For the first half of the this novel I was confused, due to my limited knowledge of Turkish locales, the dialect, people, and the nation's relation with other countries (primarily Greece). Coupled with a plot that I felt was overshadowed by River of Gods, where, in both, unrelated characters come...
A story about the multiverse is bound to be exciting and cool, and this book delivers. The parallel universe Everett ends up in is exciting, and the possibility of the other universes is enticing (thank goodness for sequels!). The book does drag a bit at first before Everett starts traveling, and...
I have loved Ian McDonald's books in the past. However, I'm not a fan of this attempt to break into the suddenly popular and lucrative area of YA speculative fiction. He has dumbed down his storytelling in some misguided attempt to appeal to the YA audience. And he's added Steampunk elements to...
(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)As I've mentioned here several times before, there are many of us science-fiction fans who believe...
As constant (some may say obsessive) readers, we have all come to know our individual tastes rather well. We know what books will hit our literary G spots and which will leave us feeling cold and dirty, like the regretful afterglow of a one night stand. We learn to savor those reads that are a ...
A playful romp and the onset of rebellion among the citizens of a utopia run by computers. It is about 500 years since the big “Break”, when most of humanity destroyed itself in some war or ecological disaster, and one city, Yu, was preserved and nurtured by the AIs and now comprises about 1.5 ...