Couldn't get traction with this one. Stopped after multiple attempts about 30 pages in after I realized I had reread like 6 or 7 books while avoiding reading this one, lol.
Couldn't get traction with this one. Stopped after multiple attempts about 30 pages in after I realized I had reread like 6 or 7 books while avoiding reading this one, lol.
*New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues …
Yet another great Martin Hench novel
5 stars
This time we venture far into his past when he had just gotten his accounting degree and discovered Silicon Valley. A lot of Martin learning about who he is, who he wants to be, what and who he likes and how to be the person he wants to be. Fun side characters and interesting explorations of the startup bubble, San Francisco and interesting people along the way. Highly recommended if you’ve enjoyed the other ones. (And if you haven’t read them yet I STRONGLY recommend adding Red Team Blues to your reading list immediately!)
Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, D.C.—triggering an extinction-level global warming event—Earth’s survivors have …
One of the better ones
4 stars
We find our heroine just landed on Mars with the 2nd mission, and naturally, nothing goes quite according to plan, both due to machinations from Earth and also from within the mission crew…
This (for me) was one of the better of the series. Kowal always packs a ton of social/political awareness stuff into her books and sometimes it can be frustrating because it really doesn't actually fit very well. In this case, it did fit well and didn't overwhelm the plot or characters as I've seen it do in past Lady Astronaut novels, so that was a huge plus.
In the end, this was a very enjoyable read overall and recommended.
We find our heroine just landed on Mars with the 2nd mission, and naturally, nothing goes quite according to plan, both due to machinations from Earth and also from within the mission crew…
This (for me) was one of the better of the series. Kowal always packs a ton of social/political awareness stuff into her books and sometimes it can be frustrating because it really doesn't actually fit very well. In this case, it did fit well and didn't overwhelm the plot or characters as I've seen it do in past Lady Astronaut novels, so that was a huge plus.
In the end, this was a very enjoyable read overall and recommended.
Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, D.C.—triggering an extinction-level global warming event—Earth’s survivors have started an international effort to …
I would say it has certain elements that are somewhat Culture-ish, but certainly not in the same way that the Culture is run almost entirely by Minds and the humans are fine with that. Instead AI is relatively sparsely used and everyone is kept alive and incredibly healthy by “DotTech” which is a type of nanomachinery.
Also, there is almost no murder in the society because people are so incredibly hard to kill. Which is where our main character comes in—they managed to become a serial killer, get caught, and get an offer from jail to help them escape, but only if they kill off the population of an entire planet…
Anyway, a decent book, some interesting ideas but definitely not nearly as satisfying a read as a Culture novel, so I’d advise approaching it for what it is, not what it is not if you do decide …
I would say it has certain elements that are somewhat Culture-ish, but certainly not in the same way that the Culture is run almost entirely by Minds and the humans are fine with that. Instead AI is relatively sparsely used and everyone is kept alive and incredibly healthy by “DotTech” which is a type of nanomachinery.
Also, there is almost no murder in the society because people are so incredibly hard to kill. Which is where our main character comes in—they managed to become a serial killer, get caught, and get an offer from jail to help them escape, but only if they kill off the population of an entire planet…
Anyway, a decent book, some interesting ideas but definitely not nearly as satisfying a read as a Culture novel, so I’d advise approaching it for what it is, not what it is not if you do decide to read it.
They do not hit the same as Tony Hillerman's books and this one really got to me. The writing is just so bad comparatively and it's frustrating reading them. The secondary story is actually kind of important in that it highlights the use of Native Americans in association with scammers, but still. I just think I'm done.
They do not hit the same as Tony Hillerman's books and this one really got to me. The writing is just so bad comparatively and it's frustrating reading them. The secondary story is actually kind of important in that it highlights the use of Native Americans in association with scammers, but still. I just think I'm done.
3.5 stars. I liked it quite well, but it's a little simplistic in some ways? At least it made a hell of a lot more sense than the movie though! (Which makes sense since I believe the director of the movie is the same guy who did Snowpiercer and just wanted to ram the message home even more in this movie than his previous one.
3.5 stars. I liked it quite well, but it's a little simplistic in some ways? At least it made a hell of a lot more sense than the movie though! (Which makes sense since I believe the director of the movie is the same guy who did Snowpiercer and just wanted to ram the message home even more in this movie than his previous one.