I really don’t know where to begin with this novella. It’s a very thought provoking read but I’m just not sure I enjoyed it. I will say, I do think it’s probably one of John Scalzi’s better works, but I also don’t think that fans of his novels would enjoy it. I also can’t decide between three or four stars. I think writing wise, it probably deserves 4-5 stars, as I said I think it’s probably the best book Scalzi has written. However on a […]
The book did what I wanted it to do, so we’ll call it a win.
Every once in a while I read a book simply because I want something uncomplicated, porny, and with a happy ending (no, a HEA not THAT kind of happy ending-though I suppose that’s implied in the ‘porny’). This was that book. The writing is nothing particularly special and the characters are ‘romance novel’ realistic, but the sex is hot and we get a HEA and so it’s a win. Alwaysanswerb reviewed this whole series a few months ago, and this book in particular was the […]
Colony at the Edge of the Universe
Cibola: The Spanish transliteration for pueblo ruins. Of course the civilization remains of the protomolecule’s creators is going to have a big influence on this book. Book 4 in the Expanse series is the colonization/western novel. I have always loved these kinds of novels, both historical colonization novels to futuristic ones. I realize that they’re often fraught with political issues (and historical novels with a colonization bent often ignore those issues) but that doesn’t change the fact that I could read stories about people going […]
Monkeys with a Microwave
Continuing my obsession with this sci-fi series, we have book three Abaddon’s Gate. Because the summary is going to be a bit spoilery for previous books, I want to start with why you should pick this series up. First, it’s just a really good operatic sci-fi series with enough elements of ‘hard’ sci-fi to give it a believable feel. I think I initially avoided the series because I’m not particularly fond of ‘hard’ sci-fi books where the author gets so lost in his science research […]