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Category Archives: Present Day Sci Fi
Germline – The Subterrene War: Book 1, T.C. McCarthy (Orbit, 2011)
Germline is the lackluster, near future Military Science Fiction novel by T.C. McCarthy that serves as the first in the Subterrene War series. Written from the POV of a war correspondent, it has an interesting premise, but sparse descriptions and an unsympathetic narrator failed to really pull me in. For a full description go to http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com or short link to: http://wp.me/pWa2h-E3 Continue reading
Posted in Chronicle, Coming of Age tale, Dystopian, Hard SciFi, Identity, Military Science Fiction, Near Future fic, Part of A Series but can be Read without reading previous volumes, Post Colonial, Post Modern, Present Day Sci Fi, Saga, Science Fiction, Series, Stand Alone Novel, Thoughtful, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Arts, Asia, best military science fiction, Book, book review, books, Central Asia, Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction Book Review, Narrative mode, Russia, Sci Fi, Science Fiction, T.C. McCarthy, United States
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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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The Problem with Military Science Fiction Part 2: or why archaeologists get so bent up about taxonomy…
The Problem with Military Science Fiction Part 2: or why archaeologists get so bent up about taxonomy…
Tom blabs on about more reasons that MilFic gets such a bad rep…
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Posted in Alternate History, Hard SciFi, Military Science Fiction, Opinion Piece, Paranormal Mystery, Post Modern, Present Day Sci Fi, Ripping Yarn, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Strong Characters, Thoughtful, Uncategorized, Unique or Imaginative World
Tagged best military science fiction, book review, David Weber, Forever War, John Scalzi, Lost Fleet, Military Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction Book Review, OLD MANS WAR, Science Fiction, Science Fiction book review, Starship Troopers
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Voyagers, Ben Bova (TOR, 1981 {Blackstone Audio, Narrators: Stefan Rudnicki})
Voyagers by Ben Bova is an alien contact book set in the early-to-mid 1980’s that is somewhat spoiled by the sexist nature of much of the text. ‘Tis a pity as that it had great potential. For a full review see http://www.sophyanempire.wordpress.com Continue reading
Posted in Alien Object, Chronicle, Hard SciFi, Part of A Series but can be Read without reading previous volumes, Political Drama, Present Day Sci Fi, Science Fiction, Series, Space Exploration, Stand Alone Novel, Uncategorized
Tagged Arts, Ben Bova, Blackstone Audio, Blackstone Audiobooks, KGB, Science Fiction, sexism, United States, Voyagers
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The Archaeologist's Guide to the Galaxy.. by Thomas Evans 