News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Literary Losses Vernor Vinge, 5-time Hugo Award-winning science fiction writer who popularized the concepts of both cyberspace and a coming tech or AI singularity, died on… Read more »
Tag: science fiction
Station Eternity, by Mur Lafferty
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty Series: Midsolar Murders #1 Published by Ace Books on October 4, 2022 Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction Pages: 336 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Chirp Add to Goodreads From idyllic small towns to claustrophobic urban… September 30, 2022 Lark_Bookwyrm Blog Tours, Book Reviews 7 ★★★★½
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Published by Ballantine on May 4, 2021 Genres: Science Fiction Pages: 476 Format: Hardcover Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible | Chirp Add to Goodreads Also by this author: The Martian Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate,… July 8, 2021 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 10 ★★★★★
The Relentless Moon, by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal Series: Lady Astronaut #3 Published by Tor on July 14, 2020 Genres: Alt-History, Science Fiction Pages: 384 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: the publisher Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Calculating… July 23, 2020 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★★★
How You as a Reader Can Help: Read Black Authors
For white and other non-black readers, one place to start the work of anti-racism in our own lives is by reading and supporting black authors (and other authors of color, but because of current events, right now the focus is on black authors.) Reading more diversely helps us see the… Read more »
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (audiobook review)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal Series: Lady Astronaut #1 Published by Tor on July 3, 2018 Genres: Alt-History, Science Fiction Pages: 431 Format: Audiobook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also in this series: The Relentless Moon Also by… July 12, 2019 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 6 ★★★★★
Treasures From the Hoard: The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane
The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane Series: Star Trek: The Original Series #13 Published by Pocket Books on December 1983 Genres: Science Fiction Pages: 225 Format: Kindle or ebook Source: purchased Purchase: Amazon Add to Goodreads An alien scientist invents the Intergalactic Inversion Drive, an engine system that transcends warp… July 12, 2018 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews, Treasures from the Hoard 2 ★★★★½
RIP Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)
Ursula K. Le Guin, award-winning and bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy, died Monday at the age of 88. LeGuin is best known for The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven, and her EarthSea Cycle, beginning with A Wizard of EarthSea, but she also wrote short stories, poetry, children’s books… Read more »
News & Notes – 11/25/2017
News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book- and publishing-related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Darwin’s annotated copy of On the Origin of Species goes to auction (The Guardian) John Lewis plagiarism row gives Christmas sales boost to… Read more »
Star Trek Discovery — Episodes 1 and 2
Review I watched the first 2 episodes of Star Trek: Discovery last night, with mixed feelings. I loved the main character, loved Michelle Yeoh’s character, really disliked a species redesign, and was taken aback by how short the episodes are (and how frequent the ads are.) But as a diehard… September 26, 2017 Lark_Bookwyrm Movie reviews 4