First, I will define my terms... What is a Titan Hopper? A titan hopper is a gifted member of the armada who hops from the fleet ships to the gargantuan Titan ship to fight monsters and grab supplies. This parasite existence has been going on for generations in this post-Earth galaxy. The story picks up... Continue Reading →
Stellar Instinct by Jonathan Nevair
Book Blurb: A secret agent. A gaming mastermind. Two players in a dangerous competition blurring theboundaries of entertainment and reality. Mysterious signals pulse from an icy planet in a remote star system. GAM-OPs wants answers. EnterLilline Renault, secret agent extraordinaire. To ordinary citizens she’s Keely Larkin, an adventurecompany guide with a flair for the daring... Continue Reading →
Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee
The manticore is a gruesome beast... the body of a lion, the tail of a scorpion, the head of a man, and sometimes they have wings or horns, anything to make it uglier I guess, ha! In Fonda Lee's novella Untethered Sky they sit at the top of the food chain. And the only thing... Continue Reading →
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Klara is an Artificial Friend. Think somewhere between Bicentennial Man and Teddy Ruxpin and maybe a little Big Hero 6, but a bit darker at times. Ishiguro's style is well-known through his books Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day thought his one compares more closely with NLMG. His subtleties in language... Continue Reading →
Light Years From Home by Mike Chen
Light Years From Home is the story of a modern American family whose son just happens to have been fighting an intergalactic war for the past fifteen years. The Shao family grew up on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area... parents and kids playing the eternal game of expectations tug-of-war. Jakob fought constantly... Continue Reading →