The book cover and internet tell me Michael Moreci is no stranger to writing adventures in the comic form. He has written Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, other DC Superheroes, as well as acclaimed original sci-fi comics. A life long Star Wars fan, he also writes for Lucasfilm and provides content for Starwars.com. Moreci even has a rebel alliance tattoo on his forearm. This debut novel was kick started into being by his editor contacting him and saying, “You love Star Wars. Write me a love letter to […]
Everything you could ever want to know about welding
Andy Weir hit the headlines with his first novel The Martian, a tale of early exploratory missions to Mars going just a bit wrong, leading to a movie featuring Matt Damon and some potatoes (you may have found it hard to spot the difference). It was always going to be interesting to see how he followed that up, and the answer was to stick to a near-future SF novel with a decent grounding in plausible “what if” science. Artemis is set on humankind’s first lunar […]
For the Runaways
The only thing I knew going into this book was that if you like firefly and wish there’d been more episodes of them just hanging around then this is the book for you. And holy fuck is that an accurate description. But like in the best sense, you guys. Rosemary Harper is on a deepod (what’s a deepod? Doesn’t matter) into space where Captain Ashby awaits here aboard the Wayfarer. He needs a new clerk and she needs to get away. Along for the ride […]
Short and Thought-Provoking
Sum is a book that you could easily tear through in an hour or two, depending on how quickly you read and whether you take time to process what you’ve read, but I would recommend taking a little bit of time with it. I read it over the course of a few days so I could take a little time to absorb and reflect on each vignette, or at least the ones that I found most interesting or thought-provoking. Sum manages to contain a lot […]