Greg Bear’s Mariposa goes on sale
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.
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Reviews praise McAuley’s Gardens of the Sun
Solid conclusion to The Quiet War, apparently.
Asimov estate authorises I, Robot sequels
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 in compendiums after that date, They [...]
Greg Egan: The big interview
Australian sci-fi author on his next novel Zendegi.
Cory Doctorow’s Makers gets mixed reception
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 adoption of various Creative [...]
Dan Simmons’ Hyperion: Review
A masterwork of true brain-shattering sci-fi literature.
Reviews praise Stephen King’s Under the Dome
But a little long at 1,088 pages.
Iain Banks’ Transition: Review
Highly stylised and impressionistic meditation on Solipsism.
Ian McDonald finishes The Dervish House
Istanbul and nanotechnology.
Frederik Pohl gets a pacemaker
89-year-old legendary science fiction author and editor Frederik Pohl has had a pacemaker installed following the discovery that he had a low pulse rate.
Pohl revealed the move on his blog, The Way the Future Blogs, this week, saying a nurse had checked his pulse when he attempted to re-enrol in the cardiovascular exercise group he [...]