Tuesday 11 April 2017

Icehenge

Icehenge, Kim Stanley Robinson

A great triptych of linked novellas telling the stories of doomed revolution on Mars, a break for interstellar space, archaeology in ruined Martian cities, an enigmatic monument on Pluto (the eponymous Icehenge), and unravelling the secrets of a reclusive Saturnian businesswoman. Refracted nicely through the prism of autobiography and the limits of memory.

Thursday 6 April 2017

Mr. B's Emporium

The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, Brady Udall

My @mrbsemporium reading subscription starts here ... with a book I've (very pleasingly) never heard of!

Wednesday 5 April 2017

Revenger

Revenger, Alastair Reynolds

A welcome, if unexpected, return to form for Alastair Reynolds. A whole new story, in a whole new subgenre (pirate-SF fusion), set in a whole new universe (and what a universe!), and all wrapping up sufficiently in one volume. I expect he'll be back to raid it again (appropriately enough), but as this is his best in several years, it deserves it.