Science's Less Accurate Grandmother

As I get to the end of my project to read all the Pelican Histories of England , I've reached the point where I've read them before—...

One of my goals in reading Hugo finalists is to gain more exposure to contemporary writers of great sf&f—otherwise, I am perpetually beh...

The third and final (so far, anyway*) volume of  Blackhawk  comprised sixteen issues in 1989 and 1990, plus a 1989 annual and a belated 1992...

One of the benefits of the  Star Trek Adventures  format is that it accommodates absences easily. "Oh, he didn't beam down this wee...

The fourth " Lady Astronaut " novel returns us to the series's original protagonist, Elma York. By now, Mary Robinette Kowal...

Ursula Vernon (who usually writes for adults or even YA audiences as "T. Kingfisher") has been one of my favorite discoveries from...

Pick of the month:   The Ministry of Time  by Kaliane Bradley. I have been reading Hugo finalists this month, so you might hope I have been ...

Previously I posted about designing my "Medical Humanties" course , which was themed around science fiction stories focusing on th...

From 1987 to 1989, Lois McMaster Bujold published three novellas featuring Miles Vorkosigan. May 1989's "The Mountains of Mourning...

Adrian Tchaikovsky has his devoted fans— 2015's Children of Time , which I read for the first time last year, has many adherents!—but it...