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Roy Adams

roytoo@ramblingreaders.org

Joined 1 year, 2 months ago

I mainly read sci-fi, mystery, some suspense/horror and the occasional non-fiction.

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2024 Reading Goal

42% complete! Roy Adams has read 22 of 52 books.

Kim Stanley Robinson: A Short, Sharp Shock (EBook, 1990, Mark V. Ziesing) 5 stars

Fantastical science fiction novella

5 stars

I enjoyed this novella very much after reading it on the recommendation of an author I really enjoy. Hard to categorize this since it blends elements science fictional, fantastical and even epical hero's journey. I can't pin down exactly why but it reminds me of John Brunner's Compleat Traveller in Black in very good ways.

reviewed Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

Tlotlo Tsamaase: Womb City (Hardcover, Erewhon Books) 5 stars

WOMB CITY imagines a dark and deadly future Botswana, rich with culture and true folklore, …

Disturbing, excellent story

5 stars

Content warning Graphic Murder, Death, Misogyny Moderate Rape, Sexual assault, Miscarriage Minor Incest, Trafficking, Sexual violence

Greg Egan: Morphotropic (EBook, 2024) 5 stars

Another engaging exploration of a different reality from Greg Egan

5 stars

Engaging exploration of a world where cells are more generic and called cytes. The cytes can survive on their own as unicellular organisms, group together in multicultural organisms and even be exchanged between different people or animals. #Bookstodon

Linda Nagata: Limit of vision (2002, Tor) 4 stars

A beautiful young scientist lies dead in a top-secret laboratory, a victim of an illegal …

Great story about biotechnology and unplanned consequences

5 stars

Bioengineered human neurons give Virgil and his scientific collaborators enhanced cognitive abilities. But then things start going wrong and Virgil slips away from the authorities in pursuit. Soon Virgil and the world find that the technology doesn't want to be contained.

Nick Harkaway: Titanium Noir (2023, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 5 stars

Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So …

Very engaging noir tale

5 stars

An engaging noir tale set in a world where a Titan treatment makes a person larger and practically immortal. Cal operates as a detective working with police to solve cases involving Titans.