1998 BOOK REVIEWS INDEX
[TOP-10] = One of my favourite books of the year
[BAD!] = Bad book!
[CDN] = Canadian Author(s)
Science-Fiction / Fantasy
- Free Space, (Ed. Brad Linaweaver & Edward E. Kramer)
- Tesseracts^6, (Ed. Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink) [CDN]
- Bear, Greg / [Slant]
- Clough, Brenda W. How Like a God [BAD!]
- Cramer, John Einstein's Bridge
- Cramer, John Twistor [TOP-10]
- Egan, Greg Luminous
- Egan, Greg Permutation City
- Danvers, Dennis Circuit of Heaven
- Devenport, Emily Scorpianne and Larissa
- Di Filippo, Paul Ribofunk
- Gardner, James Alan Expendables [CDN]
- Gleason, Robert Wrath of God [BAD!]
- Green, Terence M. Blue Limbo [CDN]
- Haldeman, Joe Forever Peace
- Halperin, James The First Immortal
- Hendrix, Howard V. Lightpaths
- Kessel, John The Pure Product
- de Lint, Charles Trader [CDN]
- McDonald, Ian Evolution's Shore
- McIntyre, Vonda N. The Moon and the Sun [BAD!]
- Meynard, Yves: The Book of Knights [CDN]
- Modesitt, Jr., L.E. Adiamante
- Navarro, Yvonne Final Impact [BAD!]
- Niven, Larry The Ringworld Throne [BAD!]
- Pellegrino, Charles Dust [TOP-10]
- Pellegrino, Charles Flying to Valhalla
- Perry, Steve The Trinity Vector
- Pollack, Rachel Unquenchable Fire and Temporary Agency [BAD!]
- Robinson, Kim Stanley Antarctica [TOP-10]
- Robinson, Spider The Callahan Chronicles [CDN]
- Sawyer, Robert J. The Quintaglio Trilogy [CDN]
- Sawyer, Robert J. Factoring Humanity [CDN]
- Simmons, Dan Rise of Endymion
- Smith, L. Neil The Probability Broach
- Steele, Allan King of Infinite Space
- Steele, Allen Rude Astronauts
- Sterling, Bruce Distraction [TOP-10]
- Stewart, Sean Passion Play [CDN]
- Varley, John The Gaean Trilogy
- Varley, John The Golden Globe [TOP-10]
- van Vogt, A.E. Slan, Voyage of the Space Beagle and World of Null-A [CDN]
- Willis, Connie To Say Nothing of the Dog
- Wilson, Robert Charles The Divide [CDN]
- Wilson, F. Paul & Matthew J. Costello Masque [BAD!]
Thrillers / Techno-thrillers / Crime Fiction
- Anderson, Kevin J. & Doug BeasonIgnition
- Bury, Stephen The Cobweb [TOP-10]
- Bury, Stephen Interface
- Clancy, Tom Rainbow Six
- Coonts, Stephen The Intruders
- Crichton, Michael Airframe
- Darnton, John Neanderthal [BAD!]
- Ellroy, James L.A. Confidential
- Forsyth, Frederick Icon
- Goldsmith, Olivia The Bestseller
- Harris, Thomas Red Dragon and The Silence of the Lambs
- Judd, Bob Formula One
- Modesitt Jr., L.E. & Bruce Scott LevinsonThe Green Progression
- Nichols, Peter Point of Impact
- Parker, Robert B. All Our Yesterdays
- Preston, Douglas & Lincoln ChildRelic
- Preston, Richard The Cobra Event [TOP-10]
- Reichs, Kathy Déjà Dead
- Robinson, Patrick Kilo Class [BAD!]
- Rohmer, Richard Death by Deficit [CDN]
Non-Fiction
- Biskind, Peter Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
- Cussler, Clive & Craig Dirgo: The Sea Hunters
- David, Peter But I Digress
- DeSalle, R. & D. Lindley: The Science of JURASSIC PARK and THE LOST WORLD
- Disch, Thomas M. The Dreams our Stuff is Made Of
- Fischer, David E. The Scariest Place on Earth [TOP-10]
- Gratton, Michel "So, What Are the Boys Saying?" [CDN]
- Halperin, Ian Céline Dion: Behind the Fairy Tale [CDN]
- Heard, Christopher Dreaming Aloud: Life and Films of James Cameron [CDN]
- Kelly, Orr King of the Killing Zone
- Krauss, Lawrence M. Beyond Star Trek
- Marcinko, Richard Rogue Warrior fiction and nonfiction
- Paisner, Daniel Horizontal Hold
- Peebles, Curtis Watch the Skies!
- Phillips, Julia You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again [BAD!]
- Preston, Richard The Hot Zone [TOP-10]
- Randi, James The Truth About Uri Geller
- Regis, Ed Nano
- Shimomura, Tsutomu with John MarkoffTakedown
- Yourdon, Edward and Jennifer Time Bomb 2000
Retrospective articles...
- STINKY THRILLER SELECTIONS! (Short reviews of six lousy thriller)
- Science-Fiction Movies of 1998
- SF in 1998: The year in review
It happens that some books I read deserve a mention, but not a full-length review. Here are the "bonsai reviews" (intentionally kept short) of 1998:
- APRIL: Prisoner of Conscience (Susan R. Matthews), Beyond Reason (Margaret Trudeau), Reflections & Refractions (Robert Silverberg), Slippage (Harlan Ellison)
- JUNE: Red Army (Ralph Peters), Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic (Terry Jones), The Wizardry Compiled and The Wizardry Cursed (Rick Cook), Beat the System! (Ed. Jeff Bredenberg), Manhattan Nocturne (Colin Harrison) [TOP-10]
- JULY: The Memory of Whiteness (Kim Stanley Robinson), No Bull: Unauthorized biography of Dennis Rodman (Dan Bickley), Hollywood Confidential (Coral Amende), Celestis (Paul Park), Cold Allies (Patricia Anthony).
- AUGUST: Different Seasons (Stephen King), Hard Fall (Ridley Pearson), Realtime Interrupt (James P. Hogan), Earthling (Tony Daniel), Interview with the Vampire (Anne Rice), Hard Drive (David Pogue).
- SEPTEMBER: Degree of Guilt (Richard North Patterson), Black Wine (Candas Jane Dorsey) [CDN], SeinLanguage (Jerry Seinfeld), Angle of Attack (Bonnie MacDougal), A Thousand Words for Stranger (Julie Czerneda) [CDN], Twice Seven, (Ben Bova), Gypsies (Robert Charles Wilson) [CDN]
- OCTOBER: Outpost (Scott Mackay) [CDN], Project Maldon (Chris Atack) [CDN], Before Lift-Off (Henry S.R. Cooper, Jr.)
- NOVEMBER: A Talent For War and Eternity Road (Jack McDevitt), The Claus Effect (David Nickle and Karl Schroeder) [CDN], Virtual Death (Shale Aaron), Impostor (Valerie J. Freireich)
- DECEMBER: Godheads (Emily Devenport), Arrowdreams (Ed. Shainblum & Dupuis) [CDN]