Books tagged with: 1990s
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![Good News from Outer SpaceJohn Kessel]()
Science FictionGood News from Outer Space is a science fiction novel by John Kessel. This probably the strangest book that I've read in a long time. Taking place in the last days of 1999 the book is mostly about faith run amok. Kessel paints a picture of an alternative timeline that's dark and that I do not care f...
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![Nemesis ex nihiloWilliam Pascoe]()
Science FictionNemesis ex nihilo is an apocalyptic science fiction novel and is the first in a two part series (dilogy), written by William Pascoe. Barry Edwards is a fairly average guy who is working on his PhD in astrophysics at the University of Longminster, England. In 1995, while still working on his PhD he m...
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![Sky CoyoteKage Baker]()
Science FictionSky Coyote is the second volume in The Company series of novels by Kage Baker, following on from the events of the novel "In the Garden of Eden". This time, the viewpoint changes from Mendoza, child of the Spanish Inquisition, to Joseph, her rescuer and recruiter. Unfortunately, Baker is hit with a...
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![Earthquake WeatherTim Powers]()
FantasyTim's middle names should be has super because there just isn't really any other explanation as to how someone can write the way he does. This is nowhere more evident than in his Fault Lines Trilogy and in particular the finale of the story — Earthquake Weather . The book is set within the San Frans...
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![The Supernatural EnchancementsEdgar Cantero]()
FantasyQuirky, accomplished and a great deal of fun, The Supernatural Enchancements is a solid, unusual novel. The premise of the story is the protagonist (known only as A) inherits the American estate "Axton House" following the death of his second cousin "Uncle" Ambrose, whom A had never met or even knew...
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![SpoonbendersDaryl Gregory]()
FantasySpoonbenders by Daryl Gregory hasn't even been released at the time of writing and it's already been picked up by Paramount TV. It's the authors first foray into literary speculative fiction and follows the Amazing Telemachus Family. Back in the 1970's they acheived widespread fame for their magic a...
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![The Gone WorldTom Sweterlitsch]()
Science FictionThis Christmas a member of the family introduced me to NCIS. For those who have yet to discover this long-running US-based TV show it's a police-procedural series that follows the Naval Criminal Investigation Service. Until this time I hadn't even known such an organisation existed, not to mention t...
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![Ubik - Folio Society EditionPhilip K Dick]()
Science FictionA surreal science fiction story, ostensibly set in 1992, Ubik tells the story of an alternative Earth where a range of telepathic abilities have manifested amongst all aspects of society and to counter them, a series of anti-talents have emerged that dampen and suppress these new gifts. Philip K. Di...
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![King ConStephen J. Cannell]()
General FictionThere is nothing quite like a caper movie. A bunch of loveable rogues essentially breaking the law, but it is ok as they are up against even worse rogues. It is not a genre that I have found in a book format too often, can you capture the humour and pace required to make the ride an exciting one? Wh...
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![Love BitesRy Herman]()
HorrorThe best thing about genre fiction is that it provides such a wide array of ideas. Take the concept of a vampire novel. You may immediately think of gothic buildings and lace, but you could easily read a modern vampire novel that is violent and full of action. Love Bites by Ry Herman goes in a...
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![A Cosmology of MonstersShaun Hamill]()
HorrorH P Lovecraft’s shadow casts a long one over the horror genre . He developed new types of horrors that reverberate today ; psychological and body horror are just two. What has changed is the way that people perceive horror. Whilst once upon a time witnessing the horrors from a different dime...
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![Black WolfKathleen Kent]()
General FictionWith the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Cold War did not stop immediately. Perestroika was a messy business with elements of the former Soviet Union flaking away at separate times. The fracturing of a once great Superpower brought with it opportunities. Opportunities for the West to invest in new mark...
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![Silver NitrateSilvia Moreno-Garcia]()
HorrorThere is something magical about the silver screen. I enjoy watching films at home, but I love going to the cinema. A group of people in a dark room with a large screen and superior sound. I feel like I am immersed in the film, it draws me in, there is a power. But what if that power was real? What...
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![Nobody's AngelJack Clark]()
General FictionI am of a certain age, and I recall that the 1990s was a good decade, a time of societal development and change for the better. I used to look down on those who rated the 70s as a fun decade as it seemed grim to me, but as I get older the 90s was as grim as the 70s and I am sure that the 2010s will...
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