Book Review: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Another strong book from the Hugo Awards list. The concept: In the distant future, AIs run space stations and ships. They also get their grimy little electronic mitts into people by way of implants. The Radch are essentially a human empire, run by the Lord of the Radch. She has…

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Heat. Beat. Repeat.

There’s something almost primal about the act of smithing. Combining fire and metal, and then beating them into something useful. Time was, the village blacksmith was the high tech guru. He could take rocks (ore) and make iron, then steel, then turn it into something you needed: horseshoes, weapons, tools,…

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Book Review: Rainbows End by Vernor Vine

I picked up Vinge’s book because it won a Hugo. It was time well spent. Rainbows End tells a compelling story in a world filled with advanced technology. It is a story about a man who lost everything due to Alzheimer's disease, and he gets a chance to reclaim his…

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Rise up, Uprise!

It seems to be personal appearance and book signing time. Tomorrow, Saturday, March 3, 2023, I’ll be at the Uprise bookstore at 6186 Wilcrest Drive in Houston, TX 77072. See you at Uprise! Stop by to chat, buy books (from me and them). I’ll be there from 10AM to noonish…

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