Anyone who thinks Thomas More’s Utopia is to be taken seriously hasn’t read it, or if they quote it to back their socialist opinions, they are most likely taking the quotes out of context. In Book One, we see the condemnation of the killing of thieves – because it’s not…

Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear left me liking it despite the fact that I completely disagree with Charles Darwin. Bear takes the theory of evolution and goes through the motions of what might happen in the world should a leap be made during our lifetime. We start off with three…

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter was an informative read, however, I have a few things that bothered me about the book. I’ll get those out of the way before I hit on the good stuff. First, the cramming…

Stephen Lawhead’s second book in the Bright Empires series, The Bone House, was quite a trip. From ancient Egypt to 1600 Prague to present-day England to the era of cavemen – your head will be spinning by the time you close the book. At first I was a little disoriented…

I’ve said it a gazillion times in my blog, and it’s still true. I love Anne McCaffrey’s writing. Seriously. I just finished the prequel to her Tower and Hive series, which I blogged about here. The books in this series were written some 30 years after the original series, which…