This was the book that well and truly got me into the Darkover series, which is somewhat ironic, as she didn’t write all or most of it. (I’m not able to find the exact details around this – the trilogy it’s a part of was started around the time of her death, so was in […]
Exile’s Song – Marion Zimmer Bradley Read More »
This book of short stories is a fun sampling of Willis’ work. Some of my favorites are: “Even the Queen”, a great send up to women’s lib. Who knew talking about your period could be so funny? “Jack” was a great story about how WWII in London let some people rise above anything they might
Impossible Things – Connie Willis Read More »
So some sort of unnamed thing happened, and the world has evolved into a society where everyone fits according to their abilities at color perception. Eddie Russet is on his way to the outer fringes, where his father has been tapped to replace the local swatchman (doctor, more or less), who recently died. Eddie’s just
Shades of Grey – Jasper Fforde Read More »
This story takes place in the Vorkosigan universe, but takes place about two hundred years before Miles is born. It’s the story of the development of the Quaddies – genetically engineered humans with a second set of hands instead of feet, bred to live and thrive in zero gravity. It’s very much a cautionary tale
Falling Free – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
I picked up this book (and the other five in the series) on a .99 cent Kindle sale. Jessamyn is a pilot on Mars, training all her young life to be able to make the run to Earth to get supplies for the Colony. This is complicated by a war that resulted
Saving Mars – Cidney Swanson Read More »
This is a great ending to the Confederation novels. Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr has finally been sent back to her unit on the front, when they’re attacked. Torin pretty much knows she’s going to die when she hears a bomb coming in on their position, but she instead wakes up in a prison
Valor’s Trial – Tanya Huff Read More »
This is the third book of this series, and due to prior events, Torin Kerr has been promoted to Gunnery Sergeant. She’s also stuck giving briefings to officers, on a seemingly endless rotation. So when Major Svensson, who has recently come back from being reduced to pretty much a brain and
The Heart of Valor – Tanya Huff Read More »
Is it bad that my overwhelming thought about this anthology is that I’m glad that there was no one story that was just so amateurish it completely threw me out of the world of the book? Most of the older anthologies had at least one of those stories, and I don’t know if the
Stars of Darkover – ed. Deborah J. Ross and Elisabeth Waters Read More »
Pretty early on in his career, Miles Vorkosigan happened into a mercenary army (long story), and created the character of Admiral Miles Naismith to head that army. They ended up becoming covert operatives of the Barrayaran intelligence service (so covert that most of the army doesn’t know who their true employers are), but
Brothers in Arms – Lois McMaster Bujold Read More »
In Moonflash, Kyreol and her friend Terje went on a journey to see what was beyond the Riverworld where they had grown up, and found that their simple land was part of a larger world with more advanced technology that allows them to travel to the stars. Kyreol stays there with her mother,
The Moon and the Face – Patricia A. McKillip Read More »
