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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  3 Comments

March 18, 2022May 7, 2021

The Gods Themselves – Isaac Asimov

Considered one of the best sci-fi novels for a reason….

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

February 11, 2022February 2, 2022

Leviathan Falls – James S. A. Corey

Sometimes you should like something, and somehow just can’t.

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January 28, 2022December 24, 2021

Blood Music – Greg Bear

A relatively character-less novel that holds up pretty well.

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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

November 12, 2021October 31, 2021

The Death of Grass – John Christopher

2021, What a time to read this book.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

July 23, 2021March 24, 2021

The Doors of His Face, The Lamp of His Mouth – Roger Zelazny

A highly acclaimed book of short stories.

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June 25, 2021July 4, 2021

MaddAddam – Margaret Atwood

Better than the middle novel but still not nearly as good as the first, this final installment still feels very peripheral to Oryx and Crake.

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Evolution, Fiction, Novel, Science, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

May 28, 2021January 20, 2021

Evolution – Stephen Baxter

If the sentence “Baxter did a Stapeldon” makes sense to you, you will enjoy this review.

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Economics, Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

April 30, 2021November 29, 2020

Make Room! Make Room! – Harry Harrison

The word of the day is: Malthusian

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April 2, 2021November 29, 2020

All These Worlds – Dennis E Taylor

Here is a thought – The Bobiverse is nerd-cred done right.

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March 5, 2021February 14, 2021

Tiamat’s Wrath – James S. A. Corey

I once thought that reviewing a longer series would be a good idea, but as I got on with this one I felt that there were diminishing returns.

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