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SambaSpy rated Failure Mode: 5 stars

Failure Mode by Craig Alanson (Expeditionary Force, #15)
When a mission ends in disaster and there is no way to achieve the objective, no way to regroup and …
SambaSpy rated Henry IV, Part II: 4 stars

Henry IV, Part II by Eric Rasmussen, Jonathan Bate
Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Summer festival, June 27th to September 10th, 1932. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, containing …

Boundary by Simon Winstanley (Field, #3)
Mankind's extinction began: Archive had failed. A solitary intellect drew one conclusion: Adjust the past to ensure a future. The …

Field Two by Simon Winstanley (Field, #2)
The 64 years were over: Mankind's extinction was set. The devastation was inevitable: Billions had died. Archive's solution had failed: …

Field One by Simon Winstanley (Field, #1)
The data couldn't lie: Mankind extinct in 64 years. Archive’s conclusion was simple: Make time to escape. Their solution was …
SambaSpy rated The Reality Forge: 5 stars

The Reality Forge by Simon Winstanley (Rez Point, #2)
Go anywhere. Do anything. Be anyone. The next great era of technological evolution has arrived.
Life Two promised an experience …

Rez Point by Simon Winstanley (Rez Point, #1)
When Life Two opened its digital doorway to a bright virtual utopia, the technology quietly opened the door to a …
SambaSpy rated Convergence: 4 stars

Convergence by Craig Alanson
My name is Kazimir Wolfe, people call me ‘Kaz’, except they don’t. I never use my real name, it’s too …

Upgrade by Blake Crouch
“You are the next step in human evolution.”
At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels …
SambaSpy rated Match Game: 5 stars

Match Game by Craig Alanson (Expeditionary Force, #14)
For years, the ancient alien AI known as Skippy (the Magnificent, don’t forget that part) has been able to do …

克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人(AF),具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里,注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她,不过,当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时,克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中,石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角,观察千变万化的现代社会,探索了一个根本性的问题:究竟什么是爱?

Redshirts by John Scalzi
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE . . . UNTIL THEY STARTED COMPARING NOTES
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the …