Systems/network engineer in Los Angeles. I play games, write stories, and do my best to keep the traditions of creativity and imagination alive in my offspring.
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Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and …
Earth is failing. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carry its precious …
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet.
Thousands …
Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the …
The Sparrow is a novel about a remarkable man, a living saint, a life-long celibate and Jesuit priest, who undergoes …
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find a new home. But when …
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a …
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, …
Highly interesting perspective on the evolutionary component of language. It illicits an intimacy between the reader and the natives. Really impressive.
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find …
The world building is pretty impressive. The theoretical zoology component is one of the more unique bits I've witnessed. Oddly enough, the most engaging for me is the character dialogue. The narrator is clearly skilled, but the script itself is so organic. Each character seems imbued with personality and their chat is quite unique.
Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her …
Arkady sets the scene of massive interstellar machinations affected by a cast of brilliant and unique individuals. I listen casually so I'm not always current on the plot (maybe shouldn't be writing reviews) but the characters are multi-faceted, the world is deep and intriguing.
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with …
Wonderful world-building. Mix of space opera and hard sci-fi. I love the relationship narrative between the main characters. Also, the narrators cadence and tone were spot on.
