Doctor Who: A History by Alan Kistler My rating: 3 of 5 stars A good general summary of Doctor Who through the years, with stories about the production team, anecdotes, and the usual fannish stuff. If you are a fan … Continue reading
Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson My rating: 4 of 5 stars This short novel is one of the classics of Military SF. It was initially published in serialized form, and you can tell because it is very episodic in form. … Continue reading
The Tower and the Hive by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the fifth an concluding novel in the series of the same name, The Tower and The Hive, and it wraps up that various plot … Continue reading
Friday by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is perfectly enjoyable, but neither his best nor his worst. As he tended to do later in life, this novel ties back to earlier work of his. Kettle … Continue reading
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is probably the best known of all Heinlein’s novels as it reached an audience far beyond the science fiction fans who normally picked up … Continue reading
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams My rating: 5 of 5 stars Douglas Adams is one of the best writers of humorous Science Fiction (which is how I am classifying this, though you could, I suppose, call it … Continue reading
Envoy to New Worlds by Keith Laumer My rating: 5 of 5 stars There aren’t too many people who can write humorous Science Fiction, but Keith Laumer does it in these classic stories. This book starts off the series, and … Continue reading
The Butcher of Anderson Station by James S.A. Corey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This short story helps flesh out some stuff in The Expanse. If you have read Leviathan Wakes, I would read this next. Most obviously it … Continue reading
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey My rating: 5 of 5 stars You may have seen a TV series called The Expanse. Well, this is the book that started it. Kind of. I have been to a few panels with … Continue reading
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the last of Asimov’s Foundation series, and was published posthumously. One suspects Asimov was feeling the effects of his age, since this novel (more a group … Continue reading
