Queen of Angels by Greg Bear has been a book I've wanted to read for years. I've seen it at used bookstores and bought it several times intending to read the book but never get around to it until recently. Queen of Angels is an ambitious, thought-provoking...
Wisdom From Kammbia Review 51: Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
by MHill | Jul 21, 2020 | 2020 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
Kim Stanley Robinson is one of the science fiction writers I have read throughout my reading life. He joins Octavia Butler, Greg Bear, and Robert Silverberg as the science fiction writers I have found interesting and thought provoking to read. Pacific Edge is the...
Book Review 119: Emphyrio by Jack Vance
by MHill | Oct 10, 2017 | 2017 Book Reviews, Jack Vance
What is a legend? Does the truth about a legend matter only to those who believe in it? Or does the propaganda about a legend matter more than the truth? These questions came to mind after reading Emphyrio by Jack Vance. Vance has been considered one of the giants...
Book Review 39: Captives (Safe Lands #1) by Jill Williamson
by MHill | Jun 1, 2013 | 2013 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
What is freedom? That question is the one that kept coming to mind as I read The Captives (Safe Lands Book 1) by Jill Williamson. It is a YA Dystopian novel and not a genre usually read. (However, I did read and review the wonderful Book Thief by Marcus Zusak last...
Book Review 25: Havoc In Islandia by Mark Saxton (Islandia Quartet Book #4)
by MHill | Jul 30, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Islandia Quartet, Marion's Favorite Books
The past two reviews, The Islar (a sequel) and The Two Kingdoms (a prequel) to the underground utopian classic, Islandia, has shown a depth and clarity of a fictional world unlike anything I've ever read before. Havoc in Islandia, a second prequel to Islandia, I...
Book Review 24: The Two Kingdoms by Mark Saxton (Islandia Quartet Book #3)
by MHill | Jul 30, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Islandia Quartet
Last year, I posted a review for the book titled, The Islar, by Mark Saxton. It was a sequel to the underground utopian novel Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright. Saxton wrote two more novels in the Islandian universe and this review of The Two Kingdoms is a prequel to...
Book Review 21: Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451
by MHill | Jun 13, 2012 | 2012 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books
When I heard that Ray Bradbury had passed about eight days ago, I realized that I had never read any of his books. Wow, that surprised me. Well, in honor of his passing, I decided to read his most popular and enduring work, Fahrenheit 451. "Do you know why books such...
Book Review 15: The Islar by Mark Saxton (Islandia Quartet Book #2)
by MHill | Nov 9, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Islandia Quartet
Have you ever read a sequel that is better than the original? Well, The Islar by Mark Saxton, I feel is such a book. It is sequel to the underground utopian classic novel, Islandia by Austin Tappan Wright. For those who don't know, Austin Tappan Wright was a...
Book Review 6: Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
by MHill | Feb 28, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear has been a book I've wanted to read for years. I've seen it at used bookstores and bought it several times intending to read the book but never get around to it until recently. Queen of Angels is an ambitious, thought-provoking...
Book Review 2: Utopia by Thomas More
by MHill | Feb 15, 2011 | 2011 Book Reviews, Book Reviews
Well, one of my favorite literary genres is Utopian Fiction. Actually one of my favorite novels, Islandia, is considered an underground classic of the genre. I've always been fascinated with writers trying to create a perfect society even though we human beings are...