Author Archives: Galen Charlton

Guest Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Stuff of Dreams by James Swallow

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Galen Charlton | Leave a comment

Format read: ebook provided by NetGalley Formats available: ebook Genre: space opera Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation Length: 94 pages Publisher: Pocket Books Date Released: March 25, 2013 Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Publisher’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, … Continue reading →

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Guest Review: Stung by Bethany Wiggins

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Galen Charlton | 1 Comment

Format read: ARC provided by publisher Formats available: hardcover Genre: Young adult science fiction Length: 304 pages Publisher: Walker and Company Date Released: April 2, 2013 Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Publisher’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository Fiona … Continue reading →

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Guest review: Redshirts

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Galen Charlton | Comments Off

Like the “expendable” characters it chronicles, Redshirts by John Scalzi explores some unexpected depths and delivers both a satisfying tale and meta-tale. The starting point is a question that surely has occupied many a college bull session since the 1960s — … Continue reading →

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Guest Review: Railsea

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Galen Charlton | 1 Comment

In Railsea by China Miéville, the orphan Sham ap Soorap lives in a tangle, travelling the railsea as doctor’s assistant on the moler Medes.  It’s not a job he’s particularly good at, and it doesn’t help he’s not quite sure what he … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Schrödinger’s Ebook Box

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Galen Charlton | 2 Comments

For Marlene’s birthday I got her a new iPad.  Since her work involves reading and reviewing ebooks, and since the iPad has become her primary ebook reader, transferring the books from her old iPad to the new one was critical. … Continue reading →

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Guest Review: The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Galen Charlton | Comments Off

The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott by David M. Wilson, while based on the recent rediscovery of photographs taken during Robert Scott’s ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1910-1913, is really a meditation on reputation and remembrance. “I am just going outside and … Continue reading →

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