"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
I’ve been a supporter of the author on Patreon for some time, now, and I bought the book as soon as she published it as additional support, but I never got around to actually opening it. One of the main reasons is that I thought...
Ted Chiang’s The Lifecycle of Software Objects is one of the most criminally underrated pieces in contemporary speculative fiction. While Chiang is best known for meticulously crafted stories like The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate and Story of Your Life, adapted into the mediocre movie...
This is just the second book I have read by this author, following, of course, the previous title in the series, so I don’t claim to be an expert. Nevertheless, for those who wish to approach and enjoy his work, I can give you two...
Once upon a time there was a Smith, and he had one son, a sharp, smart, six-year-old boy. One day the old man went to church, and as he stood before a picture of the Last Judgment he saw a Demon painted there—such a terrible...
In the olden years, long long ago, with the spring-tide fair and the summer’s heat there came on the world distress and shame. For gnats and flies began to swarm, biting folks and letting their warm blood flow. Then the Spider appeared, the hero bold, who,...
In a certain country there once lived an old man who had three sons. Two of them had their wits about them, but the third was a fool. The old man died and his sons divided his property among themselves by lot. The sharp-witted ones...
Mother Earth and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov: Between Robots, Empires, and Human Nature Isaac Asimov’s Mother Earth and Other Stories gathers a fascinating range of his shorter works, spanning from lighthearted robot tales to speculative meditations on politics, ecology, and the human condition.The fil rouge...
There once was a rich merchant named Marko—a stingier fellow never lived! One day he went out for a stroll. As he went along the road he saw a beggar—an old man, who sat there asking for alms—“Please to give, O ye Orthodox, for Christ’s...
When Space Turns to Horror Stanisław Lem has often been described as a visionary of science fiction, but to call The Invincible simply “sci-fi” feels inadequate. Lem doesn’t write speculative adventures of exploration and discovery: he writes existential horror. Solaris is, at its core, a ghost...
-- The following review contains heavy spoilers on Liu Cixin's first novel in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy: The Three-Body Problem. Proceed with caution -- The first time I opened The Three-Body Problem, I didn’t quite realise I was stepping into a new dimension of...
