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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

September 5, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow is, at its heart, a story of friendship. Friendship is having a bit of a ‘moment’ right now in pop culture. I’ve read countless articles and stories lately focussed on friendship – in particular, the fallout when it goes sour. Ghosting of friends, friendship fights, friendship betrayals, friendship breakups… It’s something of an epidemic at the moment and seems to be a real theme in my circles. Perhaps it’s just this phase of my life.. the 30s, when people are […]

Watch This Space #3: Electric Space Boogaloo

The Last Emperox by John Scalzi

August 31, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

The Last Emperox completes The Interdependency trilogy – a sprawling space opera that examines the political and scientific ramifications when the ‘flow stream’ that connects the various hubs of humanity across the universe start to fail. Book 1 introduced us to the fledgling Emperox Grayland II of the noble Wu family, who has the misfortune of taking the title over right as The Interdependency begins to unravel. We also met: the flow scientist, Marce, who comes bearing the bad news about the collapsing flow stream; […]

Watch This Space #2: Now with more space!

The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi

August 16, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

My review of this first novel in the The Interdependency Trilogy can be read here: https://everyday-offershub.com/2023/07/the-collapsing-empire-caesars-wife/. I continued to engage with Book 2 via Wil Wheaton’s incredible narration. He did an excellent job, again. So, we pick up in Book 2 where we left off. The nefarious Nohamapetan family is attempting to recover from its botched attempted coup; the fledgling Emperox Grayland II is scrambling to convince her parliament of the impending collapse of the Flow, the method of interplanetary travel; and Lord Marce, the […]

An unsurpassed blast from the past

11/22/63 by Stephen King

August 16, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

I’ll preface this review by clarifying up front that: I do not live in the USA and am not a scholar on the JFK assassination Though a rabid Stephen King fan, I have studiously avoided this book since it was published in 2011, primarily due to lack of interest. After having devoured this 800+ page book in a fortnight, I can now say that: I could comfortably answer a pub-trivia question about the JKF assassination I sincerely regret not reading this excellent book sooner. This […]

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Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

July 25, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

Oryx and Crake is the first installment in the Maddaddam trilogy, a dystopian future with a liberal dose of gene splicing at its core. The novel is told through the perspective of “Snowman”/Jimmy, a depressed man, clothed in a bedsheet, presiding over a gaggle of ‘Children of Crake’ – innocent genetically engineered people living in a ruined world. Through his reflections, with learn about Jimmy and the world that was. We learn of the red-hot gene splicing industry, creating smart Pigoons, delicious Chickienobs, and adorable […]

Watch This Space

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

July 24, 2023 by Caesar's Wife 2 Comments

The first question in my mind when I finished listening to Wil Wheaton’s excellent narration of The Collapsing Empire was “this had better be a god damned trilogy!”. Thankfully, it is, and I will get to spend many more hours listening to the plight of the young Emperox Grayland II as she navigates the untimely collapse of The Flow, the method by which humans of the future overcome the limitations of light speed travel. The Collapsing Empire opens with a prologue that sets the scene […]

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