You have much to teach us, Johnny 5
It is widely agreed, I think, that the most prominent technological trend generally unanticipated by science fiction is the enormous growth in computer technology.  This results in older science fiction often having technology that seems like a mismatched jumble of the astonishing and primitive: interstellar civilizations with faster-than-light travel where microfilm is the state-of-the-art in data storage is a common example.  I’m not bothered by it, but it certainly jumps out.  (And there are exceptions, including what is arguably the most prescient SF story ever- Murray Leinster’s astonishing “A Logic Named Joe,” which predicted home personal computers, the

Review: The January Dancer by Michael Flynn
I’ve reviewed Michael Flynn’s space opera The January Dancer at BSCreview.  Check it out here.

Review of Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Stephen Hunt
Stephen Hunt’s steampunk/fantasy novel The Court of the Air was one of the best books I read last year (see my review), so I was quite excited when the follow-up The Kingdom Beyond the

New home for Solaris Books
I’ve been kept busy lately by some work-related stuff, along with the seven or eight distinct illnessess that have all apparently taken up residence in my digestive system simultaenously and started battling for supremacy, but I’m back in action.  Look for new reviews both here and at BSCreview very soon. Here’s some very good news, via SF Crowsnest: Solaris Books has found a buyer.  It was announced a few months ago that th

SF Reviewer Linkup Meme, 2nd Edition
The second edition of the Grasping for the Wind Linkup Meme is live, with what is almost certainly the largest collection of SF blog links ever assembled by mortal man.  If you have a blog and want to participate, check out Grasping for the Wind to add your site and get the code to put the links on your own blog.  And now, in all its cyclopean grandeur, the list: A B C