Author Archives: Ernest Lilley
Science Fiction to Look for in June 2020
Originally Published: Amazing Stories, https://amazingstories.com/?p=202037
Last month certainly ended with excitement and good news for science fiction fans with the successful crew launch and docking of Dragon at the ISS. It’s a measure of how much SpaceX is normalizing space travel that we know Bob and Doug by their first names, rather than the more formal recognition of earlier pioneers like Lindberg, Glen, or Armstrong. But now that the excitement is over for a while, you’ll be needing some interesting science fiction to read. You’ve come to the right place. Continue reading
The Relentless MoonA Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Relentless MoonA Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal 07/14/2020 Macmillan-Tor/Forge
This one stars Nicole Wargin, one of the original 6 Lady Astronauts in this 1950 alt-history where a meteor impact forces the world to look to Mars for a new home for humanity. Earth is facing a slow death, and Kowal has managed to create all the excitement of the space race with a (mostly) new set of players. The biggest technological difference is the lack of electronic computers, relying on the sort of people we saw in Hidden Figures, often women, frequently people of color, and always having to fight for their place. Continue reading
Science Fiction to Look for This May
Originally Published: Amazing Stories, https://amazingstories.com/2020/05/science-fiction-to-look-for-this-may/
You’re probably got cabin fever by this point in the COVID-19 lockdown, but fear not, there are plenty of good reads this month to help you stay in your habitat be it a spaceship, lunar dome, undersea city, or whatever you call home sweet home. Continue reading
Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air (The Frost Files #2) by Jackson Ford
Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air
(The Frost Files #2)
by Jackson Ford
06/16/2020 (Orbit)
Teagen, The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind, is back and things are looking up for her. She’s got a steady job working for the China Shop a cover ops team based in L.A. under the guise of a moving company, her friend Nic is getting closer to getting closer, and nobody is trying to arrest her for murder, which was a thing in the first book. She’s Teagan is the most self-absorbed hero ever to brandish special powers, but she’s getting better. Of course that can’t last. Continue reading