The best kind of sci-fi, in my opinion, is the kind in which it’s clear that the author is looking at a current technology and […]
Favorite 15 in ’15
Today is New Year’s Eve. A day when people spend time reflecting on the past year and reveling in their favorite moments. In the spirit of […]
Read Harder
I am a big fan of reading challenges. Every year I do the Goodreads Challenge, where you set a goal for how many books […]
Strange New Things
Peter is a former addict turned pastor who has been chosen in a highly selective process to serve as pastor to the natives of the […]
See You in the Post Apocalypse
Lately I find myself recommending, with a caveat, an amazing and surprisingly hopeful post-apocalyptic novel. The caveat is that I don’t usually enjoy post-apocalyptic stories […]
30 Day Book Challenge: Day 24 — A Book That You Wish More People Would Have Read
I loved this book, and definitely not enough people have read it: The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex There are lots of great […]
The Last Policeman Faces the Last Days of Earth
What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Asteroid 2011GV1, a.k.a. Maia, is an asteroid on a collusion course […]
Where No One Has Gone Before: The Star Trek Graphic Novels
In 2009, to the delight of millions of fans, J.J. Abrams rebooted the Star Trek franchise with a new Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Uhura in […]
What If They Came Back?
Poet Jason Mott has struck gold with his debut novel, The Returned. He’s enjoyed starred reviews in the major review journals and landed himself a deal […]