Book Review: NYT bestselling novel, 2312, by Kim Stanley Robinson
Robinson has created fascinating and complex world of the future in 2312. NYT Bestseller. Read the review by Markus McDowell.
Robinson has created fascinating and complex world of the future in 2312. NYT Bestseller. Read the review by Markus McDowell.
Onesimus, a novel by Markus McDowell, takes place in the first century Roman Empire. Read this background of ancient Colossae.
A fascinating novel about a boy who steals a painting from a museum during a terror attack, and his life growing up with it. Review by Markus McDowell. Pulitzer Prize winning Goldfinch by Donna Tartt.
Standage has written an informative and enjoyable book about the history of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Not a dry history, there are us cultural insights, anecdotes, and how these beverages affected trade, social traditions, politics, history, & more. Review by Markus McDowell.
Read this free excerpt from the novel, To and Fro Upon the Earth, by Markus McDowell. A dream sequence scene aboard a ship.
A book review by author Markus McDowell: Writers on Writing, a series of essays by and for writers. An excellent resource for writers and authors!
A review of Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie—a complex world and story of political intrigue. Winner of the 2014 Hugo & Nebula Awards. Review by Markus McDowell
A review of the Fifth Season by JK Jemisin, A unique science-fiction novel and winner of the Hugo Award. Review by Markus McDowell.
A review of Vernor Vinge, Rainbow’s End, a future novel when technology solves Alzheimers—at a price. Review by Markus McDowell.
The Three-Body Problem, by Liu Cixin, is a Hugo Award-winning novel of hard science fiction, based on the orbital mechanics problem of the same name. Unique and innovative.