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Books reviews of the best science fiction stories, texts, educational texts, and journals.
Review of Adam Roberts’ 'The History of Science Fiction'
I’m a long-time fan of science fiction. I love the genre in its ability to expand the reader’s mind into the ‘what-if.’ I ran across a review Adam Roberts had published on Margaret Atwood, while I was writing an article on speculative fiction. I ultimately sent the piece to Roberts, and in so doing, discovered his book, The History of Science Fiction.
By K.E. Lanning8 years ago in Futurism
Review: 'Silver Screen Saucers'. Top Story - February 2018.
2017 marked seventy years of the modern UFO phenomenon began with the sighting of pilot Kenneth Arnold and the still controversial events at Roswell, New Mexico. For much of time (indeed beginning within just a few years), Hollywood has made use of it to tell everything from 1950s B-movies to some of the biggest hits of all time. Taking in the width and breadth of these “silver screen saucers” is writer Robbie Graham whose 2015 book of the same name explores this sometimes murky mix of fact and fiction.
By Matthew Kresal8 years ago in Futurism
'Artemis': A Book Review
Andy Weir’s Artemis is an adventure story that happens on the moon. While the science foundation and accuracy of this book are as strong as his last blockbuster novel, The Martian, the characters are suffering from lack of developments and they fall into the trap of known clichés.
By Pouria Nazemi8 years ago in Futurism
Best Frank Herbert Books of All Time
Herbert's mastery of science fiction proves to be known and is drawn out most influentially throughout his library of various titles. In them, among the pages he sweeps with psychedelic philosophy and intergalactic societies ranging by the differentiated species he so creates, or given semblance of real life actualities, Herbert uses a number of concepts in every single work. Vying to keep his legacy in tact, and as organized as possible, most of his novels have been reorientated from short stories, or simply birthed a whole series of conceptual characters that make for some of the most intriguing realities yet put on paper.
By Salvador Lorenz8 years ago in Futurism
Review - 'Faction Paradox: This Town Will Never Let Us Go'
Nearly a decade ago, I attended a panel at the Chicago TARDIS convention on the topic of the novels of the wilderness years of Doctor Who (i.e. that time period between 1989 and 2005 when there was no TV show airing). On the panel were convention guests who had contributed to those books: Jonathan Blum, Paul Cornell, Kate Orman, and Gary Russell. Perhaps it was inevitable that the topic of Lawrence Miles, that looming but an immensely controversial author of the era, came up as the proverbial "elephant in the room." Despite Miles attacking them all in interviews, all four had great things to say about his work and it was Cornell who said that Miles, "should have been the next great British science fiction writer." In reading this, Miles' last published novel (which I bought at the same convention six years later), I can't help but feel he was right in that assessment.
By Matthew Kresal8 years ago in Futurism
Best Science Fiction Books for Teens to Read
Science fiction is one of the most popular genres of literature thanks to the way that so many sub-genres can fit under the sci-fi umbrella. Nearly everyone, especially teens, since young adults are very often the subjects, can fall in love with a sci-fi novel or series. If you're looking for your next, or first, sci-fi adventure, these are the best science fiction books for teens.
By Nathaniel Channing III8 years ago in Futurism
Classic Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read
Some of the grandest stories in sci-fi are found among the pages of the classics. In them, readers will find inventions of yesterday used in wonders unimaginable, giving science fiction and fantasy the proper characters, plot lines, and interesting battles that still touch imaginations far and wide. Some you may have heard or even read in school long ago, while others are so controversial they have somehow fallen out of memory.
By George Herman8 years ago in Futurism
Best Science Fiction Book Series
It doesn't take a rocket science to know how gargantuan and unlimited our galaxy really is whenever presented by the beauties of imagination. Sci-fi writers like Arthur C. Clarke and George R.R. Martin, celestial beings of writing in their own rights, have helped to broaden our literary scope on scientific fantasy. They, however, are only two of many authors whose series of books have been considered must reads.
By Salvador Lorenz8 years ago in Futurism
5 Forgotten Sci-Fi Books
The science fiction genre is always pushing forward, and generally that’s a good thing. However, it also means that some excellent works tend to be left behind. Indeed, sometimes even sci-fi works that are known or respected for a long time eventually fade away from the public consciousness.
By Patricia Sarkar8 years ago in Futurism
