Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas made me want to reread a certain classic.
Science-Fiction
The Year of the Flood – Margaret Atwood
Sometimes as you read a sequel you just hope beyond hope that it wasn’t a marketing departments decision.
The Martian Time Slip – Philip K Dick
The ship of Theseus is a pretty applicable bit of philosophy. Here’s a thought: are you the same reader you were 20 years ago?
The Stainless Steel Rat – Harry Harrison
Some books are more akin to fast food than a proper meal.
The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K. Le Guin
Leibniz is not once mentioned in the novel. So why do I keep thinking about him?
Xenocide – Orson Scott Card
What happens when you read the sequel to a novel you didn’t really feel needed a sequel?
For We Are Many – Dennis E Taylor
For We Are Many raises the stakes on what was set up in the first book of the series.
Persepolis Rising – James S. A. Corey
The Expanse books often focus on aspects of the story that I just can’t seem to care about.
Pavane – Keith Roberts
This might be the most well-written book I disliked reading.
The Expert System’s Brother – Adrian Tchaikovsky
There is a lot buried in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s ‘The Expert System’s Brother’
