Category Archives: science fiction

Viewing SF

Posted on 3 February 2015 by

In watching one of my wife’s favorite programs, Lewis, I’ve come to appreciate the British system of long episodes in short seasons. Everything seems satisfying watching a mystery unfold, then get solved in ninety minutes. I suppose if the original … Continue reading →

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What A Bishop Reads

Posted on 2 January 2015 by

Vermont’s new bishop, Christopher Coyne, is well-familiar with social media and blogging. It was whispered that details of the upcoming installation in the Green Mountain State were described here. I found Bishop Coyne’s reading material over the Christmas holidays to … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: The Causal Angel

Posted on 29 December 2014 by

The final book of Hannu Rajaniemi’s science fiction trilogy was top of my bedside bookshelf for the past few weeks. Last Fall I read the first two books, which I reviewed here and here. The main character develops through this … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: Coming Home

Posted on 11 December 2014 by

I returned to a familiar pair of characters in Jack McDevitt’s latest novel, Coming Home. There are six other books in this series that feature archeologist Alex Benedict and his faithful pilot and narrator Chase Kolpath. It’s somewhat rare to … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: My Real Children

Posted on 15 November 2014 by

What if? Many of us look back on our lives and wonder about a pivotal moment. What if we went to that school instead of this one, took this job instead of that one? Turned left instead of right? What … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: Dark Eden

Posted on 7 November 2014 by

Lacking the support of modern infrastructure in a fully-developed society–this is a common theme in science fiction that a stranded colony will regress if abandoned by Earth or lost to them. The idea has been visited many times by many authors. … Continue reading →

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On My Bookshelf: Psychohistorical Crisis

Posted on 4 October 2014 by

This seems to be a running theme in my leisure reading these days: dissatisfaction. That might mean I either could write my own novel, or I could give up on everything but Ignatian spirituality. Other good authors have tackled Isaac … Continue reading →

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