Just a brief message to let you know what most people have probably assumed for a long time — Keeping the Door is to be put on ice permanently from now on.
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Trying to find the most logical way into Iain M. Banks’ sprawling Culture series, but been turned off by the abstracted Use of Weapons, the obfuscated Inversions, or even his somewhat flawed first Culture novel Consider Phlebas? Look no further. The Player of Games is probably the best book for you.
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Like T. S. Elliot’s epic poem, Iain M. Banks’ first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas, is an incredibly complex book, in which the author packs a massive amount of ideas detailing his startling vision of the future of humanity and the universe itself; ideas that were fated only grow to complete maturity over the next two decades as he fleshed that vision out into what has become his epic series of Culture novels.
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The Quantum Thief is that rarest of rare birds; a first novel by a debut author which is a joy to read and helps take the science fiction genre in which it sits forward. If, like me, you believe the ultimate aim of science fiction is to question and challenge what it means to be human — and ultimately, to reaffirm your belief in humanity in general — pick this book up immediately.
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Mariposa, the latest novel by American science fiction author Greg Bear, went on sale last week, accompanied by a limited set of generally positive reviews.
Continue Reading →Paul McAuley’s new book Gardens of the Sun has started to garner positive reviews as readers approve of the conclusion to the 2008 novel The Quiet War by the British science fiction writer. The Quiet War focused on the war between different branches of humans who live separately on Earth and on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, with the latter having genetically modified themselves and moved away from the Earth norm.
Continue Reading →The estate of legendary science fiction author Isaac Asimov, who passed away in 1992, has authorised a trilogy of sequels to his seminal I, Robot short story series, to be written by fantasy author Mickey Zucker Reichert.
There are nine I, Robot stories, first published in the 1940′s and then [...]
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Continue Reading →Canadian science fiction author, blogger and general copyright activist Cory Doctorow has today launched his latest book, Makers, receiving a mixed reception to the work.
The book – which has been being serialised chapter by chapter on Tor.com for some time, will now available more widely in bookstores. And due to Doctorow’s [...]
Continue Reading →A masterwork of true brain-shattering sci-fi literature.
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