Phases of Gravity One of the very few “realistic” novels by Dan Simmons. Usually his novels are science fiction, horror, fantasy, or some combination of those. Sometimes his books are noir or suspense, and even though those books take place in the real world, it’s just not quite the same thing as realism. Don’t tell Raymond Chandler I said this. This book was written in the late 1980s and our lead character Dan Baedecker is a retired astronaut who has also in recent years becomes […]
End of Year Final
Phases of Gravity by Dan Simmons
The Making of the President 1960 by Theodore White
The Peripheral by William Gibson
Stella Maris by Cormac Mccarthy
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
Why Orwell Matters by Christopher Hitchens
Liberation Day by George Saunders
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell