Review: Gardens of the Sun by Paul McAuley.

Out in March from Pyr Books!

    It was with great anticipation and excitement that we finally got to dig into our advanced reading copy of Gardens of the Sun  by Paul McAuley, out March 23, 2010 courtesy of Pyr Books. Gardens picks up where last years’ first opus, The Quiet War, left off, and fans of [...]

Review: 2010: The Year we Make Contact.

2010: The year we make contact. Original movie poster. (Credit: MGM).

 

This week, we here at Astroguyz are going retro with our review. Way back in my pre-historic high school days (like, 1984), my friend and I went to see 2010: The Year We Make Contact  in our local theater. At the time, the actual [...]

Review: Prince of Storms by Kay Kenyon.

A series finale is always exhilarating, yet sad experience. Characters and plots may come to fruition, but it’s always sad to see them go. Such is the case with Prince of Storms  by Kay Kenyon, out this month courtesy of Pyr Books. Devoted followers of the saga covering the broad and rich universe of the Rose [...]

Review: The Twilight Herald

The Twilight Herald by Tom Lloyd is Book Two in the trilogy The Twilight Reign.  I read the first book in the series , The Stormcaller, several months ago and was immediately taken in.  I cannot say how thrilled I was to read the second installation in the same year!  I have been so looking [...]

2009: The Year in Science Fiction and the Look Ahead.

The isolation depicted in Moon. (Credit: Sony Pictures).

2009 was an interesting year in the realm of science fiction. Sure, we had our predictable, (and sometimes regrettable) run of video games and toys turned into a two hour special effects gags, but some indie and foreign flicks made minor inroads into our sci-fi consciousness. The SyFy channel [...]

2009: The Year in Science Fiction Poetry.

When I first set out to do a post on science fiction poetry earlier this year, I had my doubts. The subject bubbled up to the top of my short list of blog topics, and I feared that I would have to abandon it due to a dearth of material. Sure, I knew of [...]

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