Category Archives: friendship
Review 155: Otherland 4 – Sea of Silver Light
Otherland 4: Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams At last we have come to the end of our journey, when all will be explained and all will be resolved. As the book opens, the Other – the operating system … Continue reading
Review 149: Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card In his introduction to the book, Card says that the main reason he wrote his most famous book – Ender’s Game – was so that he would one day be able to … Continue reading
Filed under children, colonization, death, disease, empathy, family, friendship, morality, murder, Orson Scott Card, science fiction, sins, society, space travel, teenagers, women
Review 142: Otherland 1 – City of Golden Shadow
Otherland 1: City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams Let me just start by saying this: the first time I finished this series, I immediately went back and started reading it again. I can’t think of any other series that … Continue reading
Filed under adventure, brothers, fantasy, fathers, friendship, gender, gender roles, internet, quest, science fiction, sisters, survival, Tad Williams, transhumanism, virtual reality, world-crossing
Review 117: I Will Fear No Evil
I Will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein One of the things I enjoy about Heinlein is that he likes to play with Big Ideas. While he did dip into the well of action and adventure, especially for his juvenile … Continue reading
Filed under afterlife, bad, death, existentialism, friendship, gender, gender roles, ghosts, homosexuality, identity, Robert Heinlein, romance, science fiction, sexuality
Review 114: The Ghost Brigades
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi The book that preceded this one was Old Man’s War. It was Scalzi’s first novel and I loved it. It had everything – high-end science fiction, philosophy, cool battle scenes and a protagonist whose … Continue reading
Filed under adventure, aliens, ethics, existentialism, fiction, friendship, identity, John Scalzi, military, morality, philosophy, science fiction, technology, transhumanism, truth, war
Review 113: The Plague Dogs
The Plague Dogs by Richard Adams I really enjoy Richard Adams. Part of it is his writing – he has an excellent style and a definite gift for description. When he talks about a place, it is immediately obvious that … Continue reading
Review 112: Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card A little while after I started teaching literature, I thought about what kinds of books I’d like to do with students in the years to come. The texts I did last year – Fahrenheit … Continue reading
Filed under brothers, childhood, children, coming of age, ethics, family, friendship, military, morality, Orson Scott Card, science fiction, sisters, teenagers, truth, war, young adult
