Review: Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen

Title: Here and Now and Then Author: Mike Chen ★★ Summary: Kin Stewart is an everyday family man trying to keep the spark in his marriage and struggling to connect with his teenage daughter. But his current life is a far cry from his previous career as a time-traveling secret agent. Stranded in suburban San Francisco since …

Review: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Title: Dark MatterAuthor: Blake CrouchRating: ★★½Summary: After Jason Dessen is kidnapped and knocked unconscious, he wakes up strapped to a gurney and surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Everything is eerily familiar—except not. His wife is not his wife, his son was never born, and he's a celebrated scientific genius instead of a college physics …

Review: Artemis by Andy Weir

Title: ArtemisAuthor: Andy WeirRating: ★½Summary: Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and …

Review: The Martian by Andy Weir

Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir Rating: ★★★★★ Summary: Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, …

Five Favorite: Science Fiction Novels

"Five Favorite" is a feature on thewasofshall where I lay out my five favorite "x". Sometimes they're relevant to a season or holiday, mostly they're not. It's an all-around fun excuse to give my 100% amazingly awesome opinion. To see previous (and future) topics, click here. To participate, scroll all the way down. I intended …