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Of Monsters and Mainframes
Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove
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Spaceships aren't programmed to seek revenge--but for Dracula, Demeter will make an exception. Demeter just wants to do her job: shuttling humans between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Unfortunately, her passengers keep dying--and not from equipment failures, as her AI medical system, Steward, would have her believe. These are paranormal murders, and they began when one nasty, ancient vampire decided to board Demeter and kill all her humans. To keep from getting decommissioned, Demeter must join forces with her own team of monsters: A werewolf. An engineer built from the dead. A pharaoh with otherworldly powers. A vampire with a grudge. A fleet of cheerful spider drones. Together, this motley crew will face down the ultimate evil--Dracula. The queer love child of pulp horror and ?classic ?sci-fi, Of Monsters and ?Mainframes ?is a dazzling, heartfelt odyssey that probes what it means to be one of society's monsters--and explores the many types of friendship that make us human.
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SpeculativeFemale
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Found family, artificial intelligence, wild space hijinks, and monsters, all wrapped up in a murder/massacre mystery: this is a book that fully embraces its own strangeness, and it will absolutely take you right along for the ride, if you let it!

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BookMaven9
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Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️it wasn‘t awful, but it wasn‘t great either. Enjoyed while I was reading, but once I put it down, never felt compelled to pick it back up. It‘s a charming mashup of Dracula, Frankenstein, the mummy and AI run spaceship. However I needed more character development and some questions answered. I felt unfulfilled. Overall it‘s cute.

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j.nichole74
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Panpan

Maybe if I had read the book instead of listening to it my feelings for this book would be different, but as it is, this is a NO for me.

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sebrittainclark
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3.5/5

Demeter is an economy passenger ship taking people on the multi-year journey between Earth and Alpha Centauri. Life is normal until a monster attacks the people on board, and Demeter is forced to fight back.

I really enjoyed the early part of the book where all the different monsters were introduce3, and I loved the ending, but I felt like there were parts in the middle that were a little slow. I really loved the characters.

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LeeRHarry Great cover! Sounds intriguing too. 😊 2mo
sebrittainclark @LeeRHarry The cover is definitely what drew me into this one 2mo
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j.nichole74
Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove

I started listening to this today for a book club. I'm on the fence right about how I feel about it. 🤔😬🤔

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DrCG
Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove
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My favorites of the year, so far 🤩

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DrCG
Of Monsters and Mainframes | Barbara Truelove
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How beautiful is this cover?! 😍😍😍

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FoxWriter
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Do You Like Space?! Do you like AI controlled Spaceships?! Do You Like werewolves?! then this is the book for you! we got all the classic monsters, Vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein, all aboard the grand Demeter! a AI Spaceship who just wants to go on a run were all her passengers stay alive. kind of hard to do when monsters keep showing up to ruin everything! a fantastic, brilliant, original, unique must read!