science fiction – Book Club Babble

In the near future, despite making leaps and bounds in our space travel abilities, humanity has been trapped in the inner solar system by a mysterious alien race. Earth's government, rather than take a stand ag... Read More...

It’s Complicated! Colin Alexander’s New Release Checks All the Boxes

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

I met Colin Alexander last year, before the world shut down, at Boskone, an annual SFF convention held in Boston. The event gathers authors, scientists, artists, musicians, and gamers for a weekend full of pane... Read More...

The Hereafter Bytes – A Wise and Witty Comedic Sci-Fi

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Vincent Scott's comedic sci-fi novel The Hereafter Bytes blends laugh-out-loud moments with thematic depth. Toss in colorful, memorable characters and some pulse-pounding action and you have a smart, funny, tho... Read More...

Welcome to the Chocoverse! An Interview with Amber Royer

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

"In the far future, chocolate is Earth’s only unique commodity - one that everyone else in the galaxy is willing to kill to get their hands, paws, and tentacles on." Free Chocolate, by Amber Royer, is one ... Read More...

Author Spotlight – John Jackson Miller

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Before Covid essentially shut down the convention circuit, I had the pleasure of sharing a booth at Richmond Galaxy Con with John Jackson Miller. In the Star Wars writer's universe, John is a legend. Seriously,... Read More...

Indie Spotlight – Michael C. Bland – The Price of Safety

Tabitha Lord

Interviews

Aptly titled, Michael C. Bland's debut novel The Price of Safety challenges us to consider just how much privacy and personal liberty we are willing to give up in exchange for public safety. Set in the near fut... Read More...

Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut Books – A Winning Series!

Tabitha Lord

Reviews

Mary Robinette Kowal’s Lady Astronaut series ticks off every box for me – a strong female protagonist, the space program, alternate history, and just enough of humanity’s shadow side to create nail biting, beli... Read More...

Pintip Dunn Tells Us about Her New Sci-Fi YA, Star-Crossed

Mary Sullivan

Interviews

Pintip Dunn’s new sci-fi YA, Star-Crossed, is a clever space opera set on a colony with very few resources. The colonists can’t grow enough actual food to feed everyone, so a select few are designated to be Ae... Read More...

Author Spotlight – Kevin J. Anderson

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, on Books, on Publishing, on Writing

I'm a speculative fiction girl. Sure, I like a good mystery. I can appreciate literary fiction at it's finest. Historical fiction will keep me turning pages. And who doesn't like a little romance now and again?... Read More...

The Big Sheep: A delightfully humorous dystopian novel

Reviews

Robert Kroese’s The Big Sheep is a fun, genre-bending ride. Kroese is largely an author of humorous, deeply sarcastic science fiction, although he writes (and writes very well) in multiple genres. Indeed, I d... Read More...

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