book review
Books reviews of the best science fiction stories, texts, educational texts, and journals.
Review of 'Send Me Their Souls'
There are worse things than death. With the rise of Varia d'Malvane comes the fall of the Mist Continent. Cavanos is overrun by the brutal rampage of the valkerax, led by its former crown princess. Vetris is gone. Helkyris is gone. As each mighty nation falls, the grip of the crown princess closes around the throat of the world. But Zera Y'shennria isn't out yet. Alongside Malachite, Fione, Yorl, and her love Lucien, Zera seeks aid from the High Witches and the Black Archives, with the valkerax horde hot on their heels. Seemingly unstoppable, Varia can track Zera through her dreams, ensuring there is nowhere to run. Thankfully, an ancient book holds the key to stopping the incursion forever. But at what cost comes freedom? At what cost comes love? At what cost comes the end of the world, and the beginning of a new one?
By Cyn's Workshop5 years ago in Futurism
8 Awesome Sci-Fi Reads That Will Twist Your Mind
Sci-fi is one of the oldest, best-known genres in literature. Its roots lie with Mary Shelley and her iconic novel Frankenstein, and since then, blockbusters like Dune, Ender's Game, and I,Robot have arisen from the depths of his mysterious, fantastical genre. From the flying cars and robot nannies featured in The Jetsons to the sinister dystopian government systems in The Hunger Games, sci-fi captures global attention. Here are some great sci-fi novels that blew my mind.
By Skylar Banach5 years ago in Futurism
My Favourite
My absolute favourite books to read are the โGame of Thrones books. The story lines put me in another world in my mind and fires my imagination. The books are far better than the series, although the television series does do justice for the books. Quite a few paragraphs I have read and thought: โthey could never put that on the screen,โ and then saw the screen version --- and was amazed at how accurate it all is when put side by side with the books!
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff5 years ago in Futurism
Book Review - Thorn
One of the latest YA fairytale adaptations to gain the attention of fantasy enthusiasts is Intisar Khananiโs Thorn, which puts a creative spin on the Brothers Grimm story The Goose Girl. Khanani first begun writing the story in 2001 when she was in college. She published Thorn independently as an e-book in 2012, but strong word of mouth led to YA Publishers HarperTeen buying it in October 2017. After Khanani did some revisions and edits, Thorn was published physically earlier this year. The UK publication of the novel was handled by Hot Key Books, who also published Stepsister and Robin Hood: Hacking, Heists and Flaming Arrows.
By Fairy Tale Fanboy5 years ago in Futurism
Sirens Unbound:Fifth Mage War Series Book One by Laura Engelhardt
Tagline: A magical epic about sirens, fae, and family ties. Book Description Siren's Unbound is an epic urban fantasy published in July of 2019 with a beautiful cover by artist Rena Violet and an astounding story written by Laura Engelhardt. Here is a short description of what the author provided me.
By Spirit Guide Communication through the Art of Divination5 years ago in Futurism
Review of Tobias Cabral's 'New Eyes'
Tobias Cabral picked a good time to send me his 2018 novel New Eyes for review. Mars is in the air. Actually, it's always been in the air, or at least, at the top of the air, in the sky. But NASA's Perseverance is on its way to Mars, with a landing date in February of next year. Elon Musk wants to colonize the Red Planet (I'm 100% on board, here's a talk I gave at the 19th Annual International Mars Society Convention at The Catholic University in Washington, DC on 23 September 2016):
By Paul Levinson5 years ago in Futurism
Book Review: The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
Despite being a war orphan, the dark-skin peasant girl, Rin, surprises her entire village when she aces an Empire-wide test called the Keju through hard work and dedication. Rather than help further her guardians' criminal enterprise or live out the rest of her life serving someone - Rin seeks her path in the prestigious Imperial Academy of Sinegard.
By Danny Buell5 years ago in Futurism
Review: The Ambassador of Earth
Overview Have you ever wondered what is out there in the corners of the universe? What treasures could be found in the far reaches into outer space? Life? Minerals? Gold? What if mankind found an ancient civilisation? What would we do?
By Jerry Angas5 years ago in Futurism
Brett Petersenโs The Parasite from Proto Space & Other Stories
Brett Petersenโs The Parasite from Proto Space & Other Stories has been compared to the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Ursula Le Guin, and Charles Bukowski, among others. Suppose I told you that I not only agreed, but added Frank Herbert, Sam Delany, and Olaf Stapledon to that lustrous list, and added them after reading just the first two stories in Petersenโs anthology. In the words of Ringo, would you stand up and walk out on me? If you did, that would be your loss.
By Paul Levinson5 years ago in Futurism
"Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell
It has been a while since I first read โCloud Atlasโ by David Mitchell. I was sixteen yearsโ old and my first reading experience of it basically blew my mind. I stayed up all night making notes, drawing sketches of characters and by the morning, I was not only insanely tired, but I had a whole notebook filled with masses and masses of information about the book. I had handwritten over one hundred pages of notes, quotations, sketches, drawings, opinions, lists and so many other things. This would be an annual thing and now I canโt live without the book. I still have my copy from all the way back then. I used it at university for one of my essays and itโs now covered in notes and highlighting. Now, my copy is safely tucked into a box under my bed and I take it out every now and again, I was reading it the night before my twenty-first birthday, at Christmas whilst I was twenty-three and I read it recently and the ripe age of twenty-four. It changed my entire opinion on the very limitations of literature. The truth is: there are no limitations.
By Annie Kapur6 years ago in Futurism
