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sotolf

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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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Linda Nagata: Deception Well (The Nanotech Succession) (Volume 2) (2011, Mythic Island Press LLC)

In a war of belief, faith is a virus, and it’s spreading fast.Remnants of an …

Weird book, didn't love it didn't hate it

This was kind of a weird book, it's uncanny in everything, and it's hard to have a sense of the boundries, it's well written, but it kind of feels like the author is trying to stuff in fancy words now and again, which leads to kind of stilted dialog, and something that is kind of annoying to read at times. It had a decent mystery and kept me reading, I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either.

C. J. Cherryh, C.J. Cherryh: Cyteen (1989, Warner Books)

From back cover Warner paperback February 1989:

ARIANE EMORY IS DEAD. BUT NOT FOR LONG. …

A great book, a bit unevenly paced

I really did enjoy this book a loot, it was interesting and thoughtful, and I had a lot of fun, even more so in the latter half, the first 150 pages or so were a bit of a slog to go through. The end was a bit too vague, at least until I understood that there is a sequel as well, so I guess I will have to read that one later. All in all it was a quite fun and thought provoking book though.

Miller, Steve, Sharon Lee: Ribbon Dance (2024, Baen Books)

On a world where cake is a necessity, it takes the Grid to protect the …

A very good Book if not the best in the series

It gets really hard with really good books like this one that is so deep into the series, but for me at least this is one of the best, if not the best book in the series, it's just very well done, dwells just the right amount on the right things, and was a joy to read, just enjoyed every moment with this one :)

Miller, Steve, Sharon Lee: Salvage Right

A door never closes, but a window opens . . .

With origins in the …

Really enjoyable book

This was a lot of fun, had exactly enough drama for my tastes, and didn't feel at all as long as it was. Good people helping each other, and some fun characters :)

Sharon Lee: Fair Trade (Paperback, 2023, Baen)

Jethri Gobelyn has risen from despised youngest on a Terran family Loop ship to second …

A very uneven book with high highs and low lows

I'm not the greatest fan of this book it turns out, I really enjoy the parts about the Dulcimer crew, but the ones of the traders didn't really hit me at all. It's a bit oddly paced, and the ending felt rushed even though the book is 450 pages long, also way too many loose threads when we get to the end. Hopefully the next one will be better.

Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Trader's Leap (Paperback, 2021, Baen)

The only bridge between past and future is a leap of faith.

Pursued by enemies, …

Great book

I really enjoyed this one, it has most of the me traps that you can get for me to enjoy a book, the whole thing was a joy to read, I really enjoyed the people caring about each other, some adventure, the drama and politics, and the very anti violence stance that this one had was refreshing. I really enjoy this series of books :)

Eileen Stevens, Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Accepting the Lance

Exiled from Liad after bombing a city to save it from The Department of the …

Long, but good

This tied up a lot of lose threads, and while it was split off in different viewpoints like some of the ones that I've liked less, this one let each of them simmer enough that it wasn't as frustrating.

There was a really good ending, which made me feel happy, and it feels like it's closing off one set of stories in the universe.

Sharon Lee, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller: Neogenesis

Menace from Back Space Looming out of the Dust of Time

The Complex Logic Laws …

Another More political one

I did enjoy this one quite a lot too, some of the view points were more enjoyable than others, but all in all it didn't jump around too much, and it was a nice mix of different characters in there, most of them ones that we've been following for a long time. I had a lot of sun with this one, and it was a really quite enjoyable book.

reviewed The gathering edge by Sharon Lee (A new Liaden Universe novel -- 20)

Sharon Lee: The gathering edge (2017)

"A series milestone as we welcome the twentieth amazing entry in the nationally best-selling Liaden …

Another great one

This one was so much fun, it really brought the series forward, introduced some new characters, and had a very nice story arc to it, I had so much fun reading it, and the last half was almost impossible to put down for me. Very much enjoyed this one.

reviewed Alliance of equals by Sharon Lee (Liaden Universe -- 19)

Sharon Lee: Alliance of equals (2016)

"A new novel in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe"--Front flyleaf.

"Beset by …

I *Really* liked this one

I really liked this entry into the series, it's one of the best if not the best in the series I think, it had the drive, it had good mysteries that kept my on going, and quite a few tender moments that just made me happy, it was nice to see after the last book almost felt like the opposite of this one.

Sharon Lee: Dragon in exile (2015)

Star-trading Clan Korval—known to Terrans as the Tree-and-Dragon Family and to the locals simply as …

Decent book but not very focused

I did enjoy this book, and the ending is really good, it just was so much setup for things that will happen later from what I can gather, something that ends up in a book that felt very broken up and like it was setting up a lot of stuff that won't be answered in a long time still.

reviewed Ghost ship by Sharon Lee (Liaden)

Sharon Lee, Miller, Steve: Ghost ship

Theo Waitley is an ace starship pilot - and pure maverick. Her mom is a …

Enjoyable, but feels more like half of a book than a standalone

I did enjoy this one, but it feels a bit spread out and not as focused and good as most other books in the series, some of the stories were more enjoyable than others, so it was a bit much of speeding through the less enjoyable ones to get to the good bit, after the half way point that started to get better though, and it wasn't really an issue anymore.

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee: Mouse & dragon : a new Liaden universe novel

Aelliana Caylon has endured much, and finally, she appears to have won all: a spaceship, …

Out of order reading, but good book

This one really hit in the fields a couple of times, some really good moments, it's a bit hampered by my reading it out of order, so I kind of knew a lot of what was going to happen, but I did still really enjoy the book :)