Techie, software developer, hobbyist photographer, sci-fi/fantasy and comics fan in the Los Angeles area. He/him.
Mostly reading science fiction these days, mixing in some fantasy and some non-fiction (mostly tech and science), occasionally other stuff. As far as books go, anyway. (I read more random articles than I probably should.)
Reviews are cross-posted on my website and I have a blog dedicated to Les Misérables.
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On the isolated Kolohe Atoll in the middle of the Pacific ocean, a charismatic billionaire employs a team of scientists …
It’s Victor Hugo… duckified! When French gendarme Javert thinks that poor Jean McJean (Scrooge McDuck) …
I finished the Les Mis half in a few days, but still haven't started on the War and Peace half. One of these days....
From an Aurora Award-winning author, a new sci-fi novel follows three intrepid humans caught up …
I need to pick this up again and finish it before her next book comes out in June.
On the isolated Kolohe Atoll in the middle of the Pacific ocean, a charismatic billionaire employs a team of scientists …
From international bestseller Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is an exuberant new sci-fi adventure with heart that reads like …
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - …
Accessible and intricately researched, with scattered humor to keep the reader's interest.
Getting to space is the easy part. Staying there is going to be a lot more complicated than anyone wants to believe. There are plenty of established tropes in science-fiction and among serious space enthusiasts, but a lot of them have major gaps in them when you start pressing for details. What happens to a fetus in microgravity? Can you scrape together enough soil nutrients to supply agriculture for a whole Mars city, or do you need to constantly import fertilizer from Earth? How do you make sure you have enough medical supplies on-hand?
The authors wanted to write about what we know about space settlement. But it turns out it's a really good primer for what we don't know and need to research before we can get serious.
It's also an interesting companion to Under Alien Skies …
Accessible and intricately researched, with scattered humor to keep the reader's interest.
Getting to space is the easy part. Staying there is going to be a lot more complicated than anyone wants to believe. There are plenty of established tropes in science-fiction and among serious space enthusiasts, but a lot of them have major gaps in them when you start pressing for details. What happens to a fetus in microgravity? Can you scrape together enough soil nutrients to supply agriculture for a whole Mars city, or do you need to constantly import fertilizer from Earth? How do you make sure you have enough medical supplies on-hand?
The authors wanted to write about what we know about space settlement. But it turns out it's a really good primer for what we don't know and need to research before we can get serious.
It's also an interesting companion to Under Alien Skies, which takes the approach of "assuming we're able to work out the details, this is what it would be like there." And, well, we have a lot more details to work out.
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and …
The kid binge-read the entire series in a week and a half, so clearly I needed to take a look at it!
From international bestseller Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is an exuberant new sci-fi adventure …
“The jinn grants wishes. Three per user.”
“Why three?” [redacted] asks.
“It was judged to be an appropriate free trial period,” the jinn says. “ More wishes can be unlocked in Unlimited Mode.”
From international bestseller Samit Basu, The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport is an exuberant new sci-fi adventure with heart that reads like …
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From Syzygy Publishing, the entire Hugo Award-nominated science fiction saga is collected here for the very first time! Complete with …
From Syzygy Publishing, the entire Hugo Award-nominated science fiction saga is collected here for the very first time! Complete with …
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Men whose minds are aflame with idealism gather at the Corinthe, in the center of Paris, …
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
Men whose minds are aflame with idealism gather at the Corinthe, in the center of Paris, …
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, …
