So this shit right here is exactly why I read science fiction. It’s got EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY WANT. Well, these last two books have been lacking the humor of the first two, mostly because the foul-mouthed poet Martin Silenus was relegated to a background role, but he was there a little bit at the beginning of the last book and the beginning and end of this one, so there was a little bit of humor there. But seriously EVERYTHING ELSE is here. You’ve got […]
“Welcome to fucking Wonderland” or, Adventures in Mathmagic Land
Our adventures take place in a slightly dystopian future, where some people can tap into extra parts in their brains and gain X-men-like powers. The people who have strong powers are called Greater-Thans, because they can access more than 10% of their brains at once. Your “integration” level is the percentage of your brain you can use. Normal people can only access 10% or less, so they are called Fractions, for a fraction of 10% (which doesn’t make sense to me, but whatever.) Powers include […]
I urge you to stay so far away from this book you might not even want to read this review.
What in the ever-loving shit is this? First off, I didn’t expect much, here. It’s about explorers discovering a world hidden in the vast stretches of the Amazonian rain forest, replete with dinosaurs and ape-men. This isn’t Virginia Woolf. But I’ve been subsisting on a diet of H.G. Wells and H.P. Lovecraft, so I’ve been spoiled by less dense material that is still highly enjoyable and intellectually satiating. And then I fall into this sinking morass of blithering idiocy and overwrought pomposity. This book starts […]
No, not that Martian. The other one.
If you’ve somehow made it this far in life without at least hearing of this book, you are both a marvel and curiosity. To give you a basic run down of the plot: the world is invaded by Martians around the turn of the previous century, and humanity is woefully ill-equipped to fend off the invaders. In other words, have you ever seen a movie or read a book or heard someone tell a story in which aliens invade earth? It no doubt owes at […]
Sith Lords are Just Hipsters
As I mentioned in this post, I’m embarking on reading the Star Wars canon. The next installment is Lords of the Sith. Chronologically, this occurs just after the events of the film Revenge of the Sith. Anakin, now Darth Vader, has teamed up with Darth Sidious and is now flying around the galaxy shoring up the power of the newly formed Empire. But not everyone is ok with the Empire’s un-weakening grasp of power. On the planet of Ryloth, there’s a growing rebellion against the […]
My Path to the Nerd-side
With the Star Wars: Episode VII premiering in December, I thought it might be time to tap into my nerd-side. I have some coworkers who read the Star Wars books when they were younger and talked about the relationship between the books and the films, so why not launch into a new series for the new year? Things got complicated from the get go. When Disney acquired Star Wars’ rights, they re-hauled the canon and aligned the movies, tv shows, and new books to tell […]
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