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