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Star Trek: TNG: Greater than the Sum (Star Trek, the Next Generation)

2 reviews
Christopher L. Bennett

Star Trek, 2008

Not too subtle
J.M. Dillard's "Resistance," Peter David's "Before Dishonor," and now Chris Bennett's "Greater Than The Sum" are obviously all leading up to something else (apparently, that something else is a David Mack trilogy coming up in October), and one gets the impression that all three of these books have just been laying foundational material for whatever big story-arc they've got planned. That being ...

Cryptonomicon

828 reviews
Neal Stephenson

Avon, 2002

WOW!
I LOVED this book. But, for potential readers, I have a VERY large caveat: Unless you have a love of mathematics and/or cryptanalysis you're going to miss out on much that made the book, for me, so great. In fact, judging from the one and two star reviews so prevalent here, you more than likely are going to hate it and end up torching it in your back yard in frustration and dancing around the ...

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (Bantam Spectra Book)

331 reviews
Neal Stephenson

Spectra, 2000

A remarkable vision of the future, that doesn't quite become tangible
The Diamond Age is an ambitious book, and one that kept me enthralled through about 350 of its 450 or so pages and then impatiently waiting for what turned out to be a highly improbable, fairly confusing, Hollywood style ending (where at all odds and in spite of massive casualties on all sides and the cataclysmic world-changing significance of the events they are caught up in, all of the main ...

Neuromancer

449 reviews
William Gibson

Ace Hardcover, 2004

Case Meets the Matrix [T]
Neuromancer bends your thoughts and concepts with its theme of man integrating self with computerized Artificial Intelligence - what we commonly dub as AI. Written in a style reminiscent to James Cain, Micky Spillane, Dashiell Hammett and other authors of that 19th century mystery genre, the book keeps you on your toes about what will happen when the mainframe's "matrix" ghosts collide - will ...

Spook Country

142 reviews
William Gibson

Berkley Trade, 2008

The pleasure of finding things out
"The only constant I am sure of is this exhiliarating rate of change". We're busy acquiring layers: Physical and intangible ones, digital, highly personal and general, all of which combine to our reality. This book reads like a densely, at times beautifully written personal blog (ok - from various POVs). Along for the ride, I found myself constantly googling bits & pieces. I ask you: Which of you ...

Entrepreneur's Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture

16 reviews
Steven K. Gold

Learning Ventures Press, 2006

Practical, Hands-On Guide for Novice--or Seasoned--Entrepreneurs
Gold goes far beyond the typical "here's the difference between a C Corporation and an LLC" to explain not only the nuts-and-bolts of finding business partners, forming a company, marketing your products/services, and writing a business plan, but also--and perhaps even more importantly--how to *think about* being an entrepreneur and how to make the critical decisions that can make or break any ...

The Prefect

6 reviews
Alastair Reynolds

Ace Hardcover, 2008

excellent science fiction police procedural
Panoply Prefect Tom Dreyfus is a highly regarded law enforcement official whose beat is the Glitter Band habitats that surround Yellowstone planet. His superior Jane Aumonier assigns him to investigate the shocking destruction of Ruskin-Sartorious Bubble habitat that left over nine hundred dead in a mass murder attack. Tom understands the signifcance of the motive is not just to help identify ...

Halting State (Ace Science Fiction)

45 reviews
Charles Stross

Ace, 2008

Remarkable, possibly prophetic
As a fan and sometime inhabitant of Second Life, my first reaction to this book was a solid "Whoa!" The basic premise is that a robbery has taken place in a virtual setting. How did the criminals get in? Of what value is the stolen treasure? Amazingly, millions of dollars are at risk. This book has an interesting structure as it flashes viewpoints from a police sergeant (Sue), an accounting ...

Foundation (Foundation Novels)

335 reviews
Isaac Asimov

Spectra, 1991

Epic
The Foundation trilogy (three first books) and the Foundation series (all seven) are often regarded as the greatest set of Science Fiction literature ever produced. The Foundation series won the one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series" in 1966. Isaac Asimov was among the world's best authors, an accomplished scientist, and he was also a genius with an IQ above 170, and it shows in the ...

Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra Book)

535 reviews
Neal Stephenson

Spectra, 2000

An amazing, multi-faceted read
What an excellent book! I read this several years ago when I was still a high school student; I've read it at least four times since then. Every time I read it, I discover something new. There are a lot of issues approached in this book. It really is a gift that keeps on giving.

City at the End of Time
Greg Bear

Del Rey, 2008

Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction’s most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece. Do you dream of a city at the end of time? In a time like the present, in a world that may or may ...

Semper Mars: Book One of the Heritage Trilogy

64 reviews
Ian Douglas

Eos, 1998

Semper Mars: Book One of the Heritage Trilogy - one hell of a read!
Semper Mars introduced me to the work of Ian Douglas, who along with Jack Campbell (The Lost Fleet et. seq) has reignited my interest in military science fiction. I have battled my way through the Posleen wars with John Ringo when the plot to Semper Mars caught my interest. Without giving too much away, the plot for this book is all too plausible if some of the scaremongers on the right wing of ...

Immortality

9 reviews
Kevin Bohacz

CPrompt, 2007

great read
similar to a michael crichton novel. a fun easy read. note that kindle edition has some minor formatting errors that do not affect the overall quality. Note that the original minor formatting issues in the Kindle edition have been corrected in a recent revision (May 2008). This make it a truly great-reading thriller with enough real-world facts to make the sci-fi elements completely ...

2001: A Space Odyssey

252 reviews
Arthur C. Clarke

Roc, 2000

Where Did We Come From? Where Are We Going?
Because Arthur C. Clarke recently died I decided to reread his classic novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Some people say that the major knock against science fiction is that it's necessarily dated soon after written because of the progress of society and technology. While this may be true of many stories, 2001 is timeless. It's hopeful, it's beautiful and it's filled with themes that speak to ...

The Android's Dream

53 reviews
John Scalzi

Tor Science Fiction, 2007

Discovering a brilliant new author is like making a fabulous new friend...
It's four in the morning on a Wednesday (Harold Crick would appreciate the irony) and I can't stop thinking about John Scalzi. Let me say first that if you're looking for an analytic and evaluative review of "The Android's Dream" then this is most assuredly NOT the review for you. If, however, you are looking for a review that will make comparative observations between Scalzi and other authors ...

Children of the Mind (Ender, Book 4)

202 reviews
Orson Scott Card

Tor Science Fiction, 1997

Only book that has made me cry
This is the only book that has made me cry. I cried when Ender died, (although he didn't die his aiua passed on to Peter) the character of Ender died. Through the series I have gotten so attatched to his character unlike any other character in any series. Through his guilt of xenocide, and hard life it was hard to read sometimess. Especially, when he had problems with Novinha in Xenocide, ...

Daemon

35 reviews
Leinad Zeraus

Verdugo Press, 2006

Anyone in I.T. or into technology, this is a must read!
Coming from an IT background, I find that most books that try to use technology have no clue what they are talking about. Considering that the author comes from the IT industry, his technology application were very thought-provoking. I also do not read many books but I am traveling more with my job so I've been looking into reading on the plane. I started this book on my flight out and finished ...

Woken Furies: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel

55 reviews
Richard K. Morgan

Del Rey, 2007

Excellent
Like the other books in this series this one is excellent. It doesn't matter in what order you read these books. The genre in this series varies from cyberpunk to hardcore science fiction with aliens and space battles. By the same author, but not part of this series, I recommend Market Forces.

Altered Carbon: A Takeshi Kovacs Novel (Takeshi Kovacs Novels)

205 reviews
Richard K. Morgan

Del Rey, 2006

futuristic Chandler
Morgan writes with real verve and creates a richly detailed and morally complex world, much like Raymond Chandler, to whom the novel is obviously indebted. Another obvious comparison would be William Gibson, who put these elements (noir detection and sci-fi) together first, but Morgan is actually a much more skilled writer than he. All in all an impressive and engrossing work. My only problem was ...

Broken Angels

82 reviews
Richard K. Morgan

Del Rey, 2004

A great followup to Morgan's Altered Carbon debut!
I was eager to get around to reading Broken Angels immediately after finishing Altered Carbon. While it's hard to top an original, Broken Angels comes very close to successfully doing that. Our anti-hero Takeshi Kovacs is back once again. This time resleeved as a warrior for hire on Sanction IV to help their government in putting down one of the bloodier revolutions in planet history. ...

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