It’s now over 20 years since I first read “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card. I remember that I was searching the science fiction shelf in my local library for something new to read when the german translation of “Ender’s Game” caught my eye. It was one of those books you start reading and only [...]

The Void trilogy is another three volume space opera by Peter F. Hamilton. It’s not really revolutionary. But if you liked “Night’s Dawn” or the “Commonwealth Saga” — his former space operas — you’ll like this one, too. It’s a sequel to the Commonwealth Saga and since persons from it make reappearances here and situations from [...]

When I first read about this book, I thought that there must be some typo in the title. Surely it should be “Rainbow’s End”, shouldn’t it? We all have read stories about rainbows’ ends and all the wealth that awaits there. So it was a natural reaction to assume that this book by Vernor Vinge [...]

Neal Stephenson has written another great book — Anathem. Visit the website of the book for a short summary of what it’s about and some nice videos featuring the author himself talking about the book and reading some passages from it. BTW, the trailer that is also available on the website is totally misleading. It [...]

“Halting State” is a funny nerd-book by Charles Stross. The setting: In an online role playing game a bank is robbed. Three people, a cop, an insurance accountant – both women – and a game developer investigate the case. The cop and the accountant do not really understand what is going on. The cop uses [...]