Eclectic and (sometimes aspirationally) avid reader. Currently on a sci-fi kick. Tolkien is my first literary love.
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Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated …
This book, man. It’s got a choker hold on me. I almost abandoned it at the beginning. I sat it down and read a whole other book. But I came back, just to check, just to be sure. And the trap was sprung.
I have no idea where this is going, and it may be rewiring my brain as I go, but I’m in it to the end now
This book, man.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor and service. When a domesticated …
"There is no reason why Central Services will not be able to fix me. I only did one murder."
Finished "Automatic Noodle" last week so I've swung back over to "Service Model" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Enjoying it but 15% in and I'm still wondering if it's just another "There Will Come Soft Rains".
"There is no reason why Central Services will not be able to fix me. I only did one murder."
Finished "Automatic Noodle" last week so I've swung back over to "Service Model" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Enjoying it but 15% in and I'm still wondering if it's just another "There Will Come Soft Rains".
"From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella …
This is the kind of book that could be read in one sitting. It’s unfair to it that I spread it out over a month or so. It’s fast, fun, and feel-good — hopeful and cozy despite being set in a ruined San Francisco emerging from the aftermath of a civil war. I loved it and it’s going to stick with me for a long time to come.
An interesting start with a third person POV that's almost in real time setting up the scene and motivations and occasionally directly addressing the reader with notes on what to keep an eye on and flashes of scenes to come.
An interesting start with a third person POV that's almost in real time setting up the scene and motivations and occasionally directly addressing the reader with notes on what to keep an eye on and flashes of scenes to come.
The fourth and final book in The Galactic Cold War series sees Simon Kovalic and …
Dan Moren is one of my favorite new writers from the last few years. His "Galactic Cold War" series brought the science fiction spy craft stories I didn't know I needed, but need them I did.
Dan left many a hint that this would be the last book, and through most of the nail-biting action and cat-and-mouse intrigue I honestly could not tell if this would be a victory lap or a "Rogue One" style sendoff, and honestly I was ready for it either way. It was a quick read, perfectly paced with multiple points of view and intertwined storylines, and it brought a satisfying conclusion.
I love the setting Dan has created, and I'm hopeful he feels there are more stories to tell within it. Whether his next book takes place here, or is more urban fantasy like his excellent "All Souls Lost", or something brand new, …
Dan Moren is one of my favorite new writers from the last few years. His "Galactic Cold War" series brought the science fiction spy craft stories I didn't know I needed, but need them I did.
Dan left many a hint that this would be the last book, and through most of the nail-biting action and cat-and-mouse intrigue I honestly could not tell if this would be a victory lap or a "Rogue One" style sendoff, and honestly I was ready for it either way. It was a quick read, perfectly paced with multiple points of view and intertwined storylines, and it brought a satisfying conclusion.
I love the setting Dan has created, and I'm hopeful he feels there are more stories to tell within it. Whether his next book takes place here, or is more urban fantasy like his excellent "All Souls Lost", or something brand new, I'll be pre-ordering it and can't wait to read it.
He’s one of my favorite TikTok accounts and this book sounds delightful.
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the …
I was in the middle of reading The Armageddon Protocol, the latest science fiction thriller from Dan Moren. He’s my favorite newish author, with six novels out now, each better than the last (and the first one was excellent). More people should know about his books.
Anyway, I set that aside to begin reading a 2017 book by Yale historian Timothy Snyder. It offers ““twenty lessons from the twentieth century, adapted to the circumstances of today” and is the source of many quotes and memes going around the last few days. It’s a quick easy read. If you voted for the guy and think the current panic is hyperbole, I recommend reading this book if only to reassure yourself that it is hyperbole and to see what to watch for to ensure you’re on the right side of history if the bottom ever were to fall out. And for …
I was in the middle of reading The Armageddon Protocol, the latest science fiction thriller from Dan Moren. He’s my favorite newish author, with six novels out now, each better than the last (and the first one was excellent). More people should know about his books.
Anyway, I set that aside to begin reading a 2017 book by Yale historian Timothy Snyder. It offers ““twenty lessons from the twentieth century, adapted to the circumstances of today” and is the source of many quotes and memes going around the last few days. It’s a quick easy read. If you voted for the guy and think the current panic is hyperbole, I recommend reading this book if only to reassure yourself that it is hyperbole and to see what to watch for to ensure you’re on the right side of history if the bottom ever were to fall out. And for the rest of us, this book offers practical lessons and advice drawn directly from times and places much like ours you can use to defend what you hold dear.
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled …
An easy read, and the crossovers with her other books were interesting. I enjoyed this one quite a bit.
JASMINE BASHARA never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.
…The main character's voice was perfection.
The main character's voice was perfection.
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
Jamie’s dream was to hit the big time at a New York tech start-up. Jamie’s …
It's a satisfying pop song of a book. Fast read, fun plot.
It's a satisfying pop song of a book. Fast read, fun plot.
Jamie’s dream was to hit the big time at a New York tech start-up. Jamie’s reality was a humiliating lay-off, …
My to-read pile is basically a jumble of several hundred ebooks in my reader app. Just finished Scalzi’s “Kaiju Preservation Society” (a satisfying pop song of a book) and reached into my stack and randomly grabbed the next one.
It’s the 1955 classic “The Long Tomorrow” by groundbreaking author Leigh Brackett. I’ve already stayed up an hour past my bedtime reading it. Don’t know how it got by me this whole time.
“The Long Tomorrow” was fantastic! That Leigh Brackett could really write. Of course, everyone who has watched The Empire Strikes Back already knows that. Yeah, that was her script. She died before it went into production, but much of what she wrote made it into the film.
Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.
Wounded …
A sequel every good as the first without being a repeat or derivative. A prequel that stands on its own. This was such a joy to read, and I hope there is more to come!