A lifelong bookworm who has never made it to Goodreads. Sci-fi, fantasy mostly. Kindle. The City of a hundred spires.
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The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from whole cloth-its language and classes …
The first book in R. Scott Bakker's Prince of Nothing series creates a world from …
No idea how this amazing piece of epic fantasy had been eluding me since 2003 when it was first published. Top shit.
No idea how this amazing piece of epic fantasy had been eluding me since 2003 when it was first published. Top shit.
A modern masterpiece, The Godfather is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It …
Picked it up after 20 years or so.
A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by …
Readable and forgettable. I should have heeded the Young Adult tag and passed on it, perhaps.
Readable and forgettable. I should have heeded the Young Adult tag and passed on it, perhaps.
Is he the Chosen One?
"Geralt of Rivia is a Witcher, one of the few capable of hunting the monsters …
CZ version
An easy read, but a poor man's First Law story.
An easy read, but a poor man's First Law story.
Diaspora is a hard science fiction novel by the Australian writer Greg Egan which first …
Neutron stars, gamma rays, curvature, multiverse, Euler, Planck, six-dimensional space and the gang are at it again! This time in a story which, despite not being exactly original, is challenging and captivating. Had to do a ton of googling while reading, physics is not my cup of tea, and have enjoyed myself. Cannot but recommend.
Neutron stars, gamma rays, curvature, multiverse, Euler, Planck, six-dimensional space and the gang are at it again! This time in a story which, despite not being exactly original, is challenging and captivating. Had to do a ton of googling while reading, physics is not my cup of tea, and have enjoyed myself. Cannot but recommend.
Station Eleven is a 2014 novel by Emily St. John Mandel, her fourth. It takes …
A surprisingly "civil" story about believable characters trying to eke it out in the aftermath of a grand fall.
Made me think of Covid and The Last of us.
A surprisingly "civil" story about believable characters trying to eke it out in the aftermath of a grand fall.
Made me think of Covid and The Last of us.
A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun
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A solid page turner.
A solid "I grew up at my father's estate surrounded by tutors and yet, chose to ditch the privilege and mingle with commoners in pursuit of galactic scale something while being a good person" kind of book.
A solid "I grew up at my father's estate surrounded by tutors and yet, chose to ditch the privilege and mingle with commoners in pursuit of galactic scale something while being a good person" kind of book.
Patrick Chiles: Perigee (EBook)
Stranded in orbit, with no way home before the air runs out…
A veteran pilot flying a revolutionary spaceplane,
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It is the end of history and all is known, or will be soon. Humanity …
The Dune vibes are strong with this one, and it is a solid three-star book. Read, put aside and never revisit. A pity, though, as the world and its dynamics and inhabitants could have been used to carve a better story.
The Dune vibes are strong with this one, and it is a solid three-star book. Read, put aside and never revisit. A pity, though, as the world and its dynamics and inhabitants could have been used to carve a better story.
Grabbed a real, paper-smelling book for a change
