First vacation book finished. Like most Scalzi books and stories I‘ve read, I loved it. Review to come.
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First vacation book finished. Like most Scalzi books and stories I‘ve read, I loved it. Review to come.
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My day of reading in our Airbnb cabin has begun. Hoping to finish this one then I‘ll go on the balcony and read another book then listen to my audiobook and craft. Hope I can get all these plans accomplished today. The excitement!!
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so-soThis one doesn't quite work for me. The writing is great & there are some really interesting ideas here, but the plot lets it down - at times it is just too ... 'out there'. The pace is inconsistent, the characters don't engage & the twists aren't very exciting. The ending is cheesy AND ridiculous. However, the premise IS actually very thought provoking- the extinction of humanity/the role of AI/off world colonisation/advanced human evolution.
pick59/100 I've never been a big fan of Asimov, I find his writing kind of dry, but I did enjoy the entire Foundation trilogy. The fall of the Galactic empire was predicted by Harry Seldon, and through his Foundation, the dark ages after the fall would only be 1,000 years instead of 30,000. Personally, I think the trilogy gets better as it goes along, but the first book is a solid story with plenty of interesting characters. 4🚀🚀🚀🚀 #ClassicLSFBC
pickAndy Weir may be an auto-read for me at this point, and I‘m not sure I can say that about any other scifi author.
This one is a heist in a lunar colony. Jazz is hired to sabotage the smelting company on the moon so a billionaire can take over their contract with the lunar government. Of course things don‘t go as she planned, and a fast paced race to avoid the law, a mafia, and save the day ensue.
Projects Hail Mary is still my AW fave, but 👍👍.
so-so(1963) This is Delany's second novel, first in his “Fall of the Towers“ trilogy. It's a Dying-Earth style pulp adventure and a very accessible one, given the reputation Delany earned with his later work. It's fine for what it is but most interesting for how it hints at the future Delany, especially with a surreal climactic chapter in which the heroes pursue the villain across space under the influence of mutant moss.
Loved two new adaptation series: https://multitudes-contained.beehiiv.com/p/worth-the-watch-listen-play-b104
so-soWhile I enjoyed this story it didn‘t quite scratch the same itch that Mickey7 did. While a quick, short read overall the individual chapters were actually quite long (only 10 in the whole story). The main character - murderbot - didn‘t really show any emotions at all, which on one hand I get, but on the other it made it hard to care about the story overall. Will I continue the series? Most likely yes, at least the next one! 🌟🌟🌟💫
pickAn anthology for dipping into rather than reading right through. Like most anthologies, the stories vary in quality but there were definitely some whose authors I'd like to read more by.
