Tag Archives: Hard SciFi

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

Posted on October 27, 2020 by H.P.

I decided to sign up for Audible when I took my new job.  Deciding to leave my wife and toddler in Michigan until we sold our house meant almost 3,000 miles of driving each month (and for considerably longer than … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein

Posted on January 17, 2019 by H.P.

I know that Space Cadet is a good book on an intellectual level.  But it doesn’t evoke the same kind of visceral gut reaction that Have Space Suit—Will Travel did.  There certainly isn’t anything remotely as gripping as the two … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Nightfall and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov

Posted on January 10, 2019 by H.P.

Nightfall and Other Stories is a collection of 20 pieces of short fiction by Isaac Asimov, including, of course, the novelette “Nightfall,” one of his most famous works.  “Nightfall” was Asimov’s 32nd work but in many ways his first breakout … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Where to Start with Isaac Asimov

Posted on December 6, 2018 by H.P.

I should really be hitting you with an honest-to-God book review today, but: because real life intrudes, because I haven’t finished the book, because I’m inspired by reading Alec Nevala-Lee’s history of John W. Campbell’s editorship of Astounding, because Vintage … Continue reading →

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Gunpowder Moon is a Fine Example of the Sort of Near-ish Future Hard Science Fction I’ve Been Digging Lately

Posted on February 13, 2018 by H.P.

I walked into Gunpowder Moon thinking of it as a mystery, but it is really more of a thriller.  It benefits the most from the strength of the lead—Caden Dechert—and the carefully drawn vision of a plausible future on the … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert Heinlein

Posted on February 23, 2017 by H.P.

I don’t read a whole lot of YA fiction these days (or ever, really).  Even less middle school fiction.  And I suppose Have Space Suit—Will Travel, like The Hobbit, would be marketed as middle school fiction were it to be … Continue reading →

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Review of Death’s End by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu

Posted on February 14, 2017 by H.P.

With its completion with Death’s End, I can now say that the Remembrance of Earth’s Past is my all-time favorite science fiction series (says the noob of a sci fi fan).  It opens just like you would expect the final … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Posted on January 26, 2017 by H.P.

Vintage SF Month is hosted by the Little Red Reviewer. The year is 1997.  Otherwise known as the “far future” for people living in 1974.  William Mandella is a bright, young physics student.  Or he was, before he got drafted … Continue reading →

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