gwenwindflower rated Green Mars: 5 stars
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of …
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gwenwindflower rated The Blind Assassin: 5 stars
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (Seal books)
More than fifty years on, Iris Chase is remembering Laura's mysterious death. And so begins an extraordinary and compelling story …
gwenwindflower rated The Obelisk Gate: 4 stars
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #2)
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization …
gwenwindflower rated The Stone Sky: 4 stars
The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #3)
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the …
gwenwindflower rated The Fifth Season: 4 stars
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)
This is the way the world ends. Again.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living …
gwenwindflower rated The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: 2 stars
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect …
gwenwindflower rated The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: 3 stars
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
It is the late 21st Century and the Moon has been colonized -- as a giant, open, prison. Every aspect …
gwenwindflower rated Red Mars: 5 stars
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Trilogy, #1)
In his most ambitious project to date, award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson utilizes years of research & cutting-edge science in …
gwenwindflower rated The Diamond Age: 4 stars
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)
The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what …
gwenwindflower rated Cryptonomicon: 3 stars
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
E-book extras: "Stephensonia/Cryptonomica": ONE: "Cryptonomicon Cypher-FAQ" (Neal addresses "Frequently Anticipated Questions" and other fascinating facts); TWO: "Mother Earth Motherboard" (Neal's …
gwenwindflower rated Magister Ludi: 5 stars
Magister Ludi by Hermann Hesse
Hesse’s most highly acclaimed book, The Glass Bead Game is set in a fictional state in Central Europe in the …
gwenwindflower rated Stories of Your Life and Others: 5 stars
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Ted Chiang's first published story, "Tower of Babylon," won the Nebula Award in 1990. Subsequent stories have won the Asimov's …
gwenwindflower rated Ninth House: 3 stars
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern, #1)
Galaxy “Alex” Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale’s freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a …
gwenwindflower rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 5 stars
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
gwenwindflower rated The City We Became: 2 stars
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Duology, #1)
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's …