Fun to read as this story is set in the centre of Edinburgh, with plenty of little nods to it.
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Jelmer reviewed Halting State (Halting State, #1) by Charles Stross
Halting State is a novel by Charles Stross, published in the United States on 2 …
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3 stars
Jelmer rated The City & the City: 4 stars
The City & the City by China Miéville
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Jelmer rated Causal Angel: 3 stars
Jelmer rated Dark Matter: 4 stars
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The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the U.S. by Jeffrey Lewis
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Jelmer rated A Fire Upon the Deep (S.F. Masterworks): 4 stars
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Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined …
Jelmer rated Slade House: 3 stars
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Jelmer rated The Day of the Triffids (Penguin Essentials): 4 stars
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Jelmer rated Autonomous: 3 stars
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When anything can be owned, how can we be free
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Jelmer rated True Names (Penguin Worlds): 5 stars
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Jelmer rated The Drowned World: 4 stars
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Fluctuations in solar radiation have melted the ice caps, sending the planet into a new Triassic Age of unendurable heat. …
Jelmer rated Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: 4 stars
Jelmer rated Century rain: 3 stars
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