Book Reviews And Comments By Rick O

The reviewers have been way too harsh on this novel by the great Arthur C. Clarke. Readers must remember that Clarke was 90 years old when...

John Varley states that this book is not a part of his novels and short stories known as the Eight Worlds future history. I say it is, and...

This is the latest delightful tale from Gene Wolfe published in 2010. Although only 300 pages, it seems to be a larger tale than it is. Ma...

All the prerequisites are here for another vintage novel from John Irving. Guess where the novel begins. New Hampshire, of course. Is a be...

This is Gene Wolfe's third installment of our favorite amnestic Roman mercenary known as Latro, Lewqys or Lucius depending on whether ...

This is a remarkable post-apocalyptic novel written in 1977 by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It certainly challenges the 1957 novel On...

I struggled with this book for about 75 pages, then I got it, then I lost it again, then I didn't understand what all the commotion wa...

This is a guest review from my eldest son, Deron: The Warlord Chronicles is Bernard Cornwell's interpretation of the story of King A...

Since I didn't read any of Bernard Cornwell's previous Saxon Tales, I was intrigued to find out if I could read this fifth book as...

A better title for this 1989 Brian Aldiss book would be "Forgotten Novel". Why is this novel written by the great science fictio...