Too little time; sleeping when I should be reading and reading when I should sleep. Mostly English language SF/F, but I occasionally read other fare.
What it means when I rate something: ★★★★★ - This moved me in a way that changed my life. ★★★★☆ - I loved it. ★★★☆☆ - It was OK ★★☆☆☆ - Meh, it was entertaining at least ★☆☆☆☆ - Complete trash (if I dislike something, but it is well written I'd rather not give it any rating. The single star is reserved for the real trash). Addendum: I will not rate badly written stories by obvious first time writers. If you have managed to self publish your first story and people actually read it, I'm not going to piss on your parade. I'll reserve that single star for your next book (or the fifteenth one for that matter).
Note: I have heaps of books imported from another database where the rating used was 1-6 (dice), so some books are rated higher than I would normally. I'll be adjusting stuff as I work my way thru the list of books (once I have fixed the 300 or so books that didn't import automatically :P)
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The Forester known as Cahan led the village of Harn in rebellion against the all-powerful, oppressive forces of the Rai. …
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling …
The Hobbit is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves in …
Leser denne ca en gang hvert tiende år. Det er interessant å se hvor sakte tempo boka egentlig har sammenlignet med det jeg husket.
From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes the remarkable sequel to the USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling …
The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton …
I've never claimed Vernon makes high literature, but she is very competent at her craft. I was supposed to go bed early, but read the whole thing in one evening.
I've never claimed Vernon makes high literature, but she is very competent at her craft. I was supposed to go bed early, but read the whole thing in one evening.
The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths …
The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths …
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - …
I knew lunar regolith is on par or worse than asbestos, and I knew Mars don't have a magnetosphere, making radiation as bad as in space. What I didn't know is that Martian soil is actually toxic to both animal and plant life, that the bags of astronaut feces on the Moon are considered US property, that one of the reasons the US refuses to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is because it can have an impact on extra-terrestrial mining.
Neither was I aware the the lower end population limit to start a successful Martian colony is in the six digits. And even then the colonist straight up needs to embrace eugenics in order to make the colony survive beyond the first few generations.
All in all a very interesting and thought provoking read that makes a compelling argument that space settlements …
I knew lunar regolith is on par or worse than asbestos, and I knew Mars don't have a magnetosphere, making radiation as bad as in space. What I didn't know is that Martian soil is actually toxic to both animal and plant life, that the bags of astronaut feces on the Moon are considered US property, that one of the reasons the US refuses to sign the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is because it can have an impact on extra-terrestrial mining.
Neither was I aware the the lower end population limit to start a successful Martian colony is in the six digits. And even then the colonist straight up needs to embrace eugenics in order to make the colony survive beyond the first few generations.
All in all a very interesting and thought provoking read that makes a compelling argument that space settlements should be put on hold for now.
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, …
Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - …
Started on this ages ago, completely forgot it because of some other release I wanted to read first, picked it up again recently. Only a few chapters in, but the book has already persuaded me that anybody advocating for colonies on Mars within the forseeable future are delusional idiots with no regard for human life.
Started on this ages ago, completely forgot it because of some other release I wanted to read first, picked it up again recently. Only a few chapters in, but the book has already persuaded me that anybody advocating for colonies on Mars within the forseeable future are delusional idiots with no regard for human life.
"Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from the Caves of Darkness." These …
"Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from …
Good grief this felt even more dated than the Stoker tripe I read recently. And it's not written very well either. For the next Norton read I'll just skip ahead a few decades and hope the writing improves.
Good grief this felt even more dated than the Stoker tripe I read recently. And it's not written very well either. For the next Norton read I'll just skip ahead a few decades and hope the writing improves.
"Send the Black Throne to dust; conquer the Black Ones, and bring the Daughter from …
Bought an Andre Norton MEGAPACK®️ a for a pittance a while back, so might as well give it a go.
