Category: Sci-Fi
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Eleanor by Jason Gurley
Eleanor was self-published by Jason Gurley in summer 2014 and picked up by Crown Publishing later that year. Eleanor is a haunting story about twins who have been separated. Eleanor is six years old when her twin sister Esmerelda is thrown from the car and killed in a violent accident.…
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False Dawn by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro was incredibly prolific and talented. She’s best known for her Saint-Germain vampire series, and False Dawn is one of her many standalone sci-fi novels. False Dawn takes place in a post-apocalyptic 21st century in northern California. A woman named Thea is running from a band of vagrant…
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The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
The Accidental Time Machine is a super quirky sci-fi novel. The writing style in this one reminds me of Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Matt is a research assistant at MIT. One day, the calibrator project he’s working on becomes a time machine by accident. After he loses both his…
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Blackout by Connie Willis
Blackout is the 1st book in the Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis. It’s about a group of time traveling historians from the year 2060, who go back in time to change history as we know it. The historians’ goal is to prevent or alter major, catastrophic events, including…
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Time After Time by Denise Little
Time After Time is one of many anthologies edited by Denise Little. This one features lots of sci-fi and fantasy stories with themes around time-traveling and alternate universes. I would say roughly half of the stories in this book are amazing, but the other half will make you fall asleep. My…
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Perchance to Dream by Denise Little
Perchance to Dream is an anthology about all things dreams. It’s edited by Denise Little, who’s done a bunch of other anthologies with various sci-fi and fantasy themes. This particular anthology features stories by some big names, including Andre Norton and Diane Duane. Sadly, the stories in the first half…
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the goofiest, most ridiculous book I’ve read in ages. Everyone raves about this book. They say it’s so funny. But I thought it was so lame. It’s random to the point where random events, such as crashing into a sperm whale in outer…