Reviews for Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: An A-Z of Science-Fiction Books by Title

The average rating for Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: An A-Z of Science-Fiction Books by Title based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-03-02 00:00:00 Nick Jorge Terrific guide to SF novels. Printed in 1991. This one could use an up-to-date companion.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-08-29 00:00:00 Jordell Fowler Capsule reviews and rankings of over three thousand science fiction titles, each given a rating from zero to four stars. Very fun to browse. Pringle obviously couldn't be familiar with *all* these titles, so he wisely quotes from published reviews a fair amount. Unfortunately, sometimes it's painfully apparent he's relying on a secondary source even when he doesn't use a quote. For instance, his "plot summary" for Frank Herbert's "Destination: Void" is actually a description of what happens on the very last page of that book! This made me wonder how much of that goes on for books I'm completely unfamiliar with. That's why I dock one star from what would otherwise be a 4-star rating. Nonetheless, I had fun making a to-read list out of things that sounded interesting (I often did cross-checking with Goodreads and Amazon reviews for titles that sounded intriguing). I'm only importing that to-read list piecemeal to Goodreads, as it's rather huge. Also note it was published in 1990, so it's missing the most recent two decades of science fiction writing.