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Category Archives: Science fiction
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Read July 2018 Recommended for fans of Pollyanna, sloppy stories ★ ★ Here’s the part where you think I’m going to eat my words. But I don’t think I have to: think of it as being able to love Star … Continue reading
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Read October 2018 Recommended for fans of Murderbot, AIs ★ ★ ★ ★ “Or Miki was a bot who had never been abused or lied to or treated with anything but indulgent kindness. It really thought its humans were … Continue reading
Spares by Michael Marshall Smith. Not spare. Quite full, actually.
Read September 2018 Recommended for fans of sci fi and detectives ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Calling Spares a ‘hard-boiled detective’ story is like calling Ben&Jerry’s Wavy Gravy ‘chocolate swirl ice cream.’ Sure. I guess, if … Continue reading
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Read September 2018 Recommended for fans of hard sci-fi ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This is a very dense book, packed with ideas. Although Watts mentions he’s a biologist by training, you wouldn’t know it, between … Continue reading
The Wild Dead by Carrie Vaughn
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of apocalypse settings, mysteries ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The one-minute review: There’s loads of descriptions and reviews out there about this book, which surrounds solving a murder in an isolated community. … Continue reading
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
Read August 2018 Recommended for fans of Scalzi ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I like Bob. I’ve been swimming with him in Master’s Swim Club for four or five years. He is always on time, always ready to … Continue reading
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Read July 2018 Recommended for fans of Murderbot, AIs ★ ★ ★ ★ “I was stalling. I would have to interact with humans as an augmented human… I had imagined it as taking place from a distance, or in … Continue reading
Darkness Begins (After the EMP #1) by Harley Tate
Read June 2018 Recommended for fans of the possible apocalypse ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Ah, vacation. It’s no secret I’m a sucker for the apocalypse, and after seeing how America treats one of it’s natural-resource vacationlands, my feeling is that … Continue reading
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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
Read April 2018 Recommended for fans of sci-fi lite ★ ★ 1/2 A Chapter by Chapter Reading Experience One: Hmm. Not into serial killer chasing inept 20 year-old woman, even/esp. set up as ‘humor.’ Two: Okay, made me laugh … Continue reading
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Almost ready.
Listened October 2012 Recommended for fans of the 80s ★ ★ ★ –audio version Interesting. As a child of the 80s, part of Ready Player One speaks to me. Then there’s the part that loves a great story. The book … Continue reading
