Category Archives: Reviews

The World of the Angrazi Raj

Posted on Monday, January 23, 2012 by Keith

The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling My rating: 4 of 5 stars Starting with an intriguing alternate history premise (a comet impact in the 19th century instigates the British empire to relocate to the Raj. By 2030, this Indian-English empire … Continue reading →

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The Word For Human In Any Language

Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2011 by Keith

Embassytown, By China Mieville This was a strange one. Not quite what you’d expect, either form a space opera or from China Mieville, and both in a good way. I don’t even know if you’d want to call it Space … Continue reading →

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How To Find Your Own North Pole

Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 by Keith

I just finished reading Aurorarama by Jean-Christophe Valtat. Leave it to a French Verne Fanatic to get Steampunk right. Instead of just gluing a bunch of random gears to a top hat and calling it Steampunk, Valtat incorporates the aesthetic … Continue reading →

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The Sound of One Atlas Shrugging

Posted on Friday, April 15, 2011 by Keith

So, Atlas Shrugged (Part 1 of what is sure to be the most interminable trilogy, ever) has a 6% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. As the faithful Randites tell it though, this is just the slander of parasites, who do not … Continue reading →

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Friends and Enemies

Posted on Sunday, October 10, 2010 by Keith

We weren’t going to see the Social Network but then we heard the inexplicable: that was good. You wouldn’t think there could be a way for this to be true. A 2 hour movie about the legal troubles of the … Continue reading →

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If You’re Seeing Snow, it’s Time to Change the Channel

Posted on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 by Keith

The book club is discussing Neuromancer this month. This is the second book by William Gibson I’ve read, the first being Spook Country. Since they were written a good 20 years apart, I’m taking them as emblematic of his writing … Continue reading →

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A Scenic View of Tannhäuser Gate

Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 by Keith

My book club will be discussing Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? on Saturday so I thought I’d write out my discussion topics beforehand. Which is why this may read like a rambling and unfocussed sort of thing than a … Continue reading →

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Jets to the Sci-Fi Ghetto Leave Hourly

Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 by Keith

I just finished reading The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester. I am disappointed. Bester’s The Stars My Destination, I love. I read it last year for the first time and it’s now on my top 10 sci-fi list, right next … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Executive Short Shrift

Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 by Keith

The consensus about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is that it was a pretty good movie, but would have made a better TV series. I’ve been saying the same thing since The Goblet of Fire, and really about most … Continue reading →

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And Away

Posted on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Keith

On Saturday, Elvira and our friend Luke and I went to see Up[1] and were mightily impressed. It really is amazing, the attention to detail the Pixar gang puts into their story-telling. There’s a ten minute, mostly silent montage that … Continue reading →

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