Queer, geek, NW England, no longer late-30s.
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The third volume in Cecilia Tan's LGBT new adult paranormal romance series. Since his arrival as a freshman at Veritas, …
The third volume in Cecilia Tan's LGBT new adult paranormal romance series. Since his arrival as a freshman at Veritas, …
Alien meets Midsommar in this chilling debut adult novel from award-winning author Andrew Joseph White about identity, survival, and transformation …
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic …
Content warning Some slight spoilers
I got this when it came out and it has sat on my to-read pile all that time as something slightly shinier or slightly more pressing was chosen and...
It's definitely a book. I finished it. I didn't want to hurl it across a room.
But I wasn't excited by it.
Roz Kaveney's Rhapsody of Blood did it better.
The Old Guard (first movie) did it better.
Angels in America did it better (the theme of movement Vs stillness which is more a dénouement in this).
I finished it but it didn't have anything I felt any sense of excitement or wonder over...
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, …
Award-winning author Ken Liu returns with his first scifi thriller in a brand-new series following …
So, I have loved everything I've read from Ken Lui but this... Didn't do it for me.
I would hesitate to call it sci-fi - it was a thriller which is a genre I'm not entirely au fait with and that was why I was less than impressed...
The sci-fi elements felt oddly split - the idea that AI would only work in domain-specific areas rings true (for the near future setting it's building), but other aspects felt fantastical and abilities pulled out the backside when needed (her multi-form drone thing)
Add to that a main character who seems able to do anything technical -hardware engineering, adapting tech, software) with a high degree of competence and who has built their general purpose AI assistant who can cope with multiple domains seemingly better than any other AI out there... Just... Meh
But don't let this put you …
So, I have loved everything I've read from Ken Lui but this... Didn't do it for me.
I would hesitate to call it sci-fi - it was a thriller which is a genre I'm not entirely au fait with and that was why I was less than impressed...
The sci-fi elements felt oddly split - the idea that AI would only work in domain-specific areas rings true (for the near future setting it's building), but other aspects felt fantastical and abilities pulled out the backside when needed (her multi-form drone thing)
Add to that a main character who seems able to do anything technical -hardware engineering, adapting tech, software) with a high degree of competence and who has built their general purpose AI assistant who can cope with multiple domains seemingly better than any other AI out there... Just... Meh
But don't let this put you off the Dandelion Dynasty series or his shorts or the TV show Pantheon (based on some of his short stories)
Award-winning author Ken Liu returns with his first scifi thriller in a brand-new series following former “orphan hacker” Julia Z …
Award-winning author Ken Liu returns with his first scifi thriller in a brand-new series following former “orphan hacker” Julia Z …
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic of ancient powers, modern war, …
