Category: science fiction
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Book Review: The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Choosing to read this book while vacationing in Florida was perhaps not the wisest decision, but I guess it did give me a certain level of appreciation that I might not have had otherwise…
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Book Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for years. In that time I built high expectations that grew larger whenever I heard people talk about it. Maybe I wasn’t in the right headspace or something, but it was disappointingly only an okay read for me…
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Book Review: The Pre-Programming by B.L.A. and G.B. Gabbler (Anonymous)
The Circo del Herrero series continues in this sequel to The Automation. Longer and more in-depth than the prior book, The Pre-programming really goes for it in this one. Of course, we have some return characters as well…
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Book Review: The Automation by B.L.A. and G.B. Gabbler (Anonymous)
This was an experimental read for me if there ever was one. Absolutely intriguing and wild, but also confusing. However, I believe that’s the point…
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Book Review: The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
As much as I love this series and its setting and characters, I just didn’t click with this one as much as I did with books one and two. The change of POV surprised me because I stop reading the summaries at this point in any series…
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Book Review: The Betrayal by Doug Dorsey
A haunting concept, yet totally gripping. The first in a series of three books, The Betrayal takes a look at a dystopian future under Sovereign Alexander Wraith who comes to power after much of humanity has been wiped out. Though the world is relatively united, it’s far from having archived true peace…
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Book Review: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
A lot of thought went into this book and it shows. At another time I might have been more in a place to absorb the complexity, but as my final read of the year, it had my head spinning a little bit…
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Book Review: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
This book has an interesting concept and poses a lot of intriguing questions about life and creativity. I only wish I’d latched onto it more…
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Book Review: The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal
I don’t know why I let so much time pass between reading The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky. This series is so immersive and book two was as good as the first…
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Book Review: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
Though I wouldn’t quite label this Orwellian, The Memory Police certainly was haunting…