Lovecraft Country By Matt Ruff Published 16/2/16 Score: 9 I ordered this book from the states and even made a post about receiving it a couple of weeks ago. I was super excited to read Lovecraft Country and can now say that it didn’t disappoint. This story is part pulp horror/science fiction, part social commentary, …
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Review – The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem By Cixin Liu (Translated by Ken Liu) Published 11/11/2014 (First English translation, originally published 2007) Score: 9/10 I’m a bit late to the party here. This book has already sold over a million copies in China, and the hype for the English translation was massive back in 2014. It then went on …
Review – Fate of Perfection
Fate of Perfection By K. F. Breene Published January 1st 2017 (47North) Score: 2.5/10 (Did Not Finish) Normally if I don’t finish a book, I don’t give it a rating or a review. It seems unfair to voice such a negative opinion on a story I didn’t finish. It’s like I’m not giving it …
Review – Neuromancer
Neuromancer By William Gibson Published July 1st 1984 Score: 8 There have been a few books recently that I’ve described as requiring a lot of work on the reader’s part. Ninefox Gambit and the Imperial Radch series come to mind right away. These books have complex ideas and really strange worlds that aren’t explicitly …
Review – Hunt for FOXP5
The Hunt for FOXP5: A Genomic Mystery Novel By Wallace Kaufman & David Deamer Published May 13th 2016 (Springer) Score: 6.5/10 Back in September, I made a post about the Humble Book Bundle. As happy as I was with the deal, I haven’t gotten around to reading any of those books until now. I started …
Review – Ninefox Gambit
Ninefox Gambit By Yoon Ha Lee Published 14th June 2016 (Solaris) Score: 10/10 I wasn’t really expecting to love this book quite as much as I did. I’d seen it show up on new release lists for a while, but I just never felt that drawn in by the premise. Then after finishing The …
Review – The Telling
The Telling By Ursula K. Le Guin Published: 2000 (Harcourt) Score: 7/10 Okay, confession time; I have never read anything by Ursula K. Le Guin before. When I heard a review of The Telling and found myself intrigued, it seemed like a good place to start. I know that’s an odd thing to say …
Review – Ghost Talkers
Ghost Talkers By Mary Robinette Kowal Published 16th August 2016 (Tor Books) Score: 9/10 My father was a soldier, and war documentaries and war movies have always been something we’ve bonded over. I wouldn’t call myself a war buff, but I am quite partial to stories set during the world wars. Despite this background, …
Review – Bastion Station
Bastion Station By C. Chase Harwood Published July 19th 2016 Score: 6.9/10 I can’t remember what it was that made me go out and buy this book. I know I found out about it through Amazon’s email adverts, so maybe I am just very easily persuaded. Either way, it was a good buy. A fun …
Travels, Telepathy, and Tadpoles
Travels, Telepathy, and Tadpoles This isn’t going to be like my normal blog posts. I have a number of things I want to talk about, but nothing I really want to spend an entire blog post about. So, strap in for a dose of reviews, advertisement, ramblings, and tadpoles. First of all, I should mention …
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