Looking for some engaging books as a diversion from the state of the world or the dreary late-winter weather? Let me suggest new ones filled with generation ships, pocket universes, light-hearted space opera, alternate history of space exploration, or the political relationships between Earth and its satellites. Check out my on-line reviews of these books in the March-April issue of Analog Magazine:
In the Belly of the Whale by Michael F. Flynn delivers an intricate new tale set aboard a generation ship.
Time’s Agent by Brenda Peynado shows us the complexities of time and space variations in a multiplicity of pocket universes.
Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi includes “Ganger,” a fresh take on a futuristic utopia from the viewpoint of a sixteen-year-old.
Inversions by M. V. Melcer scrutinizes the problems besetting those struggling to live on orbital space stations as experienced by the children of characters first seen in Refractions.
Radiant Sky (Book 2 of Apollo Rising series) by Alan Smale is another virtuoso alternate history of the 1980s in which global superpowers cooperate and compete in establishing permanent bases on the Moon.
In Rumor Has It, Cat Rambo serves up a third course of delicious meals and delightful surprises from some of the galaxy’s finest chefs.