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vertis rated The Kaiju Preservation Society: 5 stars

John Scalzi: The Kaiju Preservation Society (EBook, 2022, Tom Doherty Associates)

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Jamie’s dream was to hit the big time at a New York tech start-up. Jamie’s reality was a humiliating lay-off, …

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No cover — Iain M. Banks: Excession (2008, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

Excession by Iain M. Banks

Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun …

vertis rated Gideon la Novena / Gideon the Ninth: 5 stars

Tamsyn Muir: Gideon la Novena / Gideon the Ninth (Hardcover, Spanish language, 2021, Ediciones B)

Gideon la Novena / Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (La tumba sellada, #1)

El Emperador necesita nigromantes. La nigromante de la Novena necesita una espadachina. Gideon tiene una espada, unas revistas guarras y …

vertis rated Ra: 5 stars

qntm, Sam Hughes: Ra (Paperback, 2018, Everything2 & Things of Interest)

vertis rated Latchkey: 5 stars

Nicole Kornher-Stace: Latchkey (Paperback, 2018, Mythic Delirium Books)

Latchkey by Nicole Kornher-Stace (Archivist Wasp Saga, #2)

Isabel, once known as Wasp, has become leader of the fearsome upstarts, the teen girl acolytes who are adjusting to …

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Becky Chambers: Record of a Spaceborn Few (Paperback, 2018, Hodder & Stoughton)

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …

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Charles Stross: Invisible Sun (Paperback, 2022, Tor Books)

Invisible Sun by Charles Stross

The alternate timelines of Charles Stross's Empire Games trilogy have never been so entangled as in Invisible Sun , the …

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Paolo Bacigalupi: The Water Knife (2015, Alfred a Knopf)

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi

In the near future, the Colorado River has dwindled to a trickle. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel Velasquez “cuts” water …

vertis rated The Quantum Price: 5 stars

The Quantum Price by Malcolm Murdock

vertis rated The Singularity Trap: 5 stars

Dennis E. Taylor: The Singularity Trap (2018, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency)

The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor

vertis reviewed A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)

Becky Chambers: A Closed and Common Orbit (Paperback, 2017, Hodder & Stoughton)

Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - …

Review of 'A Closed and Common Orbit' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Deep and engaging

When I started reading this I was a little disappointed that we were going off on a tangent. As the novel continued though I came to love the story.

It reminds me of Iain M. Banks and Anne McCaffrey in equal measures. A universe to explore and live in. Deep philosophical questions, and a cast that doesn't die off one at a time (I hope this doesn't change in future books).

Highly recommended.

vertis reviewed The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)

Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Paperback, 2015, Hodder & Stoughton)

When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The Wayfarer, …

Review of 'The long way to a small, angry planet' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Superb Sci-fi

I found this novel by accident, and I'm glad that I did. It's a refreshing and enjoyable set of characters and universe that reminds me of Iain M Banks, and I can give no higher praise.

Now to read the rest.