Finally! Yes, it finally happened. I finally read a Robert J. Sawyer book that I really liked. I cannot impress upon you strongly enough how frustrating this authorial quandary had become for me. Robert J. Sawyer, arguably the greatest science fiction writer in Canadian history, was my personal literary Kryptonite. No other author currently walks […]
The Martian by Ridley Scott – Review
I finally went to see The Martian movie last night. This is something I’ve been eagerly awaiting since discovering a movie was in the works after reading Andy Weir’s wonderful book. My expectations were muted because, let’s face it, rarely do movie adaptions do their source material justice, never mind surpass them. I can think […]
The Martian by Andy Weir – Review
Opening sentences can often make or break a book, especially one by an unknown author. A great first line will suck the reader in immediately and keep the pages turning right through to the end. A poor one, on the other hand, can have the reader close the book before the first page is finished. […]
Redshirts by John Scalzi – Review
There’s a great country song written by Steve Goodman and made famous by David Allen Coe called ‘You Never Even Called Me By My Name”. The Coe version is best known for the satirical recitation and final verse appended to what up until that point had been a rather typical country song. Coe begins his […]