Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I like science fiction. I like Caribbean cultures. But I’ve never looked for the…
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Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I like science fiction. I like Caribbean cultures. But I’ve never looked for the…
I seem to be reading more these days. I’m a slow reader, but nevertheless I persevere. I’m simultaneously working my way through no less than…
Phil Baird / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Tomorrow at my book club we are discussing our hundredth book. We have been reading together since the summer…
I wish I had the good taste and self-restraint to only post mixes of “good” music, or music that I really like. But unfortunately I…
I’ve been in a book club for eight years now. We read science fiction and meet on the second Saturday of each month at Octavia…
As I rode my bike to my book club yesterday morning, I wondered idly what name the day might have. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter…
These are not reviews — more like reading notes. Title: Gods Behaving Badly Author: Marie Phillips Published: 2007 When I heard of this book, featuring…
These are not reviews — more like reading notes. Title: The Atrocity Exhibition Author: J. G. Ballard Published: 1970 The Atrocity Exhibition was originally published…
Once again, these are not reviews, just some scattered reading notes. Title: 334 Author: Thomas M. Disch Published: 1974 Like Nova, this is a good…
Title: Nova Author: Samuel R. Delany Published: 1968 Nova is a seminal work by one of my favorite authors. It’s a relatively short novel, written…
Title: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Author: Michael Chabon Published: 2007 Here’s a rare book that I’ve enjoyed (so far) but probably won’t finish. Today, my…
It should be noted: These are not book reviews. I think of them more as reading notes. This is my journal, and I’d like to record some thoughts on each book I read. That’s all.
Title: Glasshouse Author: Charles Stross Published: 2006 There’s usually a point in most novels where I feel the hook, where I no longer feel the…
Title: Just a Couple of Days
Author: Tony Vigorito
Published: 2001
[Spoiler warning: This review reveals basic elements of the story.]
Title: Spin Author: Robert Charles Wilson Published: 2005 Imagine you’re a kid looking up at the night sky and all of a sudden the stars…
Every month, the Octavia Science Fiction Club meets at Octavia Books. Our reading selections are chosen by our members on a rotating basis, organized around…
“The media… is where democracies conduct their civil wars.” — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, 2004
For over four years I’ve been attending monthly meetings of the Octavia Books Science Fiction Club. I was there at the first meeting in the…
Today the Octavia Books Science Fiction Club discussed our 50th book — Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan. Actually, only two members of said club…
Title: The Uplift War Author: David Brin Published: 1987 I would never recommend The Uplift War to my friends who are skeptical about science fiction.…