This novel is a version of the “Generation Ship Gone Haywire” variety, but with an interesting format. Most of the narrative involves the main character, Perdit, describing the events of the story to the AI that runs the Ship. In most novels this would devolve into a mind-numbing info dump, but this author is above […]
“Secrets of the Sky Gods” by Ryan McBride
This novel is Epic Fantasy in the most sweeping scope and style, but the book’s true appeal comes from the portrayal of the main character, Runa. Much of the conflict is internal. There are four ways to show personality: what the author tells us directly, what the character says, what the character does, and what […]
“AI Risen” by Endoc Evans
This book has all the elements of a good Sci-Fi story. It discusses the rise of Artificial Intelligence, which is topical these days. It has a detailed future setting with a realistic social order. It has a reasonable amount of hi-tech gadgetry. It has sympathetic and admirable characters we can empathize with. It has a […]
“Dappled Leaves and Dust” by Isabella Wu
Poetry is hard to review, because different types of poets have different objectives in their writing. With my theatre background, I come to poetry from a performance point of view. I gather Ms. Wu comes from a more academic background. There are bound to be disagreements. For example, there is a cute bit of visual […]