”

Silent Communication

Have you happened across two cats sitting together—maybe facing each other, maybe just side on—and had the feeling you intruded on a private conversation? There is something about their posture, as if they had just broken off mid-sentence or are purposely ignoring one another. Either way, there is an overwhelming sense they are communicating, yetContinueContinue reading “Silent Communication”

Science Fiction of the 1950s

I have a lot of tattered old paperbacks on my shelves and some of the most forlorn are beloved copies of what I consider science fiction classics. Books that helped define the genre by authors who serve as inspiration for so many writers today. When drafting this post, this was the point where I started listingContinueContinue reading “Science Fiction of the 1950s”

Reading Challenge Update (January)

I’ve started out strongly, reading two of the books from my 2015 TBR Pile Challenge list. I also linked several reviews to the 2015 Sci-Fi Experience. In fact, I read twenty-six books over all. Most of them fell into some sort of romance category, but I also read a lot of historicals. Generally, I follow myContinueContinue reading “Reading Challenge Update (January)”