Continuing to work our way through the junior novelizations of the Star Wars movies. I will spare you guys the reviews of the other Star Wars themed books we’re reading (there’s Padawan Academy books, some kind of origami something or other, and a whole bunch of others). Again, there’s no sense in telling the story. If there’s anyone out there who doesn’t know it, feel free to e-mail me, and I’ll tell you the story. But, as I’ve said, the books are based on the […]
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 […]
“Those of us who are going to live,” Dinah said, “have to start living by our own lights.”
One the one hand, I think it’s commendable that Neal Stephenson didn’t break Seveneves into three (or more) novels, which he easily could have done, and stretched their publications out over a decade or so. On the other hand — doing so may have lead to more enjoyment (at least for me) of the series, as the first two sections kept me enthralled, while the third tended to drag. By the end, I felt like I’d spent so much time in “section three” that I’d practically […]
Time Travel With Heart (and Heartbreak)
I’ve read this book before (maybe twice before) but it had been so long that I felt it was due for a re-read and review. Obviously, I’m a fan. Connie Willis can be a bit verbose and repetitive here and there, but I eat it all up anyway. (I also love J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King, T.H. White, and George R.R. Martin, so I can deal with a bit of verbosity and lengthy description). The story starts at Oxford University in the year 2054 in a […]
“If I could put my finger on the moment we genuinely f*cked ourselves, it was the moment we decided that data was something you could use words like believe or disbelieve around.”
3.5 stars The Water Knife is compelling mostly in its premise: the American southwest — featuring primarily California, Arizona, Nevada, and southern Colorado — is basically bone dry. To sustain their urban populations, these states have employed muscle to go on and off the book and secure water rights, which are primarily proprietary channels drawing from the low but still flowing Colorado River. In the wake of decades of sustained drought, those cities and states that haven’t come out on top of the pile are […]
My Teenage Angst Looks Like a Cakewalk Now
Thank you Even Stevens! You are a wonderful, wonderful person. A few weeks ago, this post showed up on Cannonball Read: “The darkest minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces” And I took notice…because the book looked bad ass! And Even Stevens was so enthusiastic about it–it was quickly moved up on my must read list (so much so that I neglected my book club book and focused on this instead). Let me tell you what? I loved it too! Something has […]
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