johanna wants to read 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1st ed.)
Based on a screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.
the movies were crazy i gotta read the series some day
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johanna started reading The Invincible by Stanisław Lem
Reads initially like the sort of traditional science fiction you might see on TV - …
It started out lovely with all the detailed descriptions and I really appreciated the details on "futuristic" technology. Then at some point I became very bored and tired because of these descriptions. I think this is largely owed to the German translation and the length and structure of the sentences being needlessly complex.
I think this book is lovely so far and I appreciate how very science this science fiction is. It feels less dreamy or at lesst what is dreamy about it is so in the same way that real science is poetic. I'm keen to find out more about this planet and its mystery
johanna finished reading I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story …
i read this today at 1am 👍
johanna finished reading Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek
watched the play on youtube (in English, naturally)
johanna started reading Rossum's Universal Robots by Karel Čapek
Listening to librivox recording
johanna finished reading Star Trek: The Next Generation: Worf's First Adventure by Peter David (Star trek, the next generation -- 1.)
Cadet Worf arrived at Starfleet Academy as the first Klingon to gain entrance since the …
it was good
johanna started reading Star Trek: The Next Generation: Worf's First Adventure by Peter David (Star trek, the next generation -- 1.)
Cadet Worf arrived at Starfleet Academy as the first Klingon to gain entrance since the …
Started this but then Dead Boy Detectives the Netflix adaptation dropped. Anyway! It's nice and short so I'll probably be done in a day and it includes illustrations of my faves <3 Mark McHenry you will always be famous
johanna started reading Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus by Chuck Tingle (Harriet Porber, #1)
Trans wizard Harriet Porber is a master spellsmith who's found herself in a bit of …
Tingler Island....
johanna finished reading Restoration (Star Trek New Frontier: Excalibur, Book 3) by Peter David (Star Trek: New Frontier (11))
The ever resourceful Captain Mackenzie Calhoun abruptly finds himself at a loss – marooned on …
it was cute. not very (as in super or extraordinary or memorably) good but cute. calhouns story line was kirk type shit tbh
johanna started reading Restoration (Star Trek New Frontier: Excalibur, Book 3) by Peter David (Star Trek: New Frontier (11))
The ever resourceful Captain Mackenzie Calhoun abruptly finds himself at a loss – marooned on …
Listening to the audiobook, as this is one of the two books (or 5, if you want to look at it that way) that have an audiobook. Depending on how exciting it is i might read the book as well, when i cant listen
johanna finished reading Renaissance: Excalibur Book Two by Peter David (Star trek, new frontier ;)
The ship is only a memory, but the drama unfolds.... The U.S.S. Excalibur has been …
we do not talk about burgoyne/selar, it's too annoying. anyway, banger morgan and robin mother-daughter trip story <3
johanna started reading Renaissance: Excalibur Book Two by Peter David (Star trek, new frontier ;)
The ship is only a memory, but the drama unfolds.... The U.S.S. Excalibur has been …
meh tbh. but here we are
johanna reviewed Requiem: Excalibur Book One by Peter David (Star trek, new frontier.)
When the U.S.S. Excalibur was suddenly and mercilessly destroyed, Starfleet lost one of its finest …
finally some more character driven content
5 stars
Before this my favourite book in the series was Once Burned (the Captains Table one), which was the last really character driven one that focused more on the themes of a character than a general plot happening to the crew.
This book focuses on two of my favourite characters in more detail (most of all Soleta of course, which made me very happy) so it was either going to be very good or very bad. It was not bad! Very happy especially about the limelight on Soleta and McHenry.
It was somewhat of an even split of silly and perhaps somewhat dark humour content and genuinely dark events. I hope the coming books focus more on Soleta than the previous two or so did
johanna finished reading Requiem: Excalibur Book One by Peter David (Star trek, new frontier.)
When the U.S.S. Excalibur was suddenly and mercilessly destroyed, Starfleet lost one of its finest …
Woah! That was actually good
johanna wants to read The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …
this was recommended to me by someone several months ago in an in-person aspec community meeting