Ben Bova – Cyberbooks

TYPE: Science Fiction

RATING: 6/10

REVIEW:

In a world, not far in the future, where publishing seems to be a tedious task and publishing houses are fighting for a way to stay in the business, minimizing their losses and trying to maximize their profit, one man aims to find a way to reduce these ever-growing costs.

This one is a story about a man who aims to revolutionize the publishing business by use of his invention which later is called as a ‘Cyberbook’. The concept of a Cyberbook is very similar to our e-books and thus, conceptually at least, this book just doesn’t cut it.

Clifford D. Simak – Our Children’s Children

TYPE: Science Fiction

RATING: 6/10

REVIEW:

I have read science fiction stuff and then I’ve read some more. Maybe it’s just the story that doesn’t seem to attract me because there isn’t any kind of logic involved or even a great amount of mystery. For some unfathomable reason, this one fails to keep me gripped.

No doubt, the story is pretty entertaining. We have a whole lot of people coming in from the future. They say they are from a hundred years hence, when the humankind is destined to destruction because of some alien menace. They are pouring in by the hundreds, through time portals, and causing a whole lot of disruption to the world economy.

Orson Scott Card – Treason

TYPE: Science Fiction

RATING: 8/10

REVIEW:

The second book of Card that I am reading right now, the first one being Tales of Alvin Maker (Vol. 2- Red Prophet). Comparing the previous one and this one, I have to say that there is a lot of difference between both ways of his thinking. I also find that this one corresponds more to my view of the sci-fi genre than the previous one.

The Mueller family is known for its genetic advancements and their regenerative skills. However, when the son of one of the most prominent Muellers sprouts parts that are not part of him, he becomes a shame of the family as a ‘radical-regenerative’ and is sent away to ‘spy’ on the Nkumai, who seem to be getting a big share of Iron, considered the most important commodity of all, from the Ambassador.