Speculative Living

Tool of the Trade by Joe Haldeman My rating: 3 of 5 stars "Tool of the Trade" belongs to a sub-genre of SF that could be calle...

Yet again I'm surprised and pleased by the SF Masterworks  series, most recently for introducing me to Robert Silverberg's "Dyi...

Yet again, the " SF Masterworks " series has delivered another amazing and unexpected book to my reading list.  This week's en...

If you were to try to recreate American culture based on the works of Chuck Pahlaniuk, you would get quite an odd picture. His characters...

I'm nearing the home stretch with the SF Masterworks series, and it's still full of surprising and great books. The latest example...

I read my first James Blish novels working my way through the Sci-Fi Masterworks series , and it's been a pleasure to wander off the pat...

During my recent journey around the world , I caught up on a lot of reading. I don't usually think of myself as a fan of space opera. ...