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The denizens of Ankh-Morpork fancy they've seen just about everything. But then comes the Ankh-Morpork …
My partner read this to me over the course of several months. It's funny and smart like most of Pratchett's work.
"Born from the obsessive and highly idiosyncratic mind of a cult figure of the Japanese …
This was an interesting read, though I'm afraid I lacked knowledge of some cultural context (especially Japanese subculture in the 70s and 80s). Suicidal depression is a constant undertone in Suzuki's stories and some of them really got to me. All in all this collection is a very good introduction to this writer, who should hold an important place in the history of science-fiction. I definitely recommend it.
I am still surprised to find this on the Hugo Short list and wouldn't have read it otherwise, as I have shelved Weir under 'Dude Fiction' for some reason (the reason most likely being that so many dudes have told me how I can't be a sf fan without reading The Martian).
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with …
I liked it a lot, indeed. It introduces a first contact scenario that fits in smoothly with the overarching themes of cultural identity and imperialism, taking a lot of time to make sure all the pieces are in place for the big moral dilemma at the center of the narrative. I especially enjoyed the small element of space horror.
While the plot points and reveals aren't too unexpected and it has the air of a "classic sf story", it's the interaction between Teixcalaanli and Stationer culture that makes the novel just as unique and memorable as the first one. I mean, don't tell me you haven't wondered what flower you'd be named after. (I asked my father and I'd probably be Eight Bluebell.)
If there's one thing I didn't like it's that the early chapters do little to help me remember what happened in the first book. I mean, I …
I liked it a lot, indeed. It introduces a first contact scenario that fits in smoothly with the overarching themes of cultural identity and imperialism, taking a lot of time to make sure all the pieces are in place for the big moral dilemma at the center of the narrative. I especially enjoyed the small element of space horror.
While the plot points and reveals aren't too unexpected and it has the air of a "classic sf story", it's the interaction between Teixcalaanli and Stationer culture that makes the novel just as unique and memorable as the first one. I mean, don't tell me you haven't wondered what flower you'd be named after. (I asked my father and I'd probably be Eight Bluebell.)
If there's one thing I didn't like it's that the early chapters do little to help me remember what happened in the first book. I mean, I read it and I loved it, but that was two years and 100 books ago and I had no idea what was going on anymore. So if you pick this up, maybe just skim through the predecessor again and make sure you know who's who, especially on Lsel Station.
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with …
Extremely looking foreward to reading this. I absolutely loved the first one.
This book was terrible. For a fictional setting in which the DDR never ceased to exist is contains surprisingly little social insights into what a world like that might look like. You might think that its strengths are more on the science side, given that the author frames himself as a writer of hard science fiction, but the science part is tame and uninspired at best. The characters are one dimensional gender clichés, especially the female kosmonaut whose personality consists of having children, thinking about those children, using high tech cameras to watch her children's playground from orbit and fearing she might not be able to see her children grow up. Women, am I right lol?
No, srsly, it's a bad book and if you want to check out what German SF has to offer, pick something else (preferably Dietmar Dath).
Checking out this new German SF novel to see if it's any good. Don't have high hopes but hey you never know.
Jade, the mysterious and magical substance once exclusive to the Green Bone warriors of Kekon, …
I cried. A lot. I didn't expect the ending to be this satisfying a conclusion to the underlying themes of violence and revenge. It's been a few hours now and I miss the Kaul family already.
Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more …
This is the last entry on the Lodestar Award for Best YA Novel shortlist. I haven't read Badger's debut Elatsoe, but Indigenous Futurisms is a really interesting genre and I'm looking forward to this one.
"Born from the obsessive and highly idiosyncratic mind of a cult figure of the Japanese …
Starting the #SFFBookClub book for May today. If you have never heard of Izumi Suzuki before, please take the time to make a quick online search and read up on her. She's such an interesting artist.
The chapters reconstructing actual 18th century witch trials were extremely grim.
It takes an AI to catch an AI in Chaos on CatNet, the follow-up to …
This is, in fact, an excellent sequel.
It takes an AI to catch an AI in Chaos on CatNet, the follow-up to …
It's on the Hugo shortlist, so yay for more CatNet.
Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn't lived anyplace longer than six …
A few chapters in I just couldn't stop. Sharing an overall positive view of technology with books like Charlie Jane Anders' All the Birds in the Sky or Becky Chambers' Wayfarers Series, this novel doesn't shy away from some dark places and trusts its teenage audience to grasp the complexity of an extremely online society that is super connected but als super trackable.