Category Archives: Books

Winner of the 1972 Nebula and the 1973 Hugo, Isaac Asimov’s The Gods Themselves does not rank very high on my list of all-time science fiction greats. I think that I have trouble with Asimov’s novels because he tends to … Continue reading →

For some reason the Nebula Award committee does not seem to like Vernor Vinge. The author is all over the Hugo Awards, but he is completely absent from the Nebulas. Anyway, A Deepness in the Sky, first published in 1999, … Continue reading →

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman won the 1976 Hugo Award and the 1975 Nebula Award. As an aside, why are the Hugos always one year greater than the Nebulas? Anyway, the book was first published in 1974 shortly after … Continue reading →

Lightwing by Tara K. Harper was first published in 1992 so I suppose it would be classified as contemporary sci-fi. Lately I’ve been sticking to Nebula and Hugo award winners, but I took a step outside that safety zone with … Continue reading →

Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov was first published in 1986 and represents the fifth book in the Foundation series. This is definitely the best book in the series I have read thus far; there were actually some parts where … Continue reading →

Flatlander by Larry Niven is a collection of short stories that detail the adventures of a futuristic detective named Gil “The Arm” Hamilton. I don’t see this on the Hugo or Nebula lists, but the book represents some quality sci-fi. … Continue reading →

Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov is the fourth book in the the Foundation novels. This is the only book in the series to win a Hugo award for best novel – it did so in 1983. This book is a … Continue reading →

Back to sci-fi – just finished Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. The book was first published in 1969 and supposedly won the Hugo Award a year earlier in 1968. This is one of those sci-fi books that gets called … Continue reading →

I took a detour from my sci-fi path to read Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Annoyingly, I see no publication date in the book, but the first copyright is in 2001. The book won the “Man Booker Prize” which … Continue reading →

Just finished Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov, first published in 1953, and the third book in the Foundation series. As I predicted, this was a nice relaxing read after the heavy Neuromancer. Asimov gets a bit better at characters as … Continue reading →