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.
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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’
Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Safe Drivers – Grant Naylor
A book that is a rehash of a TV show could be disappointing, unless it is a really good TV show.
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Speaker of the Dead – Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead won me over, despite a slow start.
The Snail on the Slope – Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Every read something and feel like your education really wasn’t up to the task of understanding it?
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Space Opera – Catherine M. Valente
Exuberance! is a stylistic choice.
Eon – Greg Bear
I didn’t want to dislike this book, but I just didn’t seem to scratch any itch.
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.
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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Failures in Polymathy 