nknight rated The Saint of Bright Doors: 4 stars
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to …
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I'm a progressive ex-physicist software developer who parents one little, rides an e-bike instead of a car, and has chronic back pain.
I like contemporary speculative or fantastical books that aren't too grim, especially if they're written by authors who are usually under-represented in those genres.
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nknight rated Witch King: 5 stars
Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, …
nknight finished reading Witch King by Martha Wells
Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, …
nknight finished reading The Complete Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (The Book of the New Sun)
The Complete Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (The Book of the New Sun)
The Shadow of the Torturer introduces young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, …
nknight wants to read A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan, #2)
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan, #2)
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
nknight wants to read System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
nknight wants to read Provenance by Ann Leckie
nknight wants to read Translation State by Ann Leckie
Translation State by Ann Leckie
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across …
nknight rated The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: 5 stars
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …
nknight wants to read The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside
The Last Girl Scout by Natalie Ironside
The past lies like a nightmare over the world.
Two hundred years after the War when atomic fire rained from …
nknight wants to read Nation by Terry Pratchett
Nation by Terry Pratchett
After a devastating tsunami destroys all that they have ever known, Mau, an island boy, and Daphne, an aristocratic English …
nknight wants to read Strata by Terry Pratchett
nknight started reading The Complete Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (The Book of the New Sun)
The Complete Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe (The Book of the New Sun)
The Shadow of the Torturer introduces young Severian, an apprentice in the Guild of Torturers on the world called Urth, …
nknight wants to read The Dark Side of the Sun by Terry Pratchett
The Dark Side of the Sun by Terry Pratchett
1988 UK Reprint of the original Corgi print from the same year.
nknight finished reading The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …