So, I screwed up. Somehow I managed to read the second book in this series before reading the first book. On the one hand, I’m bummed as I know what happens after this book, but on the other hand I was happy to get some more background on the characters. However, having read them out of order, I’d probably say that there’s now no excuse for the super quick wrap-up of the plot in the second book. I thought it was because the author was […]
YA Steampunk? Sure.
I’m currently in the middle of reading Book 4 of A Song of Ice and Fire, but once again I made the mistake of trying to read it right after finishing the previous book. It just doesn’t work – I need a break. So I asked my friend Jen, who is an author (and the maker of these amazing literature-themed perfumes) and an overall fun woman, for some recommendations. She suggested these YA novels by Gail Carriger. I’ve heard of but never read any steampunk, […]
Larry Stu and the Deadly Space War (A Robert CBR6 Review)
In an unspecified future, humanity has colonized the universe. One tech company holds the key to all of the transportation and only allows American citizens (winners of the last massive global conflict) passage to the greater universe on their 75th birthdays. These men and women sign up for a two to 10 year term as soldiers in the Colonial Defense Force, where they will somehow receive their youth and health back just for enlisting. It’s far more complicated than John Perry or any of his […]
“The Abode of Life”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #20
by Lee Correy “May I call to your attention, Captain, that our present course takes us disturbingly near the reported gravitational turbulence reported by Federation ships in this sector of the Orion Arm?” As usual, Spock was both punctilious and logically correct in his assessment of the situation.” These are the very first lines. This does not BODE well. While on a routine mapping mission, Enterprise hits a fold in space and is instantly transported millions of hundreds of kellicams away to a place unpopulated […]
“The Prometheus Design”: Star Trek Novelization Vangie13 cbr #19
by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath “The two Vulcans moved as one. Spock began chopping into the no-mouths with great double-handed blows that no flesh could stand against. Savaj picked up a no-mouth and used it as a battering ram. Rand stiff-armed the cone-noses with the heel of her hand. Scott found some way of heaving them over, and McCoy was making some effort to come up over the top after Kirk.” So, Marshak and Culbreath. We meet again. Who knows what the hell these […]
In a year 2525 (or thereabouts)
First published in 1960, A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. is considered a somewhat of a classic of post-apocalyptic science fiction. I’ve wanted to read it for years, thanks to goodreads and its recommendations page. See, goodreads thought that since I intend to read Russel Hoban’s Riddley Walker one day, I would also enjoy A Canticle for Leibowitz. And it wasn’t entirely wrong. The novel is divided into three parts, with each part taking the reader further and further into the post […]
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