Science Fiction

For a long time I didn’t even include this category because I don’t read a lot of science fiction. Mostly I don’t like the intricate details, the overly analytical suppositions about other life forms and just the too-obvious “what ifs.” I have finally found an author or two who write wonderful characters and tell wonderful stories.

Mark Van Name
One Jump Ahead (Jon & Lobo Series) A great little read–space opera mystery meets tough guy. This story includes a space ship with AI and a lot of personality. The characterization is particularly strong–not only for the two main characters, but side characters as well.

A. Lee Martinez
The Automatic Detective Just a wild, wacky tale of a futuristic robot with a heart–a hard-boiled detective on a mission, only he has the power to destroy more than mend. A funny mystery that uses sci/fi as a setting.

John Scalzi – Old Man’s War
A very good space story. There are, of course, discussions of jumping through space, but it is, after all, science fiction.