David C wants to read The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang (Tensorate, #2)
Fallen prophet, master of the elements, and daughter of the supreme Protector, Sanao Mokoya has …
I much enjoyed "Black Tides of Heaven". Too many books to read!
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Owner of too many books, mostly sf/f, 🇨🇦, recently joined the fediverse. Am david_c on library thing and tor.com
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David C finished reading The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang (Tensorate, #1)
Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery …
Don't know the actual reading dates. Much enjoyed it.
David C commented on Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (The Midsolar Murders, #1)
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
This is a really fun book. Like "Six wakes" this is an outside of the usual box take on a mystery novel. Six Wakes has a subtext (the ethics of human cloning) that made it a Hugo contender.
Station Eternity may have less going on thematically, but it is zanier, and a lot of fun to read.
David C reviewed Loki's Ring by Stina Leicht
Brief review of Loki's Ring
(I don't do *** ratings.)
(My perspective: I have read everything novel length by Stina Leicht from Cold Iron on.)
This book is completely independent from Persephone Station, but is part of the same universe. Leicht continues to write feminist commentary on the current US of A (when the libertarian capitalists turn out to be the bad guys, you shouldn't feel surprised), although nicely wrapped up in an enjoyable adventure. Leicht seems to be commenting particularly on community and family in ways that push back at US Conservative narratives.
The main character is delightfully imperfect. The story is space opera. If you liked the Ann Leckie *Ancilliary..." novels you might like this.
There's some interesting speculation about AI persons. Not surprisingly it appears that AI have choices about gender, but it's not clear whether they have any non-human gender choices. (More reasonable than it appears, given how AIs in …
(I don't do *** ratings.)
(My perspective: I have read everything novel length by Stina Leicht from Cold Iron on.)
This book is completely independent from Persephone Station, but is part of the same universe. Leicht continues to write feminist commentary on the current US of A (when the libertarian capitalists turn out to be the bad guys, you shouldn't feel surprised), although nicely wrapped up in an enjoyable adventure. Leicht seems to be commenting particularly on community and family in ways that push back at US Conservative narratives.
The main character is delightfully imperfect. The story is space opera. If you liked the Ann Leckie *Ancilliary..." novels you might like this.
There's some interesting speculation about AI persons. Not surprisingly it appears that AI have choices about gender, but it's not clear whether they have any non-human gender choices. (More reasonable than it appears, given how AIs in Loki's Ring come to be.)
One minor grumble: a "hard banking turn" makes no sense where there's neither atmosphere nor gravity. Generally however the science feels good, a sciency space opera. Give it a read!
David C finished reading Loki's Ring by Stina Leicht
(finished reading date is a guess)
David C finished reading Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic …
(date finished is a random guess. Read shortly after publication)
David C rated All Quiet on the Western Front: 5 stars
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
This edition is in Hebrew. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces …
David C rated When Gravity Fails: 5 stars
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
When Gravity Fails is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by American writer George Alec Effinger, published in 1986. It was …
Excession by Iain M. Banks
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun …
David C rated The City & the City: 5 stars
The City & the City by China Miéville
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
David C reviewed A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger
Review of 'A Fire in the Sun' on 'LibraryThing'
5 stars
I read this a long time ago, but it and its companion When Gravity Fails feel to me to be a couple of books that helped to define cyber-punk.
David C rated The Book of Three: 5 stars
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander (Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
The Book of Three (1964) is a high fantasy novel by American writer Lloyd Alexander, the first of five volumes …
David C rated A Wizard of Earthsea: 5 stars
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by …
David C rated The Gathering Storm: 3 stars
The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (The Wheel of Time, #12)
In this epic novel, Robert Jordan’s international bestselling series begins its dramatic conclusion. Rand al’Thor, the Dragon Reborn, struggles to …
