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Marcus K. rated The Lost World: 3 stars
The Lost World by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, #2)
It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science …
Marcus K. rated Lucifer's Hammer: 4 stars
Marcus K. rated The Kite Runner: 4 stars
Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott (Dover thrift editions)
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884, is still considered useful in thinking about multiple dimensions. It …
Marcus K. rated Ender's Shadow: 4 stars
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
When Bean is sent to Battle School, he is constantly compared to the great Ender Wiggin, but Bean knows things …
Marcus K. rated The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: 4 stars
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect …
The Stand by Stephen King
One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain …
Marcus K. rated Starship Troopers: 5 stars
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Starship Troopers takes place in the midst of an interstellar war between the Terran Federation of Earth and the Arachnids …
Marcus K. rated 2001: A Space Odyssey: 5 stars
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1st ed.)
Based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
Marcus K. rated Speaker for the dead: 5 stars
Speaker for the dead by Orson Scott Card (Ender (2))
Ender Wiggin, the hero and scapegoat of mass alien destruction in Ender's Game, receives a chance at redemption in this …
Marcus K. rated Stranger in a Strange Land: 5 stars
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land is a 1961 science fiction novel by American author Robert A. Heinlein. It tells the …
