Michael K. Rose

Sergeant Riley's Account is a gem of a novella. Tight, well-written, masterfully formed, this thrill-a-minute ride will keep you glued to your seat until the very end. As the Afterword explains, this novella was not conceived as a prologue to Michael K. Rose's Sullivan's War, but it serves so well as an introduction to the his universe that I want to run out and read everything else immediately.

The dialogue, the rising action, the ultimate climax at the end--everything presented is stitched together with a master's hand, weaving a tapestry of imagination out of the blank page.… (plus d'informations)

There's something unique in the world out there: writers you never heard of and work you never thought you might read. "Sleep" by Michael K. Rose fits both of those profiles, and it's refreshing to know there is more by this author. With a Poe-esque feel, "Sleep" takes you through the psychological breakdown a woman on a ship who really--and I mean really--needs to dispose of a body without being caught. While reading the story, I was constantly reminded of Poe's "Tell Tale Heart." Not that the prose is similar or that the story is the same; rather the feel of desperation was well documented and unsettling.

Sleep is a short story done the way short stories should be done: quick, concise and full of goodness. I'm pleased there is that uniqueness in the world out there, and pleased to have been able to discover Michael K. Rose because of it.… (plus d'informations)

I am not a fan of hardcore science fiction, rather those stories that lead the reader slightly ahead of our time and, perhaps, slightly out of our universe. Bradbury and Clarke did this well, taking me to Mars or out beyond the moon in 2001/2010/2061. While my brother doted on the grand epics of Asimov and Herbert, I didn't find myself drawn to them as much.

There had to be a middle ground.

Like a fist in the face, along comes Michael K. Rose and Sullivan's War. Not only is the science in the science fiction understandable and believable, the political and sociological arenas are familiar yet distant. With sharp prose, delicate and--at times--stabbing dialogue, scene setting that is on par with the best of the fiction writers of the past, Rose delivers a one-two punch to the gut that makes this reader want more and more.… (plus d'informations)