Tag Archives: SF Masterworks

Review: The Best of Greg Egan (2019)

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 Since the beginning of the 1990s, Greg Egan has been quietly producing the most mind-blowing science fiction you could imagine. Not being the kind of guy who puts himself in the spotlight (he’s known for keeping himself away), and … Continue reading →

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Review: The Best of R.A. Lafferty (2019)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 The editors at Gollancz realised that you can’t simply publish a collection of Lafferty stories and expect it to land well. Lafferty is too strange a writer; too bizarre. Imagine the shock on the face of the poor, unsuspecting … Continue reading →

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John Crowley – Engine Summer (1979) Review

Posted on December 15, 2020 by Jeroen Admiraal

9.5/10 I hardly know how to start with this review. It’s such a complex little novel, like a multifaceted crystal, and when you peer into it and turn it in your fingers, the internal structure only gets harder to make out. … Continue reading →

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T.J. Bass – The Godwhale (1974) Review

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

T.J. Bass only ever wrote two books and this is his second and last one. Both of them are extraordinarily weird. So, Half Past Human (1971) and The Godwhale (1974) play out in a future earth where a few trillion … Continue reading →

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T.J. Bass – Half Past Human (1971)

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10. Imagine 3 trillion clones of Rick Moranis living underground. This novel is completely bonkers. Both its imagined future and its writing style are completely out of control. Ok. So, Half Past Human is set in the 24th century, and … Continue reading →

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Philip K. Dick – The Penultimate Truth (1964)

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 Science fiction. 191 p. (short, eh. Read it in a few days.) The Penultimate Truth is one of those older science fiction books that explored ideas when they were still new and fresh. But those same ideas have been … Continue reading →

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Poul Anderson – Tau Zero (1970)

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Jeroen Admiraal

7.5/10 The space ship Leonora Christine gets irreparably damaged and now can’t stop accelerating. As the ship approaches light speed, time slows down on board and the crew witness eons and galaxies go by, all the way up to the … Continue reading →

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