Category Archives: Books

Neuromancer by William Gibson was published in 1984; it won the 1985 Hugo Award and the 1984 Nebula Award. The book also won the Philip K. Dick Award, though I haven’t been paying much attention to the “Dick” award yet. … Continue reading →

Foundation and Empire, published in 1952, is another book I read in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. One of the things that is impressive about this series is that Asimov starting writing it when he was only twenty-one. Given some of … Continue reading →

Foundation by Isaac Asimov was first published in 1951. This book is the first in the Foundation series; the series won the Hugo Award for “Best All-Time Series” in 1966. Foundation is an example of why I am hesitant to … Continue reading →

Friday at midnight I went to Books-A-Million to obtain my reserved copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling’s latest installment in the Harry Potter series. After some solid reading blocks on Saturday and Sunday, I’ve completed … Continue reading →

I finished The Time Machine by H. G. Wells which is a brief 140-page snack. This book won neither the Hugo nor the Nebula, but that isn’t too surprising considering that the book was written before those awards were in … Continue reading →

Ringworld by Larry Niven won the Nebula Award in 1970 and the Hugo Award in 1971 (though the book says that the Hugo was awarded in 1970). Contrasted with Greg Bear’s realistic Darwin’s Radio, this book was a very pleasant … Continue reading →

When I was a teenager my father looked disparagingly at my Dragonlance novels and told me a fact that I still remember to this day. He said that so many books have been written that a single person could not … Continue reading →

I recently read Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. Since I liked it so much, I then picked up Rama II which was co-authored by Clarke and Gentry Lee. After reading 40 pages of Rama II, I put it … Continue reading →

I just read A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge. Despite the ridiculous title, this book is really amazing. I churned through the 600 pages, forgoing much-needed sleep in my storylust. Vinge is something of a futurist who has … Continue reading →