- Follow Reißwolf on WordPress.com
-
Recent Reviews
- Level up! 150 followers 22. October 2021
- Monster • 2020 • Thriller novelette by Naomi Kritzer 17. October 2021
- Starship Troopers • 1959 • Military SF novel by Robert A. Heinlein 16. October 2021
- The Snow Queen • 1980 • Science Fantasy novel by Joan D. Vinge 15. October 2021
- The City & the City • 2009 • Fantasy novel by China Miéville 14. October 2021
Category Archives: Science Fiction
Monster • 2020 • Thriller novelette by Naomi Kritzer
First sentence: No one at the Guiyang airport speaks English. Synopsis: Cecily is a gene editing professor who searches her best friend Andrew from high school. He’s hiding in a remote province of China (“like the Oklohama of China”) where … Continue reading
Starship Troopers • 1959 • Military SF novel by Robert A. Heinlein
I‘ve read this in 2013 and reviewed it at Goodreads. I thought it a good idea to copy it to this blog. In this coming-of-age novel, Robert A. Heinlein (RAH) describes the military education of young Juan “Johnnie” Rico to … Continue reading
The Snow Queen • 1980 • Science Fantasy novel by Joan D. Vinge
I’ve read and reviewed this novel in November 2013. Enjoy the unaltered text copied over from GoodReads. Wow, now look at that cover art by Michael Whelan! This Science Fantasy novel follows the plot line of Andersen’s fairy tale The Snow … Continue reading
Ancillary Justice • 2013 • Space Opera novel by Anne Leckie
I’ve read and reviewed this novel in November 2013. Enjoy the unaltered text copied over from GoodReads. “Grab handgun, shoot tyran’”, that’s the novel’s essence. It isn’t that easy, of course: the tyrant as well as the protagonist is facetted … Continue reading
Swarm • 1982 • Transhuman SF novelette by Bruce Sterling
★★★★☆ Synopsis: In the 23rd century, Humanity has fallen in two opposing fractions: gene-editing Shapers, striving for optimised biology and genius intelligence, and the Mechanists, replacing anatomy with cybernetic parts. This story follows Shapers, who have found a competitive advantage … Continue reading
Gridlinked • 2001 • Space Opera novel by Neal Asher
As you can see in the cover illustration, I‘ve read this novel in German. It’s title makes more sense to me than the original one, it translates back to „The Dragon of Samarkand“, addressing both the central planet Samarkand in … Continue reading
Cyteen #1-3 • 1989 • Space Opera novel by C.J. Cherryh
I‘ve re-read this in 2014 and reviewed it at Goodreads. I thought it a good idea to copy it to this blog after having read her novelette Pots Who killed Ari Emory? You won’t find the final answer to this … Continue reading
Downbelow Station • 1981 • Space Opera novel by C.J. Cherryh
I‘ve re-read this in 2014 and reviewed it at Goodreads. I thought it a good idea to copy it to this blog after having read her novelette Pots. Great world-building regarding political, social and cultural relations and history. Astonishingly, this … Continue reading
Pots • 1985 • SF novelette by C.J. Cherryh
Synopsis: Humanoid aliens find the origin world of an interstellar world which brought hope for their culture a million years ago. Finally, they are certain that they’ve found it. But what about the mysterious creators who sent out the probe? … Continue reading
The Remoras • 1994 • Transhuman SF novelette by Robert Reed
First sentence: Quee Lee’s apartment covered several hectares within one of the human districts, some thousand kilometers beneath the ship’s hull. It wasn’t a luxury unit by any measure. Truly wealthy people owned as much as a cubic kilometer for … Continue reading
You must be logged in to post a comment.