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Sunday, 5 June 2016

My #top100 #scifi Num:69 Friday

Amazon: http://amzn.to/25H5oMV

Sexy, artificial-person, combat courier—stronger, faster, smarter, better—in near future action adventure. 


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Monday, 30 May 2016

My #top100 #scifi Num:70 River World

Old school sci-fi fantasy from a simpler time. A good a bit of camp, retro nostalgia.



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Wednesday, 25 May 2016

My #top100 #scifi 71: The Time Ships

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Tax9Yc



Stephen Baxter's authorized sequel to Wells' "The Time Machine".
I really enjoyed reading this. Baxter picks up the story where Wells leaves off.
Eloi and the Morlock painted on an epic space opera canvas.

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Tuesday, 24 May 2016

The Shape of Stories - Kurt Vonnegut

“The fundamental idea is that stories have shapes which can be drawn on graph paper, and that the shape of a given society’s stories is at least as interesting as the shape of its pots or spearheads.”
Kurt Vonnegut






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Saturday, 21 May 2016

Which Space Drive?



For my new novel Singularity's Children, I am thinking about options for interplanetary propulsion (...for interstellar you will need to wait for my next book!)

My current favorite for early 21st Century Equiv-Tech is the Fusion Driven Rocket based around Magneto-Inertial Fusion (also here).


While researching I also came across this awesome site from  



 

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Friday, 20 May 2016

My #top100 #scifi Num:72 The Time Machine

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Tej8FI

Right back to the start of it all and also a dam fine read.




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