Title: My Real ChildrenSeries: Author: Jo WaltonGenre: FantasyPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 0765332655 Summary: It’s 2015, and Patricia Cowan is very old. “Confused today,” read the notes clipped to the end of her bed. She forgets things she should know—what year it is, major events in the lives of her children. But she remembers things that don’t seem possible. She remembers …
Title: Artificial ConditionSeries: The Murderbot Diaries #2Author: Martha WellsGenre: Science FictionPublisher: TorFormat: HardbackISBN: 1250186927 Summary: It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to …
Title: Space OperaSeries: Space Opera #1Author: Catherynne M. ValenteGenre: Science FictionPublisher: CorsairFormat: HardcoverISBN: 1472115074 Summary: IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented-something to cheer up everyone who was left …
Title: Robots Vs FairiesSeries: Author: Anthology (Multiple Authors)Genre: Science Fiction, FantasyPublisher: Saga PressFormat: eBookISBN: 1481462369 Summary: A unique anthology of all-new stories that challenges authors to throw down the gauntlet in an epic genre battle and demands an answer to the age-old question: Who is more awesome—robots or fairies? Rampaging robots! Tricksy fairies! Facing off for the first …
Title: Aliens Abroad Series: Katherine Kitty Katt #16 Author: Gini Koch Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure Publisher: DAW Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780756412838 Summary: With the human population growing and alien refugees pouring in from around the galaxy, Earth is becoming too overcrowded to sustain itself–and the solar system is filling up with the alien overflow. Advanced …
Author: Michael Poeltl Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Createspace, Indie Pages: 477 pages Release Date: January 31, 2018 My Rating: ♥♥♥ Blurb: When is it considered murder to turn off your computer? A.I. Insurrection is a near-future science fiction tale investigating global utopia and the struggle to maintain an unrealistic hold over everything and everyone. Meanwhile A.I. struggles to …
Title: Barbary StationSeries: Shieldrunner Pirates #1Author: R.E. StearnsGenre: Science FictionPublisher: Saga PressFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781481476874 Summary: Two engineers hijack a spaceship to join some space pirates—only to discover the pirates are hiding from a malevolent AI. Now they have to outwit the AI if they want to join the pirate crew—and survive long enough to enjoy …
Late last week, news started circulating that Amazon was in talks to do an adaptation of Lord of the Rings. While I’m certainly happy about the bounty of SF/F movies and TV shows currently available, I’m just not too excited about another Lord of the Rings property. Nothing against Tolkien, it’s just that it’s already …
