The machine stops by E. M. Forster
I came across mention of this story over on Metafilter and, while I have heard of Forster I’ve never read1 any...
30 May 2020
The future…
Sometimes a wonderful land, sometimes a dystopia. Sometimes in the past, because if the book was written in the 60s but set in the 90s then it is both set in the future and the past, or at least that’s how I sees it, and this is my blog, so that’s the way it is.
Network effect by Martha Wells
The Murderbot Diaries #5 I love Murderbot! and all the robot pals. Also don’t be put off by this being the...
28 May 2020
Sixteenth Watch by Myke Cole
I’ve been meaning to read a Myke Cole book for a while now. His name is one that’s been out there...
30 April 2020
The consuming fire by John Scalzi
The Interdependency #2 You know, I thought I’d reviewed the first book in this series The collapsing Empire last year when...
13 August 2019
Ardulum : first don by J. S. Fields
Ardulum book one I can’t quite remember where or why I picked this book up. I would guess I saw it...
13 July 2019
Trail of lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
The Sixth World ; book 1 After the world floods Dinétah, formerly the Navajo reservation, is utterly changed. The old gods...
5 June 2019
The Light brigade by Kameron Hurley
In the future countries and states have been replaced by corporations. Capitalism has reached its full potential, or its full horror....
27 April 2019
Last ones left alive by Sarah Davis-Goff
Orpen is travelling alone across Ireland. She’s left the only home she ever knew and is looking for something. She’s left...
10 April 2019
In the Vanishers’ palace by Aliette de Bodard
How do people survive after colonisation and enslavement? What happens to a society that has been stamped out when those invaders...
28 October 2018
Exit strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot diaries ; 4 I love these books. They just feel so warm and comforting, like a hug, despite the fact...
17 October 2018
Rogue protocol by Martha Wells
The Murderbot Diaries ; book 3 This is another book that I’ve had on preorder ever since I knew it was...
19 August 2018
The Martian obelisk by Linda Nagata
Humanity is dying out. Climate change. Terrorism. Disease. People have accepted that these is no future, just a slow decline and...
16 July 2018
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