Here's a place for reviews by MITSFS members.
If you're a MITSFS member and you'd like to review a book, please do! Read a few of the other reviews to get a sense of the style (e.g. we're more interested in what sort of a book it is, rather than assigning it a good/bad rating). Although there's a preference for new books, it's fine to review older books, especially when it's an author that not everybody in the world reads. An interesting and well-explained opinion on any book, even one already reviewed, is always welcome. When you're done, email your review to kvetchcomm@mit.edu.
Title | Author | Published | Reviewer | Reviewed | Publisher |
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So This Is How It Ends | Tui Sutherland | 2007 | Carissa Skye | 2019-02-02 | Eos |
Ingo | Helen Dunmore | 2005 | Carissa Skye | 2017-02-17 | HarperCollins |
The Legacy of Ogma | E. A. Rappaport | 2008 | Carissa Skye | 2016-12-27 | Owl King Publishing, LLC |
Right of Capture | Deese, Isadora | 2016 | Rachael Skye | 2016-12-20 | Pelekinesis |
Deathless | Catherynne M. Valente | 2011 | Ian D. Leroux | 2016-05-02 | Tor |
Rivers of London | Ben Aaronovitch | 2011 | Ian Leroux | 2016-01-06 | Gollancz |
This Other Eden | Ben Elton | 1993 | Ian Leroux | 2016-01-06 | Simon & Schuster |
Star Wars Ep 7: The Force Awakens | J.J. Abrams | 2015 | D.W. Rowlands | 2016-01-06 | Disney |
Blood of Tyrants | Naomi Novik | 2013 | Katherine Ray | 2015-09-22 | Del Rey |
The Rithmatist | Brandon Sanderson (Illustrator: Ben McSweeney) | 2013 | Katherine Ray | 2014-04-21 | Tor (US) Orion Children's Books (UK) |
Atomic Robo | Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener | 2007 -- ongoing | Ian Leroux | 2014-04-21 | Red 5 Comics |
Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie | 2013 | Katherine Ray | 2014-04-21 | Orbit Books |
Death Sentences (originally Genshi-Gari) | Kawamata Chiaki (Translators: Thomas Lamarre, Kazuko Y. Behrens) | 2012 (original Japanese publication 1984) | Ian Leroux | 2013-12-12 | University of Minnesota Press |
Redshirts | John Scalzi | 2012 | Kendra Beckler | 2013-01-27 | Tor |
Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson | 2009 | Katherine Ray | 2013-01-27 | Tor |
Sic Semper Tyrannis | Seamus Branaugh | 2010 | Benjamin Lehnert | 2012-04-12 | Silver Lake Publishing |
V is for Vampire | Adam-Troy Castro | 2011 | Ben Lehnert | 2012-01-29 | HarperCollins |
The Third Bear | Jeff VanderMeer | 2010 | Katherine Ray | 2012-01-29 | Tachyon Publications |
WWW Trilogy (WWW: Wake, WWW: Watch, and WWW: Wonder) | Robert J. Sawyer | 2009, 2010, 2011 | Drew Hilliard | 2011-10-09 | Ace |
Halo: Cryptum | Greg Bear | 2011 | James Penna | 2011-10-01 | Tor Books |
Metatropolis | 2010 | Katherine Ray | 2011-09-26 | Tor | |
New Moon | Stephenie Meyer | 2006 | Alan Smithee | 2011-09-11 | Little, Brown and Company |
Terroryaki! | Jennifer K. Chung | 2011 | Jake Beal | 2011-09-10 | Arsenal Pulp Press |
One Second After | William R. Forstchen | 2009 | Susan Shepherd | 2011-09-10 | Forge Books |
Explorer X-Alpha | L. M. Preston | 2009 | Susan Shepherd | 2011-06-14 | Phenomenal One Press |
Angry Ghosts | F. Allen Farnham | 2009 | Susan Shepherd | 2011-06-14 | Cadre One Publishing |
God's War | Kameron Hurley | 2011 | Kevin Riggle | 2011-06-12 | Night Shade Books |
So This is How It Ends | Tui Sutherland | 2006 | Andrew Clough | 2011-06-10 | HarperTeen |
Spaceship Earth: A Beginning Without End | Tom Schwartz | 2010 | Jake Beal | 2011-05-28 | Reagent Press |
Cauldron | Jack McDevitt | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2011-05-06 | Ace |
The Hunger Games Trilogy (The Hunger Games / Catching Fire / Mockingjay) | Suzanne Collins | 2008 / 2009 / 2010 | Cathy Zhang | 2011-02-06 | Scholastic Press |
Midshipwizard Halcyon Blithe | James M. Ward | 2005 | Naomi Hinchen | 2010-11-08 | Tor Books |
Feed | Mira Grant | 2010 | Cathy Zhang | 2010-10-14 | Orbit |
Next | Michael Crichton | 2006 | Cathy Zhang | 2010-10-14 | HarperCollins |
The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World | Thomas M. Disch | 1998 | Katherine Ray | 2010-10-14 | Touchstone |
Shalador's Lady | Anne Bishop | 2010 | Katherine Ray | 2010-06-27 | Roc |
Forsake the Sky | Tim Powers | 1986 | Ian Leroux | 2010-04-26 | Tor |
The Queen of Attolia | Megan Whalen Turner | 2000 | Katherine Ray | 2010-04-03 | Eos - Harper Collins |
The Spirit Lens | Carol Berg | 2010 | Katherine Ray | 2010-04-03 | Roc |
Telempath | Spider Robinson | 1976 | Ian Leroux | 2010-04-03 | Tor |
Dragon Keeper | Robin Hobb | 2010 | Katherine Ray | 2010-04-03 | Eos - Harper Collins |
Repo Men (Movie) | In theaters 3/19/2010 | Kendra Beckler | 2010-03-17 | Universal Pictures | |
A Madness of Angels | Kate Griffin | 2009 | Naomi Hinchen | 2010-01-11 | Orbit |
The Stratford Man (Ink and Steel / Hell and Earth) | Elizabeth Bear | 2008 | Kevin Riggle | 2010-01-11 | Roc |
Julian Comstock: A Story of Twenty-Second Century America | Robert Charles Wilson | 2009 | Kevin Riggle | 2010-01-11 | Tor |
CodeSpell | Kelly McCullough | 2008 | Jake Beal | 2009-12-18 | Ace |
Amazon Ink | Lori Devoti | 2009 | Jake Beal | 2009-12-18 | Simon & Schuster |
Twilight | Stephenie Meyer | 2005 | Alan Smithee | 2009-12-16 | Little, Brown and Company |
Forest Born | Shannon Hale | 2009 | 2009-10-30 | Bloomsbury USA | |
The Quantum Connection | Travis S. Taylor | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2009-08-10 | Baen Books |
Happy Hour of the Damned | Mark Henry | 2008 | Jake Beal | 2009-08-10 | Kensington |
MOM | Collin Piprell | 2009 | Jake Beal | 2009-08-10 | CreateSpace |
Last Watch | Sergei Lukyanenko | 2009 | Jake Beal | 2009-08-10 | Miramax |
Conspirator | C.J. Cherryh | 2009 | Jake Beal | 2009-08-10 | DAW |
The Secret History of Moscow | Ekaterina Sedia | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2009-08-10 | Prime Books |
Magic Lost, Trouble Found; Armed and Magical | Lisa Shearin | 2007, 2008 | John Carr | 2009-08-10 | Ace |
Enemies & Allies | Kevin J. Anderson | 2009 | Jake Beal | 2009-08-10 | William Morrow |
Hammered | Elizabeth Bear | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2009-06-22 | Bantam Books (Random House) |
Unholy Domain | Dan Ronco | 2008 | Jake Beal | 2009-06-22 | Kunati Inc. |
Thirteenth Child | Patricia C. Wrede | 2009 | Katherine Ray | 2009-05-14 | Scholastic Press |
Brisingr | Christopher Paolini | 2008 | Naomi Hinchen | 2009-05-06 | Knopf (Random House) |
Lucy's Blade | John Lambshead | 2007 | Kendra Beckler | 2009-04-23 | Baen |
Duainfey | Sharon Lee and Steve Miller | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2009-04-23 | Baen Books |
Cybele's Secret | Juliet Marillier | 2008 | Naomi Hinchen | 2009-04-23 | Knopf (Random House) |
The Good Fairies of New York | Martin Millar | 1992 | Alan Smithee (pseudonym to protect the guilty) | 2009-03-07 | Trafalgar Square Publishing |
Blood and Iron | Elizabeth Bear | 2006 | Kevin Riggle | 2009-02-16 | Roc |
Princeps' Fury | Jim Butcher | 2008 | Michael Anaya | 2009-02-16 | Ace Publishing |
Blood and Iron | Elizabeth Bear | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2009-02-16 | Roc |
Day Watch | Sergei Lukyanenko | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2009-01-15 | Miramax |
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World | Haruki Murakami | 1991 | Jake Beal | 2008-10-30 | Kodansha International |
The Nymphos of Rocky Flats | Mario Acevedo | 2006 | Alan Smithee (pseudonym to protect the guilty) | 2008-09-21 | Eos |
Magic Bites | Ilona Andrews | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2008-09-04 | Ace |
The Demon and the City | Liz Williams | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2008-07-31 | Night Shade Books |
Whitechapel Gods | S.M. Peters | 2008 | Jake Beal | 2008-07-20 | Roc |
Jhegaala | Steven Brust | 2008 | Andrew Clough | 2008-07-20 | Tor |
Snake Agent | Liz Williams | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2008-06-14 | Night Shade Books |
The Shadow Mouse of Everjade | E. A. Machado | 2007 | Naomi Hinchen | 2008-04-16 | Robert D. Reed |
Time Wars series (12 books, starting with "The Ivanhoe Gambit" and ending with "The Six-Gun Solution") | Simon Hawke | 1983-1991 | Naomi Hinchen | 2008-04-16 | Ace Science Fiction |
Little Brother (advance copy) | Cory Doctorow | 2008 | Christian Ternus | 2008-04-13 | Tor |
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse | Robert Rankin | 2002 | Diane Christoforo | 2008-03-26 | Orion Books Limited |
The Fury (The Vampire Diaries 3) | L.J. Smith | 2007 omnibus (original 1991) | Andrew Clough | 2008-02-28 | Harper Teen |
Dragonhaven | Robin McKinley | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2008-02-28 | G. P. Putnam's Sons |
Cybermancy | Kelly McCullough | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2008-02-10 | Ace Books |
A Companion to Wolves | Sarah Monette and Elizabeth Bear | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2008-02-07 | Tor |
Changeling | Yasmine Galenorn | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-12-02 | Berkley |
Warrior and Witch | Marie Brennan | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2007-12-02 | Aspect |
Doppelganger | Marie Brennan | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2007-11-11 | Aspect |
Red Seas Under Red Skies | Scott Lynch | 2007 | Christian Ternus | 2007-10-31 | Bantam Doubleday Dell |
An Exchange of Hostages | Susan R. Matthews | 1997 | Katherine Ray | 2007-10-17 | Avon Books |
The Lies of Locke Lamora | Scott Lynch | 2006 | Katherine Ray | 2007-10-16 | Bantam Books |
Radio Freefall | Matthew Jarpe | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-10-07 | Tor |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7) | J.K. Rowling | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-10-07 | Arthur A. Levine Books |
Bound By Iron (Inquisitives, Book 1) | Edward Bolme | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-10-07 | Wizards of the Coast |
Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present | Cory Doctorow | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-10-07 | Thunder's Mouth Press |
Pegasus in Space | Anne McCaffrey | 2000 | Jake Beal | 2007-09-27 | Del Rey |
Unshapely Things | Mark Del Franco | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-08-26 | Ace |
Myth-Told Tales | Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-08-26 | Ace |
Class Dis-Mythed | Robert Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2007-08-26 | Meisha Merlin Publishing |
Recursion | Tony Ballantyne | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2007-08-26 | Spectra |
M Is for Magic | Neil Gaiman | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2007-07-09 | Harper Collins |
Gardens of the Moon | Steven Erikson | 1999 | Katherine Ray | 2007-07-05 | Tor |
Keeping It Real (Quantum Gravity, Book 1) | Justina Robson | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-06-28 | Pyr |
Repossessed | A.M. Jenkins | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2007-06-28 | HarperTempest |
Blade of Fortriu (The Bridei Chronicles) | Juliet Marillier | 2006 | Katherine Ray | 2007-06-14 | Tor Books |
The Princess and the Hound | Mette Ivie Harrison | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2007-06-14 | Eos |
The Fate of Mice | Susan Palwick | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-06-14 | Tachyon Publications |
A Game of Thrones | George R.R. Martin | 1996 | Katherine Ray | 2007-06-14 | Bantam Books |
If I Were An Evil Overlord | Edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Russell Davis | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-05-31 | DAW Books |
Majestrum (A Tale of Henghis Hapthorn) | Matthew Hughes | 2006 | Katherine Ray | 2007-05-22 | Night Shade Books |
Forest Mage | Robin Hobb | 2006 | Katherine Ray | 2007-05-22 | Harper Collins |
Melusine and The Virtu | Sarah Monette | 2005/2006 | Katherine Ray | 2007-05-22 | Ace Books |
Deliverer | C.J. Cherryh | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2007-05-22 | Daw Books |
Convergence (Book 1 of The Blending) | Sharon Green | 1996 | Katherine Ray | 2007-05-20 | AvoNova |
One Good Knight and Fortune's Fool | Mercedes Lackey | 2007 | Katherine Ray | 2007-05-20 | Luna |
Pretender | C.J. Cherryh | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2007-05-05 | DAW Books |
Sun of Suns | Karl Schroeder | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2007-05-03 | Tor Books |
The Clan Corporate | Charles Stross | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2007-04-30 | Tor Books |
Blood Bound | Patricia Briggs | 2007 | Jake Beal | 2007-04-30 | Ace |
Pattern Recognition | William Gibson | 2003 | Jake Beal | 2007-04-30 | Putnam |
Kitty Goes to Washington | Carrie Vaughn | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2007-04-30 | Warner Books |
The Lost Fleet: Dauntless | Jack Campbell | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2006-12-17 | Ace |
Stealth Planet | Ray Blackhall | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2006-12-11 | Dusty Spark Publishing |
The Jennifer Morgue | Charles Stross | 2006 | Christian Ternus | 2006-12-10 | Golden Gryphon Press |
Between the Strokes of Night | Charles Sheffield | 1985 | Sukrit Ranjan | 2006-12-04 | Baen Books |
WebMage | Kelly McCullough | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2006-11-19 | Ace Books |
Articles of the Federation (Star Trek) | Keith R. A. DeCandido | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-10-19 | Simon & Schuster |
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders | Neil Gaiman | 2006 | Kevin Riggle | 2006-10-02 | William Morrow |
Nylon Angel | Marianne de Pierres | 2004 | Jake Beal | 2006-10-02 | Roc |
Thief of Lives | Barb & J.C. Hendee | 2004 | Jake Beal | 2006-07-27 | Roc |
The World Before | Karen Traviss | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-06-25 | HarperCollins |
An Accidental Goddess | Linnea Sinclair | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2006-06-25 | Bantam |
Worldwired | Elizabeth Bear | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-05-04 | Bantam Books |
Contact Imminent | Kristine Smith | 2003 | Jake Beal | 2006-04-27 | Harper-Collins |
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story | Christopher Moore | 1995 | Jake Beal | 2006-04-27 | Harper-Collins |
After the Long Goodbye (Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence) | Masaki Yamada (Translated by Yuji Oniki, Carl Gustav Horn) | 2004 (English: 2005) | Jake Beal | 2006-04-27 | Tokuma Shoten Publishing (English: VIZ Media) |
Junktion | Matthew Farrer | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-04-15 | Games Workshop |
Blood Bowl | Matt Forbeck | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-04-15 | Games Workshop |
Garrett on the Case (Angry Lead Skies/Whispering Nickel Idols) | Glen Cook | 2002/2005 | Kat Allen | 2006-02-17 | Roc |
Golden Witchbreed | Mary Gentle | 1985 | Brian Sniffen | 2006-02-17 | Roc |
The Hallowed Hunt [Chalion Book 3] | Lois McMaster Bujold | 2005 | Brian Sniffen | 2006-02-17 | Eos |
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 1953 | Kat Allen | 2006-02-17 | Ballantine Books |
Orphans of Chaos | John Wright | 2005 | Kat Allen | 2006-02-17 | Tor |
At All Costs | David Weber | 2005 | Kat Allen | 2006-02-17 | Baen |
A Feast for Crows | George R.R. Martin | 2005 | Kat Allen | 2006-02-17 | Spectra |
Newton's Cannon | J Gregory Keyes | 1999 | Brian Sniffen | 2006-02-17 | Del Rey |
Learning the World | Ken MacLeod | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-02-16 | Tor |
Scardown | Elizabeth Bear | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-01-25 | Bantam Books |
Skybreaker | Kenneth Oppel | 2006 | Jake Beal | 2006-01-25 | HarperCollins |
The Merchant Princes (The Family Trade/The Hidden Family) | Charles Stross | 2004/2005 | Jake Beal | 2006-01-25 | Tor Books |
F.T.L. (The Exploration Chronicles: Book Three) | Kevin D. Randle | 2004 | Jake Beal | 2006-01-25 | Ace |
The Prometheus Project | Steve White | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2005-12-28 | Baen |
The Tarzan Twins | Edgar Rice Burroughs | 1927, republished 2005 | Jake Beal | 2005-12-19 | Wildside Press, LLC |
Thud! | Terry Pratchett | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2005-12-17 | HarperCollins |
Paper Mage | Leah R. Cutter | 2003 | Jake Beal | 2005-10-11 | Roc (Penguin Books) |
Foop! | Chris Genoa | 2005 | Jake Beal | 2005-10-11 | Eraserhead Press |
Higher Education | Charles Sheffield and Jerry Pournelle | 1996 | Jake Beal | 2005-10-11 | Tor Books |