Uhura's Song (Star Trek, No 21)49 reviews Janet Kagan Star Trek, 1987 One Of The Best Star Trek Novels + "Return of the Tail-Kinker" + Simply the best + very good trek adventure             Cyteen51 reviews C.J. Cherryh Aspect, 1995 Schemes, Manipulations, Enemies, Friends, and Family + A masterpiece + Simply good + Cherryh's best?             Shards of Honor34 reviews Lois McMaster Bujold Baen, 1991 Start Your Miles Vorkosigan Reading Here + Shades of Brilliance + Not just for Sci-Fi Fans + Compentency in action + An excellent story - and the start of something great             The Demolished Man85 reviews Alfred Bester Vintage, 1996 Winner of the First Hugo Award + A snappy writing style - that transport you to the world of Telepaths + An original and clever work still worth reading (4.5 stars) Not to be too gushy, but this 1951 classic is one of THE towering classics of 1950's hardcore Science Fiction, and it's the winner of the very FIRST EVER HUGO AWARD. As if that wasn't praise enough, J.M. Straczynski, the creator of the highly acclaimed and award winning "Babylon 5" series, ...             City of Diamond25 reviews Jane Emerson DAW, 1996 Jane, jane, please come home... + Please write the sequel! + WHERE IS THE SEQUEL? + Ditto + Excellent! But Where Are The Other Two In The Series?             Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps (Babylon 5)63 reviews J. Gregory Keyes Del Rey, 1998 Entertaining Story + Babylon 5 backstory Dark Genesis follows the recognition of telepaths and the formation of the Psi Corps on Earth up to just past the birth of Alfred Bester. It portrayed well the sudden impact of a telepaths on human society, and the reaction to this impact that resulted in the Psi Corps creating a monster like ...             Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (Star Trek)6 reviews Diane Duane, Peter Morwood Star Trek, 2006 Ri'hannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (Star Trek) + The Better Romulans + Rihannsu The Bloodwing Voyages Diane Duane is simply the best writer in the Star Trek universe. Every novel she has written has been exciting, engrossing, and entertaining. With her, you gain a keen insight into the minds and histories of all aspects of our favorite Universe - the crew of the Enterprise, the other members of ...             Butterfly and Hellflower3 reviews Eluki Bes Shahar Guild America Books, 1993 Science Fiction omnibus a five star sanity check + Actually, four and a half stars + Unexpected names, unexpected plots Butterfly and Hellflower, originally published as a trilogy in three consecutive books - "Hellflower", "Darktraders" and "Archangel Blues", is the omnibus edition of all three together, inscribed on the dedication page, "To Chris Jeffords, with honor." The relevance of this book which was ...             The City, Not Long After4 reviews Pat Murphy Puffin, 2006 The spirit of San Francisco lives on + Life changing book + How would artists fight a war? + A pick for any who missed this winner             Hellspark33 reviews Janet Kagan Meisha Merlin Publishing Inc., 1998 One of my favorite books + One of my favorite books o fall time, worth re-reading + An awesome book + Wonderful Author + More! More!             Escape From Kathmandu17 reviews Kim Stanley Robinson Orb Books, 2000 a good fun read + Not Free SF Reader + a little light reading "Escape from Kathmandu" is a lively and entertaining book. It is laugh out loud funny in places as its two main protagonists engage in some way out adventures. Beneath the far fetched plot lines there are actually many accurate and interesting insights into life in Nepal. Corruption in the ...             Broken Time27 reviews Maggy Thomas Roc, 2000 Who says women can't write Science Fiction? + Again! + Siggy--warrior janitor + Nag, nag, nag             The Princess of Neptune1 review Quentin Dodd Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2004 Sillier than science would allow Imagine being kidnapped by a giant cockroach from the Moon, who runs the local Burger Buckaroo in disguise, to take part in the Cavalcade of Loveliness Beauty Pageant on the planet Neptune. Imagine that the talent portion requires you to capture the Beast of the Mall, which turns out to be a giant ...             Expendable71 reviews James Alan Gardner Eos, 1999 Very well-written, fast-paced science fiction/adventure + lacking follow through + A little bit different . . . + Weird plot -- pretty good story telling + A Triumphant Debut             Memoirs of a Space Traveller Mandarin, 1991 A sequel to "Return from the Stars". Ijon Tichy, space traveller of future centuries, discovers that "out there" isn't very different from "down here", especially when he finds a galactic society of Phools, presided over by the Plenum Moronicum, which appoints as ruler a ruthless machine.             Catalyst: A Novel of Alien Contact8 reviews Nina Kiriki Hoffman Tachyon Publications, 2006 A new direction from a truly unique writer + Nina Hoffman in Full Bloom + Teen troubles turns into first contact A cover blurb suggests that Nina Kiriki Hoffman is "this generation's Ray Bradbury." That seems almost entirely wrong, but it is hard to think who would be a more valid comparison. Peter S Beagle, perhaps. Hoffman is more familiar from her modern fantasies regarding the interlocking lives of people ...             Major Ingredients5 reviews Eric Frank Russell Nesfa Press, 2001 GREAT Fun to read + Delightfull + A fine selection of Russell's best short SF. 4.7 stars + Long Forgotten Treasures             Dreamspy2 reviews Jacqueline Lichtenberg St Martins Pr, 1990 Awesome! + exciting space opera This book is very captivating. It's an action adventure, romance, drama that includes psychics and vampires as well as various alien races. A very cool and fun read.             The Ordinary8 reviews Jim Grimsley Tor Books, 2005 Contact and Isolation + More Than Ordinary, But Less Than Kirith Kirin This is the story of Jedda Martele, the contact between two peoples, and the division between two copies of the same man. Irion, a world that has developed magic, has opened a portal to Senal, a world populated by the Hormling, descendents of Earth who use science. Irion has watched Senal ...             Mindplayers12 reviews Pat Cadigan Gollancz, 1988 Excellent reading! + An intelligent, resonant Head-Trip..... + Pat Cadigan is Awesome + One Of The Great Works Of Cyberpunk Science Fiction