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HeyT
The Algebraist | Iain M. Banks
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I read a lot of reviews after this that thought it was halfassed but I had a good time with it. There is a bit of learning curve as there are no traditional chapter breaks and a fair bit of timeline jumping but once I settled into that I was engaged. I also really liked the Dwellers.

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Esinclair
The Sirens of Titan | Kurt Vonnegut
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Like all of Vonnegut‘s books, he explores the themes of life. Beatrice, the only female protagonist, isn‘t a victim of accidents but of the selfish men around her.
“The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody.” Hard disagree.
If you can get past her treatment, this book makes you think. We all go to great lengths to find our purpose, when we are really just specks in the universe

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DHill
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Martha Wells‘s Murderbot Diaries series is one of the most fun and entertaining I‘ve read.

Kevin R. Free‘s narration is So. Good.

Ruthiella I ❤️ Murderbot 16h
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RamsFan1963
Alien Perspective | David Houston
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Mehso-so

92/100 Interesting first contact story, undercut by a disappointing ending. It had potential, but ended up being pretty meh, with too much left unexplained. 3/5 ⭐ #Read2025

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PuddleJumper
All Systems Red | Martha Wells
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The backs are so cool! Not so fussed about the sprayed edges, it's just a solid colour

AnnCrystal 📚👏🏼🤩👍🏼💝. 2d
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humouress
Off Armageddon Reef | David Weber

978-1-4299-2057-5

My library ebook is due back in 4 days so I‘m trying to read it quickly. People‘s names are slowing me down; they‘re normal names but with ys and hs swapped in eg Dynnys, Myllyr, Haarahld. I'm not sure where dragons and wyverns have come from in this terraformed world based on Earth. 1/6 in; losing track of characters & taking a while to work out who the good guys are.

humouress Could use fewer italics. Banter is amusing. There‘s a fair bit of padding/ explaining to wade through. (edited) 2d
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Texreader
Imago | Octavia E. Butler
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This book finishes the trilogy in which aliens have recovered and healed the earth and its few survivors from a devastating war. Having mated with humans, no human has given birth to a member of species of the “sexless” aliens, the ooloi, until Lilith has Jodahs. Jodahs is far from a sexless ooloi, and this final book is almost entirely about finding mates, mating, and convincing hard-headed humans that mating with aliens is just hunky-dory. ⬇️

Texreader I‘ll grant you Butler is a fantastic writer and builds a convincing world in the face of stupid human destruction. But by the time we get to this book, I‘ve read about things I pretty much never thought I‘d read about. Let‘s put it this way, mating with aliens is a road too far for me. I‘ll remain happily one of those hard-headed resisters. Thank heavens for Mars (an inside joke if you‘ve read the book). #authoramonth @Soubhiville 2d
willaful I read Dawn and then read about what the next books were about and decided I was good. ;-) 2d
Texreader @willaful 😂😂😂 15h
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JuliaTheBookNerd
Lagoon | Nnedi Okorafor
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#Tarantula 🕷️

#HauntsAndHexes 🎃👻🍁🕸️🦇🧹🐈‍⬛🌙🪄

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Eggs Brilliant 🤗👌🏼 3d
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SandyW
Axis | Robert Charles Wilson
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Not as good as Spin, by far. Personally, I would have liked more than a brief follow up on Tyler, Diane, and Jason, but I will finish the series.I have no idea where Wilson will go with the story!

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Jen2
Automatic Noodle | Annalee Newitz
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Loved it