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The Ship has traveled the universe for longer than any of the near-immortal crew can …
there was a lot of fun body horror stuff even if the plot and characters were pretty mid. like a mediocre meal with inexplicably excellent garnishes
The Ship has traveled the universe for longer than any of the near-immortal crew can …
there's some cool body horror and some interesting concepts but this man isn't half as good at writing characters cultures and plot twists as he thinks he is
hey though, for a sci-fi book in 2001 written by a man it's not anywhere near as misogynistic as it could've been! i mean, all the women are pretty heavily defined by the men in their lives but at least they. y'know. do stuff
Herself a biologist, Julie E. Czerneda has earned a reputation in science fiction circles for …
i was promised unique and interesting aliens and i guess that's what was delivered but my godddd the characters and more specifically their dialogue is so painful. also why does mac talk to herself out loud CONSTANTLY like she has a daily quota for saying pointless shit. also the plot is lackluster and predictable
this felt like half of a book. am i interested enough to read the second to see if the plot is actually going to do anything interesting at some point?? eh............
a mediocre nothingburger of a book. it feels like the target demographic are neoliberals who aren't really aware that structural inequality exists - like most of the cast of the book
Eccentric genius Adam Bosch has cracked the multiverse and discovered a way to travel to …
well now i want to reread those beyond the wall again with the context from recently rereading this.........
Eccentric genius Adam Bosch has cracked the multiverse and discovered a way to travel to …
so i've read this before, presumably back in 2020? regardless it's been years. after reading the sequel i wanted to go back and reread this one, wondering if maybe the major characters in the sequel were characters who were hinted at in the first book....and yeah no they're not just hinted they are very involved secondary characters who i just completely forgot about.
definitely as good as i remembered though
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a …
soooo good. i read the original but it was years ago so as soon as i finished this i started a re-read of that
i'm starting to think this book isn't about nigerians in space
BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family …
for some reason i thought this book was a lot older than it actually is. i guess 'maestro of british sf' made it seem that way
This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an …
Content warning spoilerz
i'm baffled by the (admittedly small amount of) people who said they preferred the initial concept of the book before the plot twist. really? you thought aw damn, i'm sad this isn't some ableist schlock depicting a mentally disabled man as a kidnapper and murderer for no reason? to me - not knowing the twist - it was ABUNDANTLY clear that ted as he was written did not seem remotely like the kind of person who would hurt or kill people. i did assume the author was making him a serial killer anyway because what else is new in ableist media
but ted isn't a cute little girl so ew gross no compassion for the abused child in this scenario i guess.
also i'm probably being too mean but if you didn't understand the author's note or whether he killed those women he tried to go on dates with (he obviously didn't the book made it abundantly clear what happened) you may in fact be a bit dense
shrugs
i'm surprised none of the pov characters have a teen and a young child - or just a teen with a younger sibling pov. i feel like that's an obvious dynamic to explore
also interesting that joan and doug are both pov characters, but nadine hasn't gotten her own pov (yet at least)
Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke first …
it was pretty good! i saw a reviewer mention the misogyny but honestly compared to philip k dick it hardly even registered. but what was with that captain cook apologia. i guess the comparison to earthly colonization is inevitable in sci-fi but between this and the sparrow i'm getting annoyed with the historical revisionism
ehh not feeling the prose
