Everybody had a Personal Entertainment Device embedded in their head, and babies were routinely implanted with one. It opened a world of entertainment and communication – and control. Socratease wanted to stop the Personal Vision Corporation and its CEO, Francis Jenkins, so he kidnapped his...

Progenitor by Sherri Moorer is the first book in the Earthside Trilogy and can most definitely be considered science fiction. Progenitor will appeal most to young adult females who enjoy science fiction; male readers may also enjoy the book, but with a female main character,...

Five Moons: Zep Tepi by Bill Parker is the sixth book in Bill Parker’s Five Moons series and takes place in a futuristic world where humans and androids work alongside one another and space travel has become the new norm. When a medical emergency arises...

In the year 2051, a rare and fatal event - the Blast - released a lethal dose of radiation that almost wiped out the entire population of Americans on the moon. The Blast killed almost all the adults, leaving behind just three scientists and one...

Writings in Science: A History of the Future by Tom Hendricks is a dazzling portrait of the world millions of years from now, as seen through the eyes of the character called “I.” It is the kind of sci-fi that can be characterized as visionary....

Telonaut by Matt Tyson is a gripping introduction to the Teloverse sci-fi series, a novel that is highly entertaining and thought-provoking. Set against a post-apocalyptic age, when the world is just recovering from economic crisis, it narrates the mission of Sero Novak, an astute man...

Parallels: Felix Was Here by various authors, under the banner of the Insecure Writers Support Group, contains ten well-presented science fiction stories, starting with Felix Was Here by L.G. Keltner, in which a young woman living in a closed community questions the reality and validity...

The Secret Bunker Trilogy 1: Darkness Falls by Paul Teague is a delightful blend of mystery and science fiction. Dan Tracy has a past of tragedy. His twin sister, Nat, was hit by a van when they were thirteen. After having difficulties at school and...

Time is for Dragonflies and Angels by J.M. Erickson is a beautiful offering for fans of sci-fi and fantasy who are also into short stories and novellas. The collection features powerful themes, including parallel universes, man’s struggle to come to grips with his human predicament,...

I undertook this review with a degree of trepidation. Having read sci-fi collections previously, I had found some of the stories so oblique as to be virtually unintelligible. To my delight, however, Tales From The Universe turned out to be a collection of excellent stories,...