by Addison Fleming | May 12, 2017 | Action & Adventure, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science Fiction
Polly and her twin brother, Charles, live among other Earth transplants on one of Earth’s many off-world colonies on Mars. Polly fears her plans of becoming a pilot are ruined when her mother, the director of the Mars Colony, forces them to attend school on Earth....
by Stephen Febick | Apr 12, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science Fiction, Sponsored
Ann Grant’s The Theory of Sam is as short as novella’s come – in under 90 pages it can be read in roughly an hour. It is 10 short chapters from start to finish and spans just three days in the life of Sam Walker and his life as an English teacher in San...
by Julia Gaskill | Mar 23, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Film, TV & Theater, Science Fiction
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – The Official Collector’s Edition provides an overview of the ongoing events surrounding the newest film in the Star Wars franchise. This book contains information on the film’s characters, the Rebel’s arsenal, and the...
by Roberta Kelley | Feb 9, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Humor, Science Fiction
When a mysterious creature lands in Billy Morton’s fishing boat and follows him home, he’s not totally sure what to think. All Billy knows is he’s good with the kids and seems to be down with being called Louie. However, when Louie starts hacking...
by Laura Di Giovine | Jan 25, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's, Science Fiction
For tired parents wanting to establish a routine to get their children to bed, Christina Geist’s playful book Buddy’s Bedtime Battery may just be the ticket. Buddy wants to keep pretending to be a robot, even though it’s bedtime. “I am not a boy!” yells Buddy. “I am a...
by Katie Richards | Jan 20, 2017 | Anthologies, Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Science Fiction, Short Stories
This Way to the End Times is exactly what the title advertises, a nice, thick collection of science fiction and speculative stories about the end of the world. Robert Silverberg, himself an award winning science fiction writer, has a deft touch in choosing the...