jim rated The Luminous Dead: 5 stars

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (The Luminous Dead, #1)
A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in …
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A thrilling, atmospheric debut with the intensive drive of The Martian and Gravity and the creeping dread of Annihilation, in …
@cblgh I enjoyed the world it created — almost read like a connected short story collection vs a novella
In the early 20th Century, the United States government concocted a plan to import hippopotamuses into the marshlands of Louisiana …
"That girl's got more wrong notions than a barn owl's got mean looks."
Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself …
The day Fatima forgot her name, Death paid a visit. From hereon in she would be known as Sankofa―a name …
Change or die: the only options available on the Durallium Company-owned planet GP. The planet's deadly virus had killed most …
Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with …
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人(AF),具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里,注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她,不过,当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时,克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。
在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中,石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角,观察千变万化的现代社会,探索了一个根本性的问题:究竟什么是爱?
Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him …
A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life: an …
"A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows one of the …