Or how to make a book with dragons in it lame Oh my god. Why is this book on the list. WHY. In the land of subjective evaluation, I deem this book terrible. TERRIBLE. Plot: There’s this place and every so often, what seem to be interstellar spores rain from the sky and would devastate … Continue reading
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Book review: Shards of Honour
I was quite looking forward to this book. Some of the later books in the Vorkosigan Saga showed up the list of Goodreads feminist science fiction books. So the plot of this book is basically: Two ‘enemies’ meet (Captain Cordelia Naismith and Aral Vorkosigan), find out that they have more in common, fall in love, … Continue reading
Book review: Rendezvous with Rama
It’s interesting that this book won so many awards in its day. It’s kind of like archeological science fiction. Most of the plot centres around Commander Norton, his crew and their spaceship Endeavour as they search the mysterious ship Rama that has entered the solar system and approaches the sun. They only have 2 weeks … Continue reading
Book review: The Dispossessed
Wow. What a book! My first Ursula Le Guin. I’m not sure why it took me so long. At least 3 separate people have told me how much they loved this book. 2 friends and a coworker. 3 nationalities, 3 different ages. I can safely say, I’m a fan. So. The plot. It takes place … Continue reading
Book review: The Forever War
So. The Forever War was written in 1974. Wikipedia says it was a reaction to Heinlein’s Starship Troopers and the author’s experiences to the Vietnam War. Fine. So I’m divided about this book because the concept and actual war bits were fantastic. The story follows William Mandella from being conscripted into the military in the … Continue reading
Book review: Ancillary Justice
Some point last year, @noodlenation said that she had read this book and it was good. At least I think it was her! I may be misremembering. Anyway. It was so fucking good. I don’t even know how to explain it properly and for once I don’t want to give spoilers because you should go … Continue reading
Book review: Childhood’s End
Jeez. I forgot how fucking weird Arthur C. Clarke can be. So Childhood’s End: spaceships with an advanced alien race on board show up on earth, solve all the world’s problems, then after a 100ish years all the children on Earth evolve to join a giant space mind. Then they destory Earth, the end. It … Continue reading
Book review: The Name of the Wind
Or why are fantasy novels so effing long Right this isn’t so much a book review as a book rant. The Name of the Wind follows the story of an ‘arcanist’ in training named Kvothe. He’s the son of a travelling troupe but they get brutally murdered by the Chandrian (Demons? Maybe? Not even sure … Continue reading
Book review: Out of the Silent Planet
So after Dune I wanted something to read that was nice and short. Perusing my Goodreads list and despairing at the 600-1000 page behemouths that were the fantasy books, I decided to go with more sci-fi. So Out of the Silent Planet was written by C. S. Lewis and published in 1938. It was a … Continue reading
Book review: Finches of Mars
I picked this up in Paris from Shakespeare and Company (which was a pretty cool place). It looked pretty interesting but in the end I was kind of left with a whole lotta “huh?”So, I guess the plot is that in the distant future, everything’s a bit fucked up. However, on the basis of some … Continue reading
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