Science fiction at the beginning of the 21st century continues to expand the boundaries of the genre.   A variety available like neve...

I have visited a fair amount of truly unique cities in the world— Guanajuato , Lhasa , Suzhou , Varanasi , Luang Prabang, but none were...

After driving through the northern part of Italy , we arrived in Rome to perform our tourist duty.   And t o the best of our ability we...

Typical and atypical, our Italian holiday covered the tourist spots you’re supposed to visit (Rome, Venice, and Tuscany), while ou...

John Steinbeck is a name known to most Americans.   Required reading in high schools around the country, a Nobel Prize winner, and hi...

There are few works in literature, let alone science fiction, that can match the power of the statement Aldous Huxley makes about hum...

Andrzej Sapkowski is a name well-known in Polish fantasy circles.   Seeking to capitalize on his local success, in 2007 Gollancz boug...

Neil Asher’s 2002 The Skinner follows closely on the heels of Gridlinked ’s success and is the first in a sub-series of the Polity c...

Borrowing a concept to write a novel is a risky decision.   The outcome potentially derivative beyond face-in-public possibility, or ...

There is a popular expression: ‘In order to sing the blues, you need to live the blues.’   The same might perhaps be said of horror w...