Archive for the 'Science Fiction' Category

The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction, Edited by Ellen Datlow

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Zebra BZooks, Kensington Publishing Corp. 1987. 381 pgs.
This is a wonderful collection of short stories by some of the best Sci Fi writers of the 1980’s. There were a few works that may be a bit dated now with all of the advancement in technology, but overall, the themes and ideas were unique […]

Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

1986, Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. 415 pgs. This is the second book in the series by Orson Scott Card, the first of course being Ender’s Game. I think I like the first better than the second, although this work certainly deals with a deep and important concepts. How do we deal […]

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

Monday, May 26th, 2008

A TOR Book, 1977, 324 pgs.
Wow! This book was given to me last week and I have to say it was just what I needed. What a fantastic piece of science fiction! Let the reader beware though, once you start the first, you’ll want to read the rest of the books in […]