Book #116 of 2026: The Silent War by Ben Bova (The Asteroid Wars #3) Too much of this novel reads like a simple repeat of its immediate predecessor — which I didn’t love in the first place — with the various companies still feuding with each other over mineral rights out in the asteroid belt. …
Tag Archives: science-fiction
TV Review: Terminator Zero, season 1
TV #34 of 2026: Terminator Zero, season 1 I don’t watch a ton of anime, but I’ve really enjoyed this eight-episode Terminator series, which does a better job of molding the franchise to meet that format than The Sarah Connor Chronicles ever did with its own teen drama / mystery box approach. I also appreciate …
Book Review: Doctor Who: One Night Only (A Fela Kuti Story) by Tade Thompson
Book #115 of 2026: Doctor Who: One Night Only (A Fela Kuti Story) by Tade Thompson (Icons #4) I had never heard of the Nigerian musician / activist Fela Kuti before, so I’ll give credit to this Doctor Who historical adventure for introducing me to him as a fictionalized character who helps the Fourth Doctor …
Continue reading “Book Review: Doctor Who: One Night Only (A Fela Kuti Story) by Tade Thompson”
Book Review: Broken Dove by Dani Francis
Book #114 of 2026: Broken Dove by Dani Francis (Silver Elite #2) I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the debut of this romantasy saga, which is sort of like Fourth Wing played out against the rebellion story from The Hunger Games, but this sequel offers too much wheel-spinning and predictable plotting for me …
Book Review: The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang
Book #113 of 2026: The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang Stories about alien linguistics are almost unfairly right up my alley, and this one is top-notch, featuring a galactic conglomerate spanning thousands of civilizations and untold legions of individual member species, all reliant on the dwindling population of deep-space beings who can detect …
Continue reading “Book Review: The Language of Liars by S. L. Huang”
Book Review: The Rock Rats by Ben Bova
Book #104 of 2026: The Rock Rats by Ben Bova (The Asteroid Wars #2) Author Ben Bova’s Grand Tour stories of outer space exploration continue to be hit-or-miss for me, and this title unfortunately isn’t one of the better ones. There’s the core of a neat idea here, involving the small community that’s grown up …
Book Review: Doctor Who: White Darkness by David A. McIntee
Book #103 of 2026: Doctor Who: White Darkness by David A. McIntee (Virgin New Adventures #15) Largely a back-to-basics reset for the series, bringing the Seventh Doctor and his companions Ace and Bernice to Haiti in 1915, amid the unrest that ultimately led to an American invasion and occupation of the island country. While not …
Continue reading “Book Review: Doctor Who: White Darkness by David A. McIntee”
Book Review: Jupiter by Ben Bova
Book #93 of 2026: Jupiter by Ben Bova I’m not convinced that this story about an established research station orbiting Jupiter really is the next chronologically in Ben Bova’s Grand Tour sequence after The Precipice, in which humanity was first starting to mine the asteroid belt for resources, but that’s what the late author’s website …
Book Review: Doctor Who: Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box by Kalynn Bayron
Book #92 of 2026: Doctor Who: Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box by Kalynn Bayron (Icons #3) Pretty good as a Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby story, neatly slipping into the dynamic they shared together over their one season on TV. I can’t help feeling like the title figure falls through the cracks a bit, though, …
Continue reading “Book Review: Doctor Who: Shirley Jackson and the Chaos Box by Kalynn Bayron”
TV Review: Classic Doctor Who, season 26
TV #28 of 2026: Classic Doctor Who, season 26 By certain metrics, what we now call the “Classic” iteration of Doctor Who had already gone on too long when it was eventually cancelled in 1989. Twenty-six seasons is far more than most TV shows get to have, and the program had passed through some dire …
The Lesser Joke: book reviews and more 