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matchaboba rated Project Hail Mary: 5 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
matchaboba rated Record of a Spaceborn Few: 4 stars
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #3)
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
matchaboba rated So Long and Thanks for All the Fish: 4 stars
matchaboba rated Ancillary Mercy: 5 stars
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)
For just a moment, things seem to be under control for the soldier known as Breq.
Then a search of …
matchaboba rated To Be Taught, If Fortunate: 4 stars
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as …
matchaboba rated Heaven’s River: 4 stars
Heaven’s River by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #4)
More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has …
matchaboba rated All Systems Red: 5 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
matchaboba rated Redemption ark: 5 stars
matchaboba rated Count Zero (Sprawl, #2): 5 stars
Count Zero (Sprawl, #2) by William Gibson
Count Zero is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer William Gibson, originally published in 1986. It is the second …
matchaboba rated Recursion: 4 stars
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Memory makes reality.
That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the …
matchaboba rated For We Are Many: 4 stars
For We Are Many by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #2)
Bob Johansson didn’t believe in an afterlife, so waking up after being killed in a car accident was a shock. …
matchaboba rated Consider Phlebas: 3 stars
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced …
matchaboba rated All These Worlds: 4 stars
All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor (Bobiverse, #3)
"Being a sentient spaceship really should be more fun. But after spreading out through space for almost a century, Bob …
matchaboba rated Ancillary Justice: 5 stars
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Once, she was …