A three-way first contact story, under an icy ocean, sounded nice enough! But once I started reading I felt like a slob; people competing with "finding the most ways to kill their 'annoying' coworker", anime porn collections and alien genitalia? I'll pass on that. The story itself couldn't give me any motivation to continue with it.
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Alex reviewed A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias
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Alex rated The integral trees: 4 stars
The integral trees by Larry Niven
The Integral Trees is a 1984 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven (first published as a serial in …
Alex rated A World Out of Time.: 4 stars
A World Out of Time. by Larry Niven
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Alex rated Elder Race: 4 stars
Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to …
Alex rated Can't Spell Treason Without Tea: 3 stars
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, …
Alex rated The Spellshop: 2 stars
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
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Marrow by Robert Reed (Great ship, #1)
The Ship has traveled the universe for longer than any of the near-immortal crew can recall, its true purpose and …
Alex rated Roadside Picnic: 2 stars
Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky, Борис Натанович Стругацкий, Arkady Strugatsky, and 1 other
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Livesuit by James S.A. Corey (The Captive's War, #1.5)
Humanity's war is eternal, spread across the galaxy and the ages. Humanity's best hope to end the endless slaughter is …
Alex rated The Mercy of Gods: 4 stars
The Mercy of Gods by James S.A. Corey (The Captive's War, #1)
How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is about …
Alex rated Exoskeleton IV: 2 stars
Exoskeleton IV by Shane Stadler
William Thompson awakens in an unknown place and senses a clock ticking in the back of his mind. He realizes …
Alex rated EXOSKELETON III: 2 stars
EXOSKELETON III by Shane Stadler
After returning from the Antarctic Seas, William Thompson finds himself in the CIA’s secret Space Systems building, trying to recover …