For the last 100 pages of this book, I was mainly making incoherent noises at @psythor as all the shit kicked off in the book, with the whole arc of the story winding its way to the end. Most of the incoherent noises were either something along the lines of “omfg they’re so adorable” or … Continue reading
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My top reads from 2016
So out of my utter annoyance from not being able to find Station Eleven in the science fiction section of a bookstore, I decided that I wouldn’t read any science fiction or fantasy novels in 2016 that were written by white men. That meant that I could read any books by women, or books by … Continue reading
Book review: Ancillary Mercy
So this is the third in the series, following Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword and it is as excellent and delightful as the other two in the series. It takes place in the same space station as Ancillary Sword but with a whole host of additional problems (including a showdown with Anaander Mianaai who is … Continue reading
Book review: The causal angel
So. It’s still a bit WTF and I’m still not 100% that I actually understood some of the plot but what a bloody brilliant story. It’s even harder to explain the plot by the third book. Basically, there’s a war and Jean has to rescue Mieli, they each have to steal some stuff, and then … Continue reading
Book review: The fractal prince
I think my comprehension of the plot has fallen from my 75-80% confidence from The Quantum Thief to perhaps only 65-75% in its sequel. Well, not really, I’m experiencing a bit of a peak-end rule cognitive bias. So. Um. Plot. It’s…uh…complicated. I think, basically, they have to steal the original code of a post-human who … Continue reading
Book review: The quantum thief
I think I understood about 75% (maybe 80%) of what the hell was going on in this book. About 25% I can sort of infer or just assume “SPECIAL THING THAT GOES BOOM”. Saying that, it was very enjoyable. It did take about reading 40% of the book to really get a grip on the … Continue reading
Book review: Ancillary Sword
Well I am inconsolable because I no longer have that book to read. IT IS SO GOOD.I think there are three main reasons why I love this series: I love the preciseness of all the rituals and formalities I love the artificial intelligences that populate the books Breq is such an awesome character, she is … Continue reading
Book review: The Martian
I was going to read The Stand but I didn’t want to read the 1,200 page extended and uncut edition (because honestly, I did that another book and it was totally not worth it.) But luckily I had been loaned The Martian and so picked that up while I pondered how to get the slimmer … Continue reading
Book review: Sunshine
So, when I thought this was on the list I first thought it must be the novel version of the film Sunshine and was then tremendously disappointed that it was a fucking vampire novel. I haven’t read Twilight and the books that I’ve read with vampires tend to either be Terry Pratchett, Bram Stoker or … Continue reading
Book review: The Doomsday Book
Right off the bat: brilliant. So the plot is that in the future, we can send historians back in time (if the conditions are right). The protagonist, Kivrin was supposed to be sent back to 1320 but instead ends up at the height of the plague in 1348. At the same time, chaos breaks out … Continue reading
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