Books of the year 2024It’s that time of year again… the annual consumer frenzy, blink-and-you-miss-’em hours of daylight, snow and ice, freezing rain, then more…Dec 6Dec 6
20 booksThere’s a meme doing the rounds at the moment: choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. Post one book per day, no…Nov 26Nov 26
Cities in Flight, James BlishThe four books collected as Cities in Flight — They Shall Have Stars (1956, USA), A Life for the Stars (1962, USA), Earthman, Come Home…Nov 19Nov 19
Precursor, CJ CherryhThree years since the publication of the preceding book in Cherryh’s now long-running Foreigner series, Inheritor (1996, USA), and three…Oct 28Oct 28
God Stalker, PC HodgellI forget where I first saw mention of PC Hodgell’s Chronicles of Kencyrath, a fantasy series so heartland it could almost pass as a…Oct 8Oct 8
Steel Beach, John VarleyI first read Steel Beach (1992, USA) when it was published, and then again in 2001, yet when I came to reread it this year I remembered…Sep 29Sep 29
Paul of Dune, Brian Herbert & Kevin J AndersonI’m a big fan of the Dune universe. Perhaps not so much of the novels which originally comprised it — my opinions on them tend to change…Sep 6Sep 6
The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again, M John HarrisonHarrison’s position as one of the most critically-acclaimed writers of genre fiction in the UK has been well-established for several…Aug 311Aug 311
The Tar-Aiym Krang, Alan Dean FosterOne of the things that has always attracted me to science fiction is its invented worlds and universes, or perhaps the fact it can invent…Aug 15Aug 15
Golden Witchbreed, Mary GentleI’m a big fan of Mary Gentle’s fiction and I dearly wish she were more prolific. I remember reading and enjoying Golden Witchbreed (1983…Jul 7Jul 7
