Allow me to start by saying that I used to rarely give reviews for books, but now I'm going through and sampling science fiction books of the Independent variety to formulate a list of Premium SF novels to help readers know what to buy. When I judge a Science Fiction work I do so using the Campbellian model. That model being the kinds of science fiction that John Woods Campbell of Astounding magazine published and/or wrote. In short, I determine whether ...
ELECTRO-ELEMENT (DARK ENERGY) BASED DRIVES Faster-Than-Light travel (or FTL) would have been impossible for mankind had it not been for the discovery of the alien ruins on the various inner planets of Sol and the spacecraft that littered the cluster of Near Earth Objects trailing our planet. Human science simply did not have the know-how to go beyond simple theories about how a faster than light drive system might work, let alone build one. The discovery of the alien ruins and ...
Updated 02-04-2012 at 01:08 AM by Kodai Okuda
General History prior to 2048 AD Economic and political instabilities that had begun in the late 20th Century were carried over into the early 21st. Food and energy shortages caused a vast divide between the wealthy few and the destitute masses all over the earth. This disparity in the standard of living for the average human caused the proletariat and remnant bourgeoisie to revolt against the aristocratic international corporate-banking class and their armies. This rebellion flared ...
When I judge a Science Fiction novel I do so using the Campbellian model. That model being the kinds of science fiction that John Woods Campbell of Astounding magazine published and/or wrote. In short, I determine whether it's Hard SF or not and will rate it accordingly. I dislike Soft SF (unless it is exceptionally done), and have a personal preference for Military Science Fiction, thus I usually give my rating based on how close a novel/story is to Hard SF ...
Updated 11-01-2011 at 04:56 AM by Kodai Okuda
Book Review: Rune Logic by Leslie Woodsdavis Review by Kodai Okuda: Let me start by saying that I rarely give reviews for a book, and when I do judge Science Fiction I do so using the Campbellian model. That model being the kinds of science fiction that John Woods Campbell of Astounding magazine published and/or wrote. In short, I determine whether it's Hard SF or not and will rate it accordingly. I dislike Soft SF (unless it is ...
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