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The Archaeologists’ Guide to Reading the Culture: A Farewell to Iain M. BanksAn Archaeologists’ Guide to Iain M. Banks
Tom mourns the passing of Iain M. Banks by listing the order he suggests reading his books… Continue reading
Posted in Alien Object, Anthology/Collection, Authors, Chronicle, Classic Literature, Classic Sci Fi, Conspiracy Novel, Cultural Contact, Cycle, Dystopian, Espionage, Far Future, Generation Ship, Military Science Fiction, Mystery, New Space Opera, Part of A Series but can be Read without reading previous volumes, Planetary Romance, Post Colonial, Post Modern, Ripping Yarn, Saga, Science Fiction, Series, Space Exploration, Space Opera, Spy Thriller, Stand Alone Novel, Strong Characters, Thoughtful, Thoughtful Espionage Tale, Thriller, Ultratech, Uncategorized, Unique or Imaginative World, World
Tagged Art, Arts, Banks, best military science fiction, book review, books, Complicity, Crow Road, Faster-than-light, Iain Banks, Iain M Banks, Literature, Military Science Fiction Book Review, Narrative mode, Open University, Science Fiction, Science Fiction book review, Space opera, Wasp Factory
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Happy 3rd Birthday to the Archaeologist’s Guide to the Galaxy!
Today I celebrate the third Anniversary of this blog![1] This year saw a continued increase in readership, and as with last year, I thought I’d do a quick breakdown of the most popular posts. First, however, I thought it only … Continue reading
Posted in Alien Object, Alternate History, Anthology/Collection, audio book, Chronicle, Classic Literature, Classic Sci Fi, Comedy, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Novel, Crime Thriller, Cultural Contact, Cyberpunk, Cycle, Dystopian, Espionage, Far Future, Future History, Generation Ship, Hard SciFi, Identity, Military Science Fiction, Music, Mystery, Near Future fic, New Space Opera, Non-Fiction, Opinion Piece, Original Fiction, Part of A Series but can be Read without reading previous volumes, Place-Out-Of-Time, Planetary Romance, Political Drama, Post Colonial, Post Modern, Post-Apocolyptic, Present Day Sci Fi, Ripping Yarn, Romance, Saga, Science Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Science Fiction, Serial, Series, Space Exploration, Space Opera, Spy Thriller, Stand Alone Novel, Steampunk, Strong Characters, Supernatural, Thoughtful Espionage Tale, Thriller, Time Travel Story, Title, Titles, Trilogy, Ultratech, Uncategorized, Unique or Imaginative World, Urban Fantasy, World, YA
Tagged Art, Arts, Audiobook, Audrey Niffenegger, Battletech, best military science fiction, Blackstone Audiobooks, Book, book review, books, Cold War, Cyberpunk, Dan Simmons, David Weber, Douglas Adams, Earth, Espionage, Fiction, Galaxy, Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy, Loren L. Coleman, Military Science Fiction Book Review, Science Fiction, Science Fiction book review, Space opera
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Dune, Frank Herbert (Gollancz, 1966; [NEL, 1978] {MacMillan Audio, 2007 Narrator: Simon Vance and full cast})
With one week to go before publishing my book, I decided to review one of the most influential bits of Science Fiction that I have had the pleasure to read.
Dune by Frank Herbert is one of the most important science fiction books of the 20th Century. Frequently referred to as Science Fiction’s answer to Tolkien, the book (and subsequent series) has remarkable world building, but if you ask me, it is the story structure that really sets this book apart. For a full review go to http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com Continue reading
Posted in audio book, Chronicle, Classic Literature, Classic Sci Fi, Conspiracy Novel, Cycle, Far Future, Hard SciFi, Identity, Part of A Series but can be Read without reading previous volumes, Planetary Romance, Political Drama, Ripping Yarn, Saga, Science Fiction, Series, Space Exploration, Space Opera, Stand Alone Novel, Strong Characters, Thoughtful, Uncategorized, Unique or Imaginative World, World
Tagged Arrakis, Bene Gesserit, Best Science Fiction, best science fiction books, book review of Dune, classic science fiction, Duke Leto Atreides, Dune, dune book review, dune review, Frank Herbert, Fremen, House Atreides, Lady Jessica, Leto Atreides, Muad'dib, Paul, Paul Atreides, Review of Dune, sadukaar, Science Fiction
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A Total review of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: including the book, the audiobook, the audio drama, the animated TV program and the new movies
In celebration of the release of the new Hobbit movie by Peter Jackson, and after having been asked to review the BBC audio drama of it by AudioGO, I thought it was a good time to do another 360° review (the last one being the The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy). To see it, go to http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com Continue reading
Posted in audio book, Chronicle, Classic Literature, Cycle, Epic Legend or Myth, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Identity, Music, Part of A Series but can be Read without reading previous volumes, Political Drama, Ripping Yarn, Saga, Science Fiction, Serial, Series, Stand Alone Novel, Strong Characters, Thoughtful, Thriller, Trilogy, Uncategorized, Unique or Imaginative World, World
Tagged BBC, Bilbo Baggins, book review, fantasy, Fantasy Movie Review, Fantasy Novel review, Gandalf, Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, LOTR, Middle Earth, movie review, Peter Jackson, review of the hobbit, the hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, Thorin Oakenshield, tv review
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The Archaeologist's Guide to the Galaxy.. by Thomas Evans 