Ken Macleod’s The Star Fraction , despite the throwback genre name, was a politically variegated take on near-future science fiction ...

One of the significant differences between science fiction and realist fiction is the sense that the possibilities of sf are so much ...

I had the misfortune of seeing Paul Verhoeven’s film adaptation before reading Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers .   I say misfortu...

Movements within science fiction have come and gone—New Wave, cyberpunk, the Silver Age, etc.   But one which has been there nearly s...

Given the coarse, operatic nature of Dune ’s two sequels, I was reluctant to continue the series.   I thought Leto II’s rise to power...

Based on the success of Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy , Bantam and Lucas Arts offered several contracts for additional books in the ...

In 1991, before George Lucas had released Episode I , II , and III in the Star Wars saga, and before the flood of franchised books ...

Based on the polar nature of the first two books in the Dune series, Paul’s ascension in Dune and his descent in Dune Messiah , not ...

Frank Herbert’s 1965 Dune was an overwhelming success.   Winning awards and selling millions of copies, little did readers know, how...

Mars has been a subject of science fiction since before the genre became a fixture:   Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles , Philip ...

After busting through the door with a whole new Hyperion story in Endymion , Simmons returns with The Rise of Endymion to close it. ...

The original Hyperion duology was a great success for Dan Simmons.  It won him numerous awards and accolades, not to mention rave re...

I had never read a David Brin book.   Hearing his background was in math, physics, astronomy, etc., I went about buying one of his bo...

Having read and enjoyed Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Curse of Chalion for its quality prose and strong if not traditional storytelling, I...

Published in 1965, Frank Herbert’s Dune is considered not only a grandfather, but by many the greatest sci-fi novel of all time.   A fu...

There is space opera, and then there is Space Opera.   Dan Simmon’s 1989 Hyperion is S.P.A.C.E. O.P.E.R.A.   From grand schemes to the...