Don’t ask me why this appears on the list but it does. Surely it belongs as polemic or some such. So everyone must know that this is an allegory of the events in Russia under the Soviet Union, right? There’s not much to say there really. Good intentions gone really fucking awry. So impressions – … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Science Fiction
Book review: Soon I will be Invincible
I can’t seem to bring myself to read another thing from the list lately. Most of them just seem too long and not that interesting. So I took a detour and read Soon I will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman. I’m not sure how or why I bought it but it existed on my Nexus … Continue reading
Book review: Ready Player One
Oh man! What a book! Though, I am pretty sure I’m the exact demographic that this book is playing to – I got most of the references (though not some of the really old video game ones). So plot: It’s about 30 years in the future and everything is basically pants. Poverty, climate change, massive … Continue reading
Book review: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
I mostly read this book while driving down an ice-road! The plot is basically revolution! There’s been a colony on the moon for a relatively long time, enough for several generations to be born on the moon. However, as they are decendents of convicts or new transportees, there’s a limited amount of freedoms and they … Continue reading
Book review: Book review: Something wicked this way comes
This is the type of book you should read on a dark night around halloween, when the wind whistles through the house and scares the crap out of you. Reading during the day, while it is bright and sunny out kind of dulls the mystery some what. The plot: 2 boys find out about a … Continue reading
Book review: A Spell for Chameleon
I don’t think I’ve ever read anything by Piers Anthony and based on A Spell for Chameleon I don’t think I ever will again. This was the most vile, misogynistic piece of shit disguised as a fantasy novel. It blows Dragonflight out of the water when it comes to the horrible portrayal of women. The … Continue reading
Book review: The Diamond Age
I don’t even know where to start with this book. It went from confusing and boring to insane and confusing. Plot: I don’t actually fucking know. There were lots of people doing something with nanotechnology. There were some orgies involved. WHAT THE FUCK. I have a feeling that this novel was supposed to be longer … Continue reading
Book review: Caves of Steel
Well. That was kind of disappointing. It is also annoying because I have never been disappointed by Isaac Asimov before. However, most of the stuff I read by him was when I was in highschool. I’m a bit worried to re-read the Foundation Series now… There’s nothing really wrong with this book. It’s a good … Continue reading
Book review: I am legend
Well, this was a nice quick, disturbing horror romp. So: I am Legend. Vampires take over the world. There’s one dude left. He kind of drifts in and out of going kind of crazy, back to sane, back to despairing, back to hopeful. Then he gets killed. The end. It was tense. It wasn’t a … Continue reading
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
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