- By Heresies Distressed by David Weber
- Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson
- World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
By Heresies Distressed is book 3 of David Weber’s Safehold series following Off Armageddon Reef in 2007 and By Schism Rent Asunder in 2008 about a human colony established in a faraway future as a secret refuge from a genocidal alien race. I took a gamble with Off Armageddon Reef two years ago and it paid off handsomely. The technologically superior Gbaba exterminates any species that could present them a threat, and humanity just happens to fit the bill. At Safehold, the human survivors are supposed to rebuild the civilization and prepare for the eventual showdown with the Gbaba. However, leaders of the mission – well, the majority of them, anyway – thinks that the best way to protect humanity’s survival is to keep the civilization forever in the Medieval age through a religion that suppresses technology and innovation.
Julian Comstock will be my third by Robert Charles Wilson book after Spin (Hugo Best Novel for 2006) and its sequel Axis. It is a speculative fiction about the US in the 22nd century with 19th century-level technology. Here’s a review by Cory Doctorow in Boing Boing.
World War Z is a relatively old 2006 book. As the title suggests, it’s about a war with zombies. I’ve never actually read a book about zombies before but it seems to be a growingly popular subject nowadays so I’m really excited about it.
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