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Europe, Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

March 13, 2020November 27, 2019

Space Opera – Catherine M. Valente

Exuberance! is a stylistic choice.

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February 28, 2020October 30, 2019

Eon – Greg Bear

I didn’t want to dislike this book, but I just didn’t seem to scratch any itch.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

February 14, 2020September 19, 2019

Babylon’s Ashes – James S.A. Corey

This book was a bit of a dip in the series, at least in comparison to the previous one.

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January 31, 2020October 6, 2019

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers

If you try to make a book of characters alone, surely something will be missing. Notably, story.

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January 17, 2020September 17, 2019

Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler was a master of showing us the worst of all possible outcomes, but not letting us lose our faith on the way.

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January 3, 2020September 12, 2019

Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake lingers around in your head like a bad house guest. That’s actually a pretty nice thing to say about it.

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Alternate History, Fiction, Science-Fiction, Thrillers  0 Comments

December 20, 2019September 7, 2019

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Claire North

Sometimes things are not as you expect them to be. Pleasantly so.

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Fiction, Horror, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

December 6, 2019September 4, 2019

Carrie – Stephen King

I keep reading Stephen King and expecting bigger and better things. You would think I would learn my lesson by now?

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October 25, 2019August 5, 2019

Children of Time – Adrian Tchaikovsky

Some books are just so good you want to start reading them a new right as you finish.

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October 11, 2019August 13, 2019

Nemesis Games – James S.A. Corey

Sometimes persistence pays off in the form of a series you didn’t really like starting to be enjoyable finally.

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