BY JAMES LOVELOCK (with Bryan Appleyard) Penguin, London, 2019 Let me begin by noting that I have a vested… Read more NOVACENE: THE COMING OF AGE OF HYPERINTELLIGENCE
Category: Five Star
RABID by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
As a tailgater of genetic and epigenetic advances in medicine, I was fascinated by this somewhat anecdotal and jumpy narrative… Read more RABID by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy
FIVE STAR DIALOGUE AND MOOD PIECE: ‘THE CHILD THIEF’ BY J. B. ROCKWELL
This stunning short fantasy is published in an anthology titled in LITTLE GIRL LOST, Mannison Press, 2019. It is a… Read more FIVE STAR DIALOGUE AND MOOD PIECE: ‘THE CHILD THIEF’ BY J. B. ROCKWELL
QUICHOTTE by Salman Rushdie
A mesmerizing single-sitting read if you’re up for it. QUICHOTTE is yet another sample of Rushdie’s prose-magic–or “metaphoric roguery”–a serpentine… Read more QUICHOTTE by Salman Rushdie
“STORY OF YOUR LIFE” by Ted Chiang: a structural review
TED CHIANG’s amazing imagination together with his knowledge of math, science, mechanics, and linguistics has gifted us with a volume… Read more “STORY OF YOUR LIFE” by Ted Chiang: a structural review
FIVE STAR Novels of Missing Persons
Jonathan Letham: THE FERAL DETECTIVE. A gripping journey, in the company of Phoebe and the feral Detective Charles Heist, into… Read more FIVE STAR Novels of Missing Persons
FIVE STAR INDIE BOOKS
Elliott Downing: The Keys of the Kingdom. Self-Published. A compelling short fiction dealing with the public exploitation of private grief… Read more FIVE STAR INDIE BOOKS
FIVE STAR: WHO DOES IT BEST? Emotional Connection
I’d nominate Laini Taylor for one of the spots, particularly in the YA fantasy STRANGE THE DREAMER, for her ability… Read more FIVE STAR: WHO DOES IT BEST? Emotional Connection
FIVE STAR SHAKE UPS
LEOPARD SAYS: SHUSH. I’M READING!! Just finished reading Carlo Rovelli’s THE ORDER OF TIME (translated by Erica Segre and… Read more FIVE STAR SHAKE UPS
FIVE STAR SPOOF
I wish wish wish I’d had this idea–and I could have. Didn’t I love Seth Grahame-Smith’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES and ABRAHAM… Read more FIVE STAR SPOOF