This series is a wild ride. The last book has one of the least reliable narrators ever, that more or less resolves itself by the end of that particular part of the story. So leading into this book, you feel like you should know what’s going on, except it gets less and less clear as […]
Nona the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir Read More »
I wasn’t sure what to expect of this book. The first book of the series is all about a ships’ crew, and this book takes one of those characters, as well as a side character, and brings the action down to a planet. And I wasn’t sure I wanted to follow that journey – it’s
A Close and Common Orbit – Becky Chambers Read More »
This was a fun book – Tesla Crane is one of the richest people in the world, thanks to her family’s robotic business. She’s newly married, and she and her husband are on their honeymoon – a cruise to Mars. And then there’s a murder. Tesla’s husband is actually a retired detective, but he’s the
The Spare Man – Mary Robinette Kowal Read More »
The setting for this book is that a virus (created by humans) has decimated Earth, turning all the survivors feral. Some local aliens (the Krakau) have figured out how to reverse the effects of the virus, and are slowly curing more humans. Many of them end up joining the Alliance space force. And so we
Terminal Alliance – Jim C. Hines Read More »
So that was an experience. This book has been out long enough that it’s really hard to avoid reading about it online. I’ve tried my best to stay deep spoiler free, but I’d already heard about the change in perspective (to a second person voice), and I had a pretty good idea of why things
Harrow the Ninth – Tamsyn Muir Read More »
This is a collection of novellas, so I’ve read some before (Earthsea), but some were new to me. It’s LeGuin, so they’re all good. I think with anything of hers, it’s a matter of what I’m in the mood to have stick with me. This time it was “Paradises Lost”, which is set on a
The Found and the Lost – Ursula K. LeGuin Read More »
This book occurs relatively late in the timeline of this series, and concerns Miles’ cousin Ivan. It’s more or less the story of how a notorious womanizer finally finds the right woman, and settles down. It helps that the right woman is one of the daughters of one of the baronial families of Jackson’s Whole.
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
I first read Dune in college, so it’s been a hot minute. My main memory is of a certain heft to the text – there was weight there, and it took me a while to get through it. It’s still got a weight to it, but I read through it much faster this time. I’d
Dune – Frank Herbert Read More »
I’ve got the BF reading the early Cordelia and Miles books, which made me realize I’ve been hoarding a few of the other books in the series in my TBR pile (a habit I really need to shake). So I picked one up, and enjoyed the heck out of it, as I always do. Miles
Komarr – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
This took me quite a while to get through – it’s an homage to Jack Vance’s Dying Earth series, and the writing is very true to the unique tone and world that he created. Which I very much enjoy, but can’t take in large doses. (I don’t tend to like authors with a more florid
Songs of the Dying Earth – edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois Read More »
