The Silver Metal Lover: Better Than the Real Thing

The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Spectra ISBN-10: 0553581279 ISBN-13: 978-0553581270 One of the best things about older science fiction is its ability to stand the test of time. Although The Silver Metal Lover was originally published in 1981, the story, characters, and events are so universal that [...]

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Guest Review: Monkey Beach

My guest review of Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson is up at Color Online. This book really blew me away. Monkey Beach follows Lisa, a young girl from the Haisla Native American Tribe living in Canada, with beautiful touches of magical realism and deep insights into what it means to grow up and be a [...]

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Short Story Break: Heinlein & Tiptree

Delilah and the Space-Rigger by Robert A. Heinlein Part of the The Green Hills of Earth anthology Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Baen Books; Reprint edition (February 1, 2000) ISBN-13: 978-0671578534 It’s a well known fact that women are a serious and often dangerous distraction on high risk jobs, such as constructing a space [...]

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Ender’s Game: Lost Childhood

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Ender Wiggin is just your average six-year old boy, the youngest of three siblings. Average, other than the fact that he’s a budding military genius, taken from his home on Earth and shipped off to be trained in Battle School [...]

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Valor’s Choice: I’m Your Staff Sergeant, Not Your Mom

Valor’s Choice by Tanya Huff Mass Market Paperback: 409 pages Publisher: DAW; 1St Edition edition (April 10, 2000) ISBN-13: 978-0886778965 Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr is a proud member of the Confederation interstellar military. She travels to far off planets and fights against The Others, a race bent on destroying or conquering every other sentient species [...]

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