Sci-Fi Fan Letter: SF Book Reviews

The book reviews are alphabetical by author and subdivided via genre. In cases where more than one of an author's works are reviewed, they are listed in order of publication. Some of these reviews were written by other people back when the Sci-Fi Fan Letter was an in store newsletter at the World's Biggest Bookstore. With one exception, they were all WBB bookstore employees (and the exception was an Indigo bookseller from another Toronto store). Their pseudonyms in no particular order are: Mel, Cat, Sheila, DG-88, Leeman, Chud, James Duncan, Sandra, Rose, Gord, Kat & James Bernard. They helped me make the newsletter a success for the 19 monthly issues it ran before I switched over to more regular and varied blog posts. Their reviews are all credited to them, and shown on this page in brackets as guest reviewers. As to my own reviews, it took some time before I'd devised my current format (with pros/cons) so go easy on my beginner work.

Science Fiction

Ring of Charon - Roger MacBride Allen
Debris - Jo Anderton
The End of Eternity - Isaac Asimov

Sniper Elite: Spear of Destiny – Jaspre Bark (Guest Reviewer)

Planet of the Apes – Pierre Boulle

World War Z– Max Brooks

Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler
Veracity - Laura Bynum

Plague Year – Jeff Carlton

Blonde Roots – Bernardine Evaristo

Expendable – James Alan Gardner (Guest Reviewer)
Mad Skills - Walter Greatshell

The Traveler – John Twelve Hawks

Rocket Ship Galileo – Robert Heinlein (Guest Reviewer)

Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein

Brown Girl in the Ring – Nalo Hopkinson
When She Woke - Hilary Jordan

Fitzpatrick's War – Theodore Judson (Guest Reviewer)

The Martian General's Daughter – Theodore Judson

Star Wars: Path of Destruction – Drew Karpyshyn (Guest Reviewer)

Bright of the Sky – Kay Kenyon
The Third - Abel Keogh

State of Decay – James Knapp
The Silent Army - James Knapp
Element Zero - James Knapp
This Perfect Day - Ira Levin
Burndive – Karin Lowachee
The Postmortal (Drew Magary) (aka The End Specialist)

Canticle for Liebowitz – Walter M. Miller, Jr.

The Road – Cormac McCarthy
Germline - T. C. McCarthy

The Dervish House– Ian McDonald

Robotech The Macross Saga: Battlecry & Doomsday – Jack McKinney (Guest Reviewer)
Embassytown - China Mieville

Perdido Street Station – China Mieville (Guest Reviewer)

The Speed of Dark – Elizabeth Moon

Behold the Man– Michael Moorcock

The Time Traveller's Wife – Audrey Niffenegger

Dream Park - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes

The Barsoom Project - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes

The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse – Robert Rankin (Guest Reviewer)
The Man From Primrose Lane - James Renner

Those Who Walk in Darkness – John Ridley