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Aussie in Singas.
Writer. Code dabbler. Former TV/film/commercial video producer/director/actor.
Married. Two bratty sons.
One of my novels (read it for free): www.royalroad.com/fiction/56204/coils-of-the-serpent
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2025 Reading Goal
65% complete! skribe has read 13 of 20 books.
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skribe started reading Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is both …
skribe finished reading Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke
skribe started reading Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke
skribe stopped reading Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun
In …
Started well. Then developed into a soap opera. It's been a gab-fest for the last 100 pages, and very little has happened.
skribe started reading Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun
In the holy city of Tova, …
skribe rated Alien Clay: 3 stars
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
From Arthur C. Clarke and Hugo Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a …
skribe finished reading Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
From Arthur C. Clarke and Hugo Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that …
A truly clever and interesting concept, mired by a style heavy in gratuitous exposition and explanation, yet bereft of characterisation.
skribe started reading Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
From Arthur C. Clarke and Hugo Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky comes a far-future epic that confirms his place as a …
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Can you name ONE (one only please) SF/F book, written this century (2001+), that has absolutely blown your mind? Not just something you liked, or that was good, I'm looking for the absolute best books written this century.
Thank you for your suggestions. Please vote here - https://aus.social/@skribe/115070586479731480
skribe stopped reading Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Service Model, #1)
To fix the world they first must break it further.
Humanity is a dying breed, …
A farce that wasn't farcical, and told in a very old way.
skribe started reading Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Service Model, #1)
Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Service Model, #1)
To fix the world they first must break it further.
Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on artificial labor …
skribe stopped reading Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night.
Shesheshen has made …
I liked the writing. I liked the concept. I just couldn't get into it.
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I posted elsewhere that I thought David Mitchell needs a cooking show where he gets angrier and rantier at the process in every episode. And from that, this...
“Hello and welcome to episode one of cooking with David Mitchell. Today I’m attempting eggs benedict, a breakfast so needlessly elaborate it could only have been invented by people with a profound misunderstanding of hunger”
skribe started reading Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night.
Shesheshen has made a fatal mistake for a …