Don's Reviews
Since 2009, Don has been the reviewer for Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Prior to that, he reviewed for Wavelengths, The Wilson Library Bulletin, The Baltimore Sun, and various other sources. (Guidelines for submitting books for review are here.)
This index (currently under construction) will include all his Analog reviews as well as older reviews from other sources.
Don's embargoing the full text of current reviews for one year; check the web link for those reviews.
Please remember that some of these reviews are old, dating back to the mid-1980s and 1990s. A glance at the publication year will help you keep the older reviews in context.
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Author | Title | Published in | Issue | Year |
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Clarke, Arthur C. | The Songs of Distant Earth | Baltimore Sun & Philadelphia Daily News | 1986 | |
Harrison, Harry | West of Eden | Baltimore Sun | 1984 | |
Pohl, Frederik | Heechee Rendezvous | Baltimore Sun | 1984 | |
Silverberg, Robert | Gilgamesh the King | Baltimore Sun | 1984 | |
Heinlein, Robert A. | Job: A Comedy of Justice | Baltimore Sun | 1984 | |
Niven, Larry | The Integral Trees | Baltimore Sun | 1984 | |
Herbert, Frank | Heretics of Dune | Baltimore Sun | 1984 | |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Biographies of SF Writers | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Searles, M. Alice Becker | Fantasy Commentator: Sam Moskowitz and A. Langley Searles Memorial Issue | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Stallings, Billie J. | Murray Leinster: The Life and Works | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Evans, Jo-An J. | Murray Leinster: The Life and Works | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Benford, Gregory | Sentinels in Honor of Arthur C. Clarke | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Zebrowski, George | Sentinels in Honor of Arthur C. Clarke | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Largasse, Paul | Channel 37 | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Lester, Gary | Channel 37 | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Rubin, Jamie Todd | If By Reason of Strength | Analog | Apr | 2012 |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Eagerly-Awaited Books | Analog | Apr | 2011 |
Bujold, Lois McMaster | Cryoburn | Analog | Apr | 2011 |
Collins, Suzanne | Mockingjay | Analog | Apr | 2011 |
Willis, Connie | All Clear | Analog | Apr | 2011 |
Scott, Melissa | Stargate Atlantis: Homecoming | Analog | Apr | 2011 |
Graham, Jo | Stargate Atlantis: Homecoming | Analog | Apr | 2011 |
Patterson, William H. Jr. | Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century: Volume 1 | Analog | Apr | 2011 |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Prisons in SF | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Cortes, Carlos J. | The Prisoner | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Somers, Jeff | The Eternal Prisoner | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Niven, Larry | Destroyer of Worlds | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Lerner, Edward M. | Destroyer of Worlds | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Johns, Geoff | Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Pérez, George | Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Koblish, Scott | Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds | Analog | Apr | 2010 |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Ebooks and science fiction | Analog | Apr | 2013 |
Rambo, Cat | Near + Far | Analog | Apr | 2013 |
Weber, David | Fire Season | Analog | Apr | 2013 |
Lindskold, Jane | Fire Season | Analog | Apr | 2013 |
Bujold, Lois McMaster | Captain Vorpatril's Alliance | Analog | Apr | 2013 |
Kimmel, Daniel M. | Shh! It's a Secret | Analog | Apr | 2013 |
Corey, James S.A. | Caliban's War | Analog | Apr | 2013 |
Dozois, Gardner | The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Lee, Sharon | Dragon Ship | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Miller, Steve | Dragon Ship | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Duerden, Ian | Tales from the Clockwork Empire | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Reid, Rob | Year Zero | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Anderson, Poul | The High Crusade: 50th Anniversary Edition | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Reinhardt, Hank | Hank Reinhardt’s Book of Knives | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Hammond, Elektra | Galactic Creatures | Analog | Dec | 2012 |
Elliott, Elton | Like Water For Quarks | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Taylor, Bruce | Like Water For Quarks | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Swallow, James | Deus Ex: Icarus Effect | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Lee, Sharon | Ghost Ship | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Miller, Steve | Ghost Ship | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
White, Steve | Extremis | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Gannon, Charles E. | Extremis | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Jones, Jaida | Steelhands | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Bennett, Danielle | Steelhands | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Uncle River | King Freedom | Analog | Dec | 2011 |
Shusterman, Neal | Unwind | Analog | Dec | 2010 |
Turtledove, Harry | The War That Came Early: West and East | Analog | Dec | 2010 |
Cronin, Justin | The Passage | Analog | Dec | 2010 |
Birmingham, John | After America | Analog | Dec | 2010 |
Rogan, Jack | The Ocean Dark | Analog | Dec | 2010 |
Holmes, Jeannie | Blood Law | Analog | Dec | 2010 |
Newton, Mark Charan | Nights of Villjamur | Analog | Dec | 2010 |
Gunn, David | Death's Head: Day of the Damned | Analog | Dec | 2009 |
Herbert, Brian | Webdancers | Analog | Dec | 2009 |
Oku, Hiroya | Gantz (multiple volumes) | Analog | Dec | 2009 |
Doctorow, Cory | Little Brother | Analog | Dec | 2009 |
Collins, Suzanne | The Hunger Games | Analog | Dec | 2009 |
Pohl, Frederik | The Merchants' War | Baltimore Sun & Philadelphia Daily News | Feb | 1985 |
Farmer, Philip José | Dayworld | Baltimore Sun & Philadelphia Daily News | Feb | 1985 |
Tiptree, James Jr. | Brightness Falls From the Air | Baltimore Sun & Philadelphia Daily News | Feb | 1985 |
Willis, Connie | Fire Watch | Baltimore Sun & Philadelphia Daily News | Feb | 1985 |
Johnson, Les | Going Interstellar | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2013 |
McDevitt, Jack | Going Interstellar | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2013 |
Reynolds, Alastair | Blue Remembered Earth | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2013 |
Resnick, Mike | Win Some, Lose Some | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2013 |
Foster, Alan Dean | The Sum of Her Parts | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2013 |
Wysocki, Edward M. Jr. | The Great Heinlein Mystery | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2013 |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Tales of Exploration in SF | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2013 |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Pre-Campbell SF/Armchair Fiction | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Coblentz, Stanton A. | Into Plutonian Depths | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Shaver, Richard S. | The Shaver Mystery Book One and Book Two | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Shaver, Richard S. | Ice City of the Gorgon / When the World Tottered | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Geier, Chester S. | Ice City of the Gorgon / When the World Tottered | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Del Rey, Lester | Ice City of the Gorgon / When the World Tottered | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Flint, Eric | The Sorceress of Karres | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Freer, Dave | The Sorceress of Karres | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
McCaffrey, Anne | Dragon's Time | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
McCaffrey, Todd | Dragon's Time | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2012 |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Variety of Lengths in SF | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2011 |
James, Roby | Warrior Wisewoman 3 | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2011 |
Nazarian, Vera | After the Sundial | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2011 |
McCaffrey, Todd | Dragongirl | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2011 |
Bradley, Darin | Noise | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2011 |
Bolk, Kevin | Wookie-Ookies and Ensign Sue Must Die | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2011 |
Sakers, Don | Essay: Otherness | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2010 |
Creek, Dave | A Glimpse of Splendor and Other Stories | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2010 |
Bérard, Sylvie | Of Wind and Sand | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2010 |
Schroeder, Karl | The Sunless Countries | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2010 |
Easton, Thomas A. | Maine Quartet | Analog | Jan/Feb | 2010 |