Star Trek: SNW — The Scorpius Run
{4.5/5} “If our new crewman has taught us anything today… it is that logic without empathy is illogical.” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — The Scorpius Run by Ryan Parrott & Mike Johnson, published in 2024 While in the region known as the Scorpion, Captain Pike and the Enterprise respond to a distress call. They […]
To Guard Against the Dark
{4.5/5} “AllThereIs did not forget, nor forgive. There were ‘entities’ within it, Sira’d warned, who reacted to threat. When the Hoveny breached their home with devices designed to feed from its energy, those entities responded. Their defense had ended the vast Hoveny Concentrix.” To Guard Against the Dark by Julie E. Czerneda, published in 2017 […]
Tie-in books
Here’s an update to this list. Novels Best of the best ENT: Rise of the Federation — Live by the Code by Christopher L. Bennett VOY: Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer VOY: A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer B5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages #1 — Casting Shadows by Jeanne Cavelos B5: The […]
Science fiction novels
Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 13 years). Best of the best Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks Navigator by Stephen Baxter The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter Existence by David Brin […]
Fantasy novels
Here’s an update to this list. It only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 13 years). Best of the best Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin The Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso Early Riser by Jasper Fforde Replay by Ken Grimwood How to Stop Time by Matt […]
SF & fantasy collections & anthologies
Here’s an update to this list. Collections Best of the best I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Nightfall by Isaac Asimov Virtual Unrealities by Alfred Bester The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Exhalation by Ted Chiang Stories of […]
Comic books & graphic novels
Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best El Deafo by Cece Bell The Best of Star Trek by Mike W. Barr, Diane Duane & Peter David Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh Star Trek: Debt of Honor by Chris Claremont Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? by Peter David Batman: The […]
The Gate to Futures Past
{4.5/5} “Now we know they didn’t die off. Instead, the Hoveny hid themselves so well other spacefaring species had no idea they still existed or where. And a thousand years later, a new generation sent ships like this to Cersi — and who knows where else — in what I assure you was a very […]
Star Trek
Here’s an update to this list. The Original Series Spock Must Die! by James Blish 1970 -> 2/5 The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre 1981 -> 4.5/5 Yesterday’s Son by A. C. Crispin 1983 -> 4.5/5 The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane 1983 -> 4/5 The Final Reflection by John M. Ford 1984 -> […]
Best tie-in novels by year
Here’s an update to this list. Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2024 Greg Cox TOS: Lost to Eternity Dayton Ward TNG: Pliable Truths 2023 Derek Tyler Attico The Autobiography of Benjamin Sisko John Jackson Miller SNW: The High Country Dayton Ward DISCO: Somewhere to Belong 2022 […]