Avid reader (when I get the time) of fantasy and technology fiction and non-fiction. Recently rediscovering classic Sci-Fi. Prefer paper to electronics and am a big fan of libraries and bookshops everywhere.
Note: I'm only listing my fiction reading here at present, and I've only gone back to 2019 so far...
Any recommendations related to the books I've read very welcome :)
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
Wow what a great book. As others have said, some fantastic fictional (extrapolated) science in this one.
A really good book to be the first completed in 2025.
Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during …
Yeah, lived up to expectations and I like the way things have been left open for more in the future should the author wish it :)
We have original science fiction by MKRNYILGLD (“The CRISPR Cookbook (Chapter Two): A Guide to …
Here are the stories that caught my attention this time: * The CRISPR Cookbook (Chapter Two): A Guide to Biohacking Your Own Eggs into Weapons of Destruction, to Be Forcibly Implanted into One Patriarchist at a Time - MKRNYILGLD * A Review: The Reunion of the Survivors of Sigrún 7 - Lars Ahn * A Record of Lost Time - Regina Kanyu Wang
Fiction: - "Scalp" by H.H. Pak - "The Flowers That We Intend To Share" by …
I enjoyed all the stories in this issue, some thought-provoking issues raised in some of them: * Scalp - H.H. Pak * The Flowers That We Intend To Share Rajeev Prasad * The Enceladus South Pole Base Named after V.I. Lenin - Zohar Jacobs * Kardashev's Palimpsest - David Goodman * The Peregrine Falcon Flies West - Yang Wanqing * Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole - Isabel J. Kim * The Beam Eidolon - Ryan Marie Ketterer * Lonely Ghosts - Meghan Feldman
"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only …
Having watched The Martian I was interested in reading some Andy Weir and this didn't disappoint. Now I have to get his other books :)
We’re running a two-part serialization of a new SF novelette by A.L Goldfuss: “Where the …
A couple of stories that caught my eye this time: * The Void Wyrm’s Guide to Devouring Stars - AJ Wentz * What You Are and the Wolf - Jae Steinbacher
We have original science fiction by John Kessel & Bruce Sterling (“Money in the Bank”) …
A couple that I liked this time: * The Hole in the Garden - Gene Douchette * Death by Water - Maria Haskins * Simmered in Their Wealth Like the Richest of Sauces - Jo Miles
Fiction: - "Nothing of Value" by Aimee Ogden - "Down the Waterfall" by Cécile Cristofari …
I really enjoyed every story in this issue this time (so not quite sure why it took me so long to keep going back to it!): * Nothing of Value - Aimee Ogden * Down the Waterfall - Cecile Cristofari * Binomial Nomenclature and the Mother of Happiness - Alexandra Munck * Stars Don't Dream - Chi Hui * Just Another Cat in a Box - E.N.Ausslender * Rail Meat - Marie Vibbert * You Dream of the Hive - C.M.Fields * You Cannot Grow in Salted Earth - Priya Chand
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) …
As wonderful as the first book. Lovely :)
It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; …
What a lovely, gentle, captivating book :)
We have original science fiction by Scott Edelman (“The Letters They Left Behind”) and Lowry …
The following stories I particularly enjoyed: * The Things you Can Maintain Yourself - Benjamin C. Kinney * The Letters they Left Behind - Scott Edelman * Monopticon - Dani Atkinson * The Boy Who Ran from his Faerie Heart - David Anaxagoras
We have original science fiction by JB Park (“Six Months After All Life on Titan …
Great as always. Some stories that appealed to me this time were: * Six Months After All Life on Titan Died - J.B.Park * Death Is Better - Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe * The Bodhi Tree Asks Only For the Safe Return of Her Beloved - Ashok K. Banker * Starpoop - Sandra McDonald * Muna in Barish - Isha Karki
We have original science fiction by Dominique Dickey (“Spaceship Joyride”) and Ruth Joffre (“Queen of …
Interesting stories this time for me were: * Spaceship Joyride - Dominique Dickey * Jaywalk the Stars - Elad Haber * Queen of the Andes - Ruth Joffre * Bestiary Viventem - Kyle E. Miller
If you ask, she must answer. A steerswoman's knowledge is shared with any who request …
This really grew on me as I got more into it and it has left some interesting ideas dangling. I need to find the next in the series now...
Fiction: - "Morag's Boy" by Fiona Moore - "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cyborg" …
Once again some great stories in this issue. These are the ones that stood out for me: * Morag's Boy - Fiona Moore * Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Cyborg - Samara Auman * In Memories We Drown - Kelsea Yu * Kill That Groundhog - Fu Qiang (translated by Andy Dudak)