Category Archives: Science Fiction

Vintage Science Fiction Month: Fire Time by Poul Anderson

Posted on February 3, 2022 by H.P.

It’s not exactly Vintage Science Fiction Month anymore, but just because I let this one slip last week doesn’t mean I’m not going to post a review of Poul Anderson’s Fire Time.  As I remember it, I picked up Fire … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: The Voyage of the Iron Dragon by Robert Kroese, narrated by J.D. Ledford

Posted on December 7, 2021 by H.P.

I couldn’t resist the premise of the Iron Dragon trilogy—using advanced knowledge to build a space program from scratch in Viking Europe.  I very much enjoyed book one and book two.  But those books tended to be heavier on human-human … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Scott Oden Presents The Lost Empire of Sol: A Shared World Anthology of Sword and Planet Tales, edited by Jason M. Waltz and Fletcher Vredenburgh

Posted on July 30, 2021 by H.P.

Can writers today still produce stuff with the verve and the flavor—the outright joy—of the pulp and pulpy tales of yesteryear?  The Lost Empire of Sol is evidence they can.  A collection of otherwise unconnected tales set in a far-future, … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: A Moon Full of Stars by Jon Mollison

Posted on January 28, 2021 by H.P.

There are a lot of different kinds of post-apocalyptic novels, from Fahrenheit 451 to Hiero’s Journey.  Jon Mollison has graced us with a story much more in the spirit of Hiero’s Journey with A Moon Full of Stars.  Rome is … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Under the Moons of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Posted on July 9, 2020 by H.P.

It has been a spell since a Throwback SF Thursday post!  A while back I won a complete set of hardcover Barsoom/John Carter omnibuses through a giveaway hosted by the inestimable Bookstooge.  I have been using the Barsoom books as … Continue reading →

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Review of The Rise of Skywalker

Posted on January 15, 2020 by H.P.

I was busy, sure, but it says something that I only made it to see The Last Skywalker last week.  At this point I am pretty sure I had seen The Force Awakens in theaters three times.  That does not, … Continue reading →

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Looking Back on the Star Wars Movies

Posted on January 13, 2020 by H.P.

I watched all ten of the then-existing Star Wars movies last year in in-story order (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Solo, Rogue One, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Letters From the Past by The Sword of Kaigen Author M.L. Wang

Posted on February 12, 2019 by H.P.

I am delighted to be hosting another rare guest post today.  M.L. is the author of the Theonite Series (comprised, thus far, of Planet Adyn and Orbit) and The Sword of Kaigen.  The Sword of Kaigen is out in one … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Northwest Smith by C.L. Moore

Posted on January 31, 2019 by H.P.

Hither came Northwest Smith, the earthman, sunburnt skin, paled-eyed, in spaceman’s leathers, a pirate, a smuggler, a gunslinger, facing life and death with an equal grin, to tread the back-alley bars and lost ruins of the solar system heatgun in … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: The Little Red Reviewer on Shambleau and Black God’s Kiss by C.L. Moore

Posted on January 24, 2019 by H.P.

Today for Vintage Science Fiction Month I am happy to host a guest post from official Friend of the Blog and fellow local book reviewer Andrea at The Little Red Reviewer.  Andrea has been blogging about books of the speculative … Continue reading →

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