2014 Hugo Awards Finalists Announced
2014 Hugo Awards finalists have been announced on April 19, 2014. 1923 valid nominating ballots for the 2014 Hugo Awards were received, last year it was 1343. 2014 Hugo Awards will be presented at...
Monthly Archive: April 2014
Best books of February, 2014
This month I’ve read (and listened) 5 books which make me 4 books behind the schedule. Four of these books were audiobooks, and of them is e-book. In February was a hard month for...
Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Rama was written by Arthur C. Clarke and published in 1972 by Gollancz. This novel has won both Hugo and Nebula awards. This is my second Arthur C. Clarke novel, as in...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, also known by its movie name as Blade Runner, was written by Philip K. Dick and published in 1968 by Doubleday. The stories are written between 1940 and...
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers was written by Robert A. Heinlein and published in November, 1959. I’ve previously read “Have Space Suit—Will Travel” which is also written by Heinlein. Unfortunately I’ve similar negative thoughts for both books....
Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders
Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders, first book of the Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin series, was written by Richard Ellis Preston Jr. and published in July 2, 2013 by 47North. This...
Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader
Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader, was edited by Cassandra Clare and published in January, 2013 by BenBella Books. First of all I want to state that I’ve read no books from The...
Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern
Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern, was edited by Todd J. McCaffrey and published in August 1, 2013 by BenBella Books. This book was written after Anne McCaffrey passed in November 2011....