Book Review: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal This book is the winner of Hugo Award 2019 in the novel category, and has also won other literary awards. It is written by Mary Robinette Kowal, a distinguished and multi award winner SFF writer and puppeteer. The origin of this book is in the novelette … More Book Review: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Book Review: You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas (Published by Simon & Schuster India, 17 Sept 2019) I purchased this book even before I requested it on Netgalley, but I requested it anyway and was approved. The author Damyanti Biswas lives in Singapore, and has written many shorts / flash fiction, and this story … More Book Review: You Beneath Your Skin by Damyanti Biswas
Silence on my blog doesn’t mean silence, not even inertness, at my end. I was working on my own manuscript that gave me little time to do anything here. My interactions were happening with other fab authors in a few groups. In the meantime, besides writing, I read many books, but did not post any … More After a Long Silence
Book Review: Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen (Expected publication: January 29th 2019 by Mira Books) I got the digital ARC from Netgally, and this one is a gem. On his website, Mike Chen, an engineer by education, writes, “…my head was constantly filled with stories. Today, I’ve found my niche, blending science … More Book Review: Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
Book Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Kazuo Ishiguro, born in Japan, is a multi-award winning British novelist. He has taken science fiction to an art form and have received the coveted Nobel prize for literature in 2017. This book “Never Let Me Go” was first published in 2005. It is so many … More Book Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Book Review: Murder in the City This book, “Murder in the City: Twelve Incredible Case Files of the Kolkata Police,” originally written by Supratim Sarkar, who is a serving Indian Police Service officer, and writes in Bengali language. This book is translated to English by Swati Sengupta. Twelve real cases from the archives of police … More Book Review: Murder in the City
Book Review: Planetside by Michael Mammay (Published 31 July 2018) Michael Mammay the author, as the book says, “is a retired army officer and a graduate of the US Military Academy… and is a veteran of Desert Storm, Somalia, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.” Needless to say, this debut book is a military … More Book Review: Planetside by Michael Mammay
Book Review: Blood Child by Octavia E. Butler It was time to revisit the book I had read many years back. It’s always a joy to re-read simple writing that is expressive and full of imagination. This book is one of them. The author, Octavia E. Butler was an Afro-American writer of Science Fiction. She … More Book Review: Blood Child by Octavia E. Butler
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova This book came with the tag line for the author, “Six time Hugo Award winner for best editor.” Wikipedia speaks about him as, “Benjamin William “Ben” Bova is an American writer. He is the author of more than 120 works of science fact and … More Book Review: The Craft of Writing Science Fiction that Sells by Ben Bova
Book Review: Bihar Diaries by Amit Lodha (Penguin Random House India, July 2018) The book Bihar Diaries was released this month, July 2018. I had pre-ordered this book, as writings on Bihar is always a fascinating read. Bihar is the state in India which derives its name from Vihar, the Buddhist monasteries. This was the … More Book Review: Bihar Diaries by Amit Lodha
