Mostly interested in sci-fi / fantasy, broadly interpreted.
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There are creatures in the water of Con Dao. To the locals, they're monsters. To the corporate owners of the …
Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad …
This was light and fun. The writing is enjoyable and the characters are interesting people figuring out an interesting world.
Four hundred years ago, in a small town in rural France, a young woman creates the future in the shape …
Taking Malazan fans back to that troubled continent's turbulent early history. The opening chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's epic new …
Eli’s willing to admit it: he’s a little obsessed with the mysterious woman he met …
Light and fun time travel in automobiles. I enjoyed the characters, and the ending was more satisfying than I had expected it to be.
I almost didn't make it past the opening scene, but I'm glad I did. Interesting characters unravel mysterious goings on.
Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches.
There are some odd things about Nate’s new …
Sci-fi/horror in a slightly campy, sometimes silly way, but not too much. Not the type of mystery that the reader is supposed to solve, but the type where they follow the characters exploring a world that just gets weirder, but in interesting ways.
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.
The Moon will soon …
Gets even weirder; glad I finished it. Brought some closure, although not as satisfying as I could have hoped. (What is?)
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of …
Great sequel; get to know the characters and world more. It gets weirder, in interesting ways.
A SEASON OF ENDINGS HAS BEGUN.
IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED RIFT across the …
Enjoyed this very much. Two completely new and different types of magic.
There are creatures in the water of Con Dao. To the locals, they're monsters. To …
This book is good, although sometimes a little too on-the-nose for my taste. Explores alternative ideas of intelligence and consciousness in a way that is different from the Children of Time series (deeper in some ways, but more narrow in others). Different characters, in different story lines, grapple with the same existential concept under multiple guises.
Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest …
As different from the first two as they are from eachother. More types of consciousness/intelligence, and these ones are worth adding. A good ending for the series, although it goes off the rails a little at the end.
The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival …
Excellent sequel. The panoply of completely distinct forms of consciousness and intelligence grows! Characters are interesting and story is engaging. The bigger themes still don't quite cohere, and that's ok.