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 […]
My introduction to Rainbow Rowell
I wasn’t intending to review this book, but two weeks after I’ve read it bits of it are still ruminating around in my head. First, thank you to Faintingviolet for sending me a copy. I really did enjoy the book, it’s just a really sweet little novella. The plot is pretty simple. Elena decides she’s going to fully participate in Geek Culture and wait in line for the latest Star Wars movie. When she gets there she find that, oops, there are only two other […]
This series is filling the Battlestar Galactica shaped hole in my fanish heart
I have fallen deep down the well of fanish obsession with this series. Caliban’s War picks up a few month’s after the end of Leviathan Wakes and it’s just Space Opera, Military Sci-Fi awesomeness. However, if the next book also starts with a daughter in peril, I am going to have words with Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, WORDS I say. I saw some complaints on Goodreads that this was too similar to Leviathan Wakes, and while I can see that, I’m perfectly happy with […]
Dancing is Dangerous Work
Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire is book 5 in her Incryptid series. I am of the opinion that Seanan McGuire is one of the best Urban Fantasy writers out there, and while this isn’t my favorite of her Urban Fantasy novels, it’s a pretty good addition to the bulk of her work. For those not in the know, and really you should check this series out if you have the slightest inclination towards Urban Fantasy, Incryptid follows a family of scientists and social workers whose […]
Highly Entertaining Space Opera
I was not expecting to like Leviathan Wakes as much as I did. I picked it up because I liked The Expanse on Scy-Fy and needed to know what happened next, but I picked it up thinking it’d be a slog through overly detailed hard sci-fi and I wasn’t really looking forward to the slog. But it is an extremely enjoyable read and I found myself fully immersed and engaged in the world that James S.A. Corey has created. If you watched The Expanse, then […]
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