Scorpio by Marko Kloos
On a distant Earth colony, an orphaned survivor of an alien invasion discovers that the greatest world-ending dangers aren’t behind …
A comfort read, in a stressfull time of need.
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Alex reviewed The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz
Clara Gutierrez is a highly-skilled technician specializing in the popular 'Raise' AI companions. Her childhood …
comfy
4 stars
Alex rated The Language of Power: 4 stars
The Language of Power by Rosemary Kirstein (Steerswoman, #4)
Rosemary Kirstein’s acclaimed epic continues, as a servant of truth journeys through a world where the powerful rule by lies.
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Rosemary Kirstein’s acclaimed epic continues, as a servant of truth journeys through a world where …
Content warning Protagonist death
Jannik turned back.
“And do not expect me to be so selective, so fair and just, the next time. I frankly cannot be bothered. I will make an example of anyone I choose, any time I choose, merely to make you understand!”
He moved his gaze across the entire crowd, slowly.
“Anyone,” he said again. Then he looked left.
“You, for instance,” he said to Rowan.
“You’ve been entirely too calm through all of this.”
He laid his hand on her chest.
“You’re dead.”
FWOOMP
— The Language of Power by Rosemary Kirstein (Steerswoman, #4)
This whole chapter was stressfull, tense, and things was so close to end up mostly-just-fine (except for that minor but nice person being killed, earlier).
But then we are left with this fucking ending anyway... What a scene!
Alex rated The Lost Steersman: 5 stars
The Lost Steersman by Rosemary Kirstein (Steerswoman, #3)
How do you find a person you have never seen, or have never heard described? And what if the consequences …
Alex rated The Steerswoman: 3 stars
The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein
The Steerswoman is the first novel in the Steerswoman series. Steerswomen, and a very few Steersmen, are members of an …
Alex rated The Unwanted Guest: 2 stars
The Unwanted Guest by Tamsyn Muir
Featuring Ianthe Tridentarius and Palamedes Sextus, this story was originally published in the trade paperback edition of Nona the Ninth.
Alex rated Nona the Ninth: 4 stars
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is a birthday party. In many …
Alex rated As Yet Unsent: 2 stars
As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2.5)
Chronicles Judith Deuteros, Coronabeth Tridentarius, and Camilla Hect's time with Blood of Eden directly following the events of Gideon the …
Alex rated Harrow the Ninth: 2 stars
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #2)
THE NECROMANCERS ARE BACK, AND THEY'RE GAYER THAN EVER.
SHE ANSWERED THE EMPEROR'S CALL.
SHE ARRIVED WITH HER …
Alex rated The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex: 2 stars
The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #0.5)
A short story by Tamsyn Muir that takes place prior to the events in her The Locked Tomb Trilogy.
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Alex reviewed Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #1)
Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian …
Dark and messy
5 stars
I loved it, merging dark fantasy magic, with a sci-fi setting, and telling a horror story. It was a great page turner for me.
Alex reviewed After life by Simon Funk
If you could upload your mind, where would you put it? A postcyberpunk Extropian sci-fi …
Short fun
4 stars
Ended rather abruptly so now I'm wondering if it's not finished yet. Still, it was a fun "existential read".
Ended rather abruptly so now I'm wondering if it's not finished yet. Still, it was a fun "existential read".
Alex rated Working Effectively with Legacy Code: 4 stars
Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael C Feathers
Get more out of your legacy systems, more performance, functionality, reliability, and manageability.Is your code easy to change? Can you …
Alex commented on After life by Simon Funk
If you could upload your mind, where would you put it? A postcyberpunk Extropian sci-fi …
Huh chapter two gave me some strange, very vague but nostalgic memory of having read this before? It was a very weird feeling but quite funny, when considering the topic of memory in the first chapter.