Book Review: Axiom’s End, Lindsay Ellis Science Fiction: Axiom’s End, Lindsay Ellis What if your father were the most notorious “leaker” in history? Take Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning and multiply the impact of their revelations by 1000. That may approach the impact of the world learning about the Obelus Event. A […]
Book Review: The Big Smoke, Nathan Srith Science Fiction: The Big Smoke, Nathan Srith One of the distinct pleasures in blogging about books is learning about new authors and their debut works. Nathan Srith has just published his first novel, The Big Smoke. If this is any indication, he has a ton of […]
Book Review: Network Effect, The Murderbot Diaries Book 5, Martha Wells Science Fiction: Network Effect, The Murderbot Diaries Book 5, Martha Wells Murderbot is back! Scintilla has previously reviewed the four novellas in the Murderbot series, novellas which individually or collectively have won almost every science fiction award available. Now, in the […]
Book Review: Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean Nonfiction: Rin Tin Tin, Susan Orlean Susan Orlean is a genius at making you think you are reading one book when in reality you are reading several books she has incredibly forged together in an unbreakable alloy. Rin Tin Tin masquerades as a book about the […]
Book Review: The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell Science Fiction: The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell Some books pose as one genre, but are really quite something different when you get behind the cloak they wear. The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell is just such a book. On the surface it is a science fiction […]
Book Review: A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Science Fiction: A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr. Originally published 61 years ago, A Canticle for Leibowitz is now regarded as a classic in science fiction. Walter M. Miller, Jr.’s dystopian vision of a post apocalyptic earth is actually a compilation […]
Book Review: Grubane, Lost Tales of Solace Book 2, Karl Drinkwater Science Fiction: Grubane, Lost Tales of Solace Book 2, Karl Drinkwater Grubane is a novella set in the universe Karl Drinkwater has explored in two novels and one other novella. Major Grubane is commander of the Aurikaa, the most feared cruiser in the NFS arsenal. […]
Book Review: Mobituaries, Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg Nonfiction: Mobituaries, Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg Did you know that Thomas Paine, famed author of the Revolutionary War era pamphlet Common Sense, writer of the sentence “These are the times that try men’s souls,” the single best selling American author in history (by percentage […]
Book Review: Mongkok Station, An Inspector Samuel Tay Novel Book 6, Jake Needham Mystery: Mongkok Station, An Inspector Samuel Tay Novel Book 6, Jake Needham Blog Tour December 7, 2020 How in the world have I never come across this series until now? Obviously there are a plethora of good answers, starting […]
Quote: Little Women, Louisa May Alcott on Christmas The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting. Louisa May Alcott, Little Women For more on Louisa May Alcott, American author see https://www.biography.com/writer/louisa-may-alcott – biography […]
