The Player of Games – Iain M. Banks
Second Culture novel was as good as the first
Novel
The File on H – Ismail Kadare
A funny short novel of the ‘strangers come to town’ variety by Albanian writer Ismail Kadare
Consider Phlebas – Iain M. Banks
Consider Phlebas is the first Culture novel. It seems pretty light on Culture.
The Humans – Matt Haig
A book whose story may be a metaphor for… something
Primogenitor, Clonelord, Manflayer – Josh Reynolds
Warhammer is a mess of a story. I kinda love it!
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The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood
Don’t be fooled by the silly cover.
Orconomics and Son of a Liche – J. Zachary Pike
“” by @jzacharypike makes me feel less alone in the world.
A Dance with Dragons – George R R Martin
(Note, in case some of this doesn’t make sense in the future, this post was written on September 25 2022)
Piranesi – Susanna Clarke
The meanest thing I can say about this novel is to just ask the question “why do we demonize one-hit wonders anyway?”
Heaven’s River – Dennis E. Taylor
When I was a kid, I could pick up a book that I had put down, even months later, and
Failures in Polymathy 