• High Tech Science Fiction

    Book Review: The Machinery of Light, by David J. Williams 

    Published on 11-18-2011 12:56 PM  Number of Views: 195 
    Categories:
    1. Science Fiction
    2. Cyberpunk
    3. High Tech Science Fiction
    4. 3.0 Stars
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    The Machinery of Light, by David J. Williams
    Reviewed by Joshua Palmatier
    Publisher: Spectra
    Year Published: 2010


    Literally just finished reading the third book in David J. Williams' Autumn Rain trilogy, The Machinery of Light. This is an action-packed sci-fi thriller that you can totally see being made into a movie, with intense battle scenes that are non-stop, along with highly visual settings that the movie industry would love. ...
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    Book Review: 7 Scorpions Rebellion, by Mike Saxton 

    Published on 11-08-2011 10:57 AM  Number of Views: 440 
    Categories:
    1. Science Fiction
    2. Urban Fantasy
    3. High Tech Science Fiction
    4. Apocolyptic
    5. 3.0 Stars
    6. Science Fantasy
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    7 Scorpions Rebellion, by Mike Saxton
    Reviewed by Michael D. Griffiths
    Publisher: Eloquent Books
    Year Published: 2011


    Scorpions Rebellion is a dark, very apocalyptic science fiction novel written by Mike Saxton. Set in the not too distant future, the world is brought to its knees in just one day when all of the Earth’s major cities are reduced to rubble. The survivors have only begun to suffer, for the genocidal Zodiac has more horrors in store for them. Bladeless helicopters, giant city destroying bulldozers, and armored soldiers called Seekers, whose mere presence renders most humans helpless by the unexplained waves of fear they create, are just the beginning. ...
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    Book Review: Impact, by Douglas Preston 

    Published on 06-09-2010 05:04 PM  Number of Views: 718 
    Categories:
    1. High Tech Science Fiction
    2. Apocolyptic
    3. 3.5 Stars
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    Impact, by Douglas Preston
    Reviewed by Paul Weiss

    Publisher:Forge Books
    Year Published: 2010

    ET... call home?

    Wyman Ford, a former CIA agent turned freelance investigator, first introduced to Preston's fans in TYRANNOSAUR CANYON and BLASPHEMY, returns to complete a solo undercover mission to locate a secret Cambodian mine hidden deep in the north Vietnamese jungles. The mine is turning out some very unusual gemstones that happen to be highly radioactive. But, as you might expect with any thriller penned by the likes of Douglas Preston, nothing is quite as straightforward as it seems at first glance. It isn't long before Ford finds his path crosses with a young girl who's attempting to locate the impact site of a small asteroid that recently lit up the night skies of Maine as it screamed into the earth's atmosphere. ...
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    Book Review: Jupiter, by Ben Bova 

    Published on 03-01-2010 01:49 PM  Number of Views: 846 
    Categories:
    1. Science Fiction
    2. High Tech Science Fiction
    3. 4.5 Stars
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    Jupiter, by Ben Bova
    Reviewed by Paul Weiss


    Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
    Date Published: 2002

    How would you react to the discover of intelligent extraterrestrial life?


    John Campbell, arguably the best known editor in the history of science fiction, once demanded of his writers, "Write me a story about an organism that thinks as well as a man, but not like a man." Probably the best known successful response to that challenge was Stanley Weinbaum's pseudo-ostrich Tweel in "The Martian Odyssey". ...
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