Ammonite17 reviews Nicola Griffith Del Rey, 2002 Something for everyone who likes science fiction + Anthropological science fiction + Opens up a new genre + An Interesting Mixture of Themes             The Sparrow458 reviews Mary Doria Russell Ballantine Books, 1997 wonderful + The Sparrow + brillliant introspection in outer space I have read thousands of books... This is THE best books I have ever read. I am not a religious person, I have no God, I have read the bible, the Koran and alot of other religious texts. This being said and stated above. This is a story of love, discovery, and the search for faith in the most ...             Section 31: Rogue (Star Trek The Next Generation)59 reviews Andy Mangels, Michael A. Martin Star Trek, 2001 Complex storyline, fully engaging + Old Friends Paint the Tapestry Again + Excellent story, excellent writing. + Good + Good Book             The Left Hand of Darkness184 reviews Ursula K. Le Guin Ace Trade, 2000 Revisit this Sci-Fi classic if you haven't read it since college + Le Guin's Masterpiece + Can't put it down The intriguing notion that our gender dictates not only our personal life, but the society we create and our political systems was quite a radical thought for me in the 1970s when I first read this book in college. I was immersed in an on-going sexual revolution and a feminist awakening. Ursula ...             Hybrids (Neanderthal Parallax)42 reviews Robert J. Sawyer Tor Science Fiction, 2004 The Camel is in the tent Hybrids Hybrids is the book Sawyer has been leading up to all along. You should definitely read all three books in this trilogy. Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax)], ][[ASIN:0765346753 Humans (Volume Two of The Neanderthal Parallax), and now Hybrids (Neanderthal Parallax). I mentioned in ...             Ring of Swords7 reviews Eleanor Arnason Orb Books, 1994 Thoughtful, provocative anthropological science finction + The Hwarath are real, right? + Thought-provoking This book is stunningly good. Building on her thoughtful earlier work, _Woman of the Iron People_ Arnason produces a novel which has a truly vivid voice, full of complex, perplexing characters, and a context where categories extend beyond some forumulaic good/bad. If you like Russell's work, _The ...             The Time Traveler's Wife1675 reviews Audrey Niffenegger Harvest Books, 2004 Best Book I've read in a LONG time + Loved it! I absolutely loved this book. I abandoned all of my responsibilities for two days so that I could read The Time Traveler's wife without stopping. I have now recommended it to everyone I know. It's a little confusing in the beginning, but a good confusing, because the author makes you want to ...             Brain Plague (Elysium Cycle)15 reviews Joan Slonczewski Tor Science Fiction, 2001 Powerful, lyrical story about technology, art, & being human + Please write more books Joan! + Fascinating concept, with a bit of a nit + Great Book!             Children of God (Ballantine Reader's Circle)96 reviews Mary Doria Russell Ballantine Books, 1999 A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT TREATISE ON PERSONAL THEOLOGY - A TRUE CLASSIC + got under my skin + children of god + Compelling and Original             The Fresco58 reviews Sheri S. Tepper Eos, 2002 Thought-provoking, well-written I have only read two of Tepper's books - "Six Moon Dance" and "A Plaque of Angels." Both were very different from mainstream sci-fi, I liked them both very much. "The Fresco" reads more like a mainstream sci-fi novel - less convoluted and alien than the other works. I agree with other ...             Humans (Volume Two of The Neanderthal Parallax)51 reviews Robert J. Sawyer Tor Books, 2003 Justice triumphant + Hominids + Not as good as the first one Humans In Humans, the second book of the Neanderthal Parallax Sawyer has Ponter Bodditt spend most of his time in the world that we know along with a dozen or so of the Neanderthal best scientist. In the first book,Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax)Sawyer spends most of the time in the ...             When Gravity Fails23 reviews George Alec Effinger Orb Books, 2005 Hard-boiled detective novel set in a Middle Eastern cyberpunk future + Awesome ! + Great setting, average mystery + Not Free SF Reader             Slan: A Novel31 reviews A. E. Van Vogt Orb Books, 1998 The Wave of the Future + Inventive, but dated story + Super Reader Slan (1951) is a standalone SF novel. Slans are a mutation of humanity that have high intelligence and telepathic capabilities. Their popular name came from Samuel Lann, the man who discovered their abilities. The most distinctive difference from humanity is the golden tendrils growing from ...             A Door Into Ocean (Science Fiction novel)1 review Joan Slonczewski Arbor House, 1986 When Worlds Collide A Door Into Ocean revolves around the interaction between two worlds - Valedon and Shora. These two worlds are vastly different - more so than different cultures on our own planet. Shorans are all women who live on living rafts floating on an ocean moon. The web of life, a belief of balance and ...             Leaping To The Stars: Book Three in the Starsiders Trilogy6 reviews David Gerrold Tor Books, 2003 The three books in this series are excellent + David Gerrolds writting always cuts to the bone + HARLIE vs. Religion + Hienlein would approve             Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax)92 reviews Robert J. Sawyer Tor Science Fiction, 2003 The hominid we are + Alternate evolutionary vision + Does Not Disappoint Among the many mysteries of human evolution, Neanderthals are one of the most intriguing. Once depicted as brutes, now many scientists consider them a different, advanced species of hominids not ancestral to ours. And what if in an alternate realities Neanderthals had prevailed? Through an ...             Trouble and Her Friends15 reviews Melissa Scott Tor Science Fiction, 1995 Slow starter, but worth the trouble + Not Free SF Reader + Excellent read... This is science fiction of the cyberpunk genre. There is a new technology termed "brainworm" that allows a user to connect to the net and "surf" utilizing only their brain. Think Matrix, but without the robot takeover. Cerise and her ex-lover, Trouble, have to team up in order to stop a copycat ...             The Man Who Folded Himself53 reviews David Gerrold Benbella Books, 2003 A Book For All Time + Spectactular + Time's Lonely Arrow + Straight shot...(perhaps spoilers)             Slow River42 reviews Nicola Griffith Ballantine Books, 1996 Gtreat read + A wonderful near-future story + The rich and the poor Oh boy, am I happy to have read this book. I've read good things about Nicola Griffith, and I'm not sure why I bought this one first. It's science fiction as opposed to a mystery series she has that would, just by genre, be more up my alley. But I'm so glad I didn't dismiss this. It's tells the ...             Orlando: A Biography45 reviews Virginia Woolf Harvest Books, 1973 This Book is Still Hip -- Hard to Believe Written and Published in 1928 Edwardian England [63] + 4.5 out of 5: Sexuality through the ages + As Only Virginia Woolf Could Write + A zany tour through English history based on a house