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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

November 3, 2023May 11, 2023

Children of the New World – Alexander Weinstein

Oh look, a short story collection I really liked.

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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

August 11, 2023May 11, 2023

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

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Comedy, Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

July 14, 2023May 11, 2023

The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge – Harry Harrison

More reading for escapism.

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Science-Fiction  0 Comments

June 30, 2023June 18, 2023

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I read some books by amateur authors. It didn’t go well.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

April 28, 2023March 12, 2022

Delta-v – Daniel Suarez

When it comes to science-fiction, Daniel Suarez really puts in the work, and it shows in ‘Delta-v’

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Alternate History, Fiction, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

March 17, 2023July 10, 2022

The Power – Naomi Alderman

I enjoyed the hell out of this novel, flaws and all.

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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

March 3, 2023February 12, 2022

Replay – Ken Grimwood

I don’t think you need to get the moral of something exactly right for your to enjoy it.

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Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

January 6, 2023October 31, 2021

Slan – A. E. van Vogt

Once upon a time, science-fictions fans referred to themselves as Slans. Now it seems a bit much.

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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  3 Comments

December 23, 2022October 27, 2021

The Inverted World – Christopher Priest

Good sci-fi is hard to pull off, and as the technology improves, it is getting increasingly harder.

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Fiction, Novel, Reviews that are really about something else, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

October 28, 2022October 12, 2021

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe – Charles Yu

What even is sci-fi?

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