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On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she …
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing …
Ancillary Justice had a very intriguing setup and format but just didn't have anything to say with it.
Everything seemed like such a fresh take on space operas just to say "I dunno about all this imperialism, guys"
Ancillary Justice had a very intriguing setup and format but just didn't have anything to say with it.
Everything seemed like such a fresh take on space operas just to say "I dunno about all this imperialism, guys"
"Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took …
"Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took …
An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, …
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. …
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would …
My first Pratchett book and well, I get it now. Just a delight.
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. …
JASMINE BASHARA never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.
…Maybe the worst dialogue I've ever read. Just read a Wiki summary for this one.
Maybe the worst dialogue I've ever read. Just read a Wiki summary for this one.
JASMINE BASHARA never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.
…Maybe the worst dialogue I've ever read. Just read a Wiki summary for this one.
Maybe the worst dialogue I've ever read. Just read a Wiki summary for this one.
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the …
It shows the path tyranny takes from a joke among the elites to cold reality and what steps to stop that could look like.
Pithy, its pages excel at being Instagrammable (Complimentary). Information does nothing if its not in the hands of the people who need this and On Tyranny wants to be in every set of hands it can fit in.
As a Red, Darrow grew up working the mines deep beneath the surface of Mars, …
Better all around than Red Rising. By changing the focus to the politics and precarity of revolution, Darrow and company have much better set pieces and characterization to work with.
While the ending does seem to draw a little to much inspiration from The Empire Strikes Back, I'm nevertheless still interested to see how Ol' RedGold wriggles his way out of THIS one.
Better all around than Red Rising. By changing the focus to the politics and precarity of revolution, Darrow and company have much better set pieces and characterization to work with.
While the ending does seem to draw a little to much inspiration from The Empire Strikes Back, I'm nevertheless still interested to see how Ol' RedGold wriggles his way out of THIS one.
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of …
"Rome in Space" has been done before but this might be my favorite adaptation. Starts off shakily by introducing its color system of societal hierarchy, making it seem much more like a "Hunger Games" knock off than it feels, even when it too falls into a "Battle Royale" style conflict, but by integrating it much more into its parent society, it feels much more vital and purposeful than Collins' usage of the same trope.
And for all that, it's a fun read. Not perfect but makes the time go quickly, and that's what I was looking for.
As an aside: It is shocking to see that it hasn't already been adapted for film or tv, but deciding the audience it would best serve seems like the largest challenge. Like "Ender's Game", the 16 year old protagonist and schoolyard relationships taken to bloody extremes are a tough balancing act …
"Rome in Space" has been done before but this might be my favorite adaptation. Starts off shakily by introducing its color system of societal hierarchy, making it seem much more like a "Hunger Games" knock off than it feels, even when it too falls into a "Battle Royale" style conflict, but by integrating it much more into its parent society, it feels much more vital and purposeful than Collins' usage of the same trope.
And for all that, it's a fun read. Not perfect but makes the time go quickly, and that's what I was looking for.
As an aside: It is shocking to see that it hasn't already been adapted for film or tv, but deciding the audience it would best serve seems like the largest challenge. Like "Ender's Game", the 16 year old protagonist and schoolyard relationships taken to bloody extremes are a tough balancing act when you have to see children disembowel and sexually assault each other.
