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sotolf

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Joined 4 years, 4 months ago

I'm mostly a sci-fi reader, preferring happy feelgood stories, and competency porn, but reading a lot of different stuff makes me happy :)

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Борис Стругацкий, Arkady Strugatsky: Roadside Picnic (Paperback, 2000, Gollancz)

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite …

Decent book, didn't hate it

This one was okay, a lot of descriptions of smoking and drinking, and in a way looking down at the working class people in a way showing them off as crass, chainsmoking alcoholics most of the time, sure I think what was meant is that this is what they are forced to under a capitalistic system which is kind of falling apart from being so close to the Zones. The ending was also a bit abrupt and vague, but okay, and most of the characters were just assholes to each other.

reviewed Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)

Martha Wells: Network Effect (Hardcover, 2020, Tor Books)

Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards

The first full-length novel in Martha …

Very enjoyable

I liked this more than the first ones in the series, this felt more meaty, had an actual story ark, and you got to seep in the story as it went, the best one in the series so far :)

Arkady Martine: A Desolation Called Peace (Paperback, 2021)

A Desolation Called Peace is a 2021 space opera science fiction novel by Arkady Martine. …

An uneven book with a good ending

This one was kind of a disappointment from the first one, the pacing was a bit all over the place, I wasn't as enamored with the new characters, but at least the ending was good, so there is that :)

Arkady Martine: A Memory Called Empire (Paperback, 2020, Pan Macmillan)

Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her …

Really great book

This was one that I really enjoyed, it felt kind of like a mix between the Pachenick books that I read last years and Cherryh's foreigner series mixed up, and it mixed really well, fun language stuff, and a story that was interesting and had twists and turns.