Mitch Wyle's Web Log

Douglas's Center of Gravity extends the Star Carrier saga with all the hallmarks of classic space opera: high-stakes political intrigue ...

Dennard Dayel's How to Dodge a Cannonball reads like a satirical fever dream of the American Civil War, written in a cadence that recall...

Ian Douglas launches the Star Carrier saga with a narrative that fuses interstellar mystery, relentless fleet combat, and the precarious rol...

I first encountered Ken Liu's work through the television series Pantheon and sought out this collection because several episodes draw o...

Ian Douglas's Luna: New Moon disappoints as a follow-up to the Abyss Galaxy Raiders series, trading the latter's taut space opera ...

Now I remember why I had not read this book earlier.  Cat's Cradle exemplifies Vonnegut's signature satirical style, but it fails ca...

P. J. O'Rourke's Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government remains one of the sharpest s...

Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed occupies a seminal place in science fiction for its ambitious exploration of anarchism, utopia, and...

I enjoyed this story most for its characters and dialogue, which immerse the reader in a genuine slice of 1951 America. The values and attit...

After Vinge's death, I turned to several of his works, including this novella. True Names imagines consciousnesses inhabiting a simulat...