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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 […]

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Caesar's Wife's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: john scalzi ·
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The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

August 8, 2023 by Debcapsfan 1 Comment

CBR Bingo- Strange Worlds I am glad to see a bunch of folks reading The Kaiju Preservation Society because it was great fun. Very much like his Redshirts novel where a merry band of misfits exist and wackiness ensues. It’s not completely low stakes, and it had enough tension that I almost worried a little for our misfits. These misfits are smart scientists, except for the main character, Jamie. Jamie lifts things. Jamie is pretty non descript. Most of the characters are not described in […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr15bingo, john scalzi, Kaiju, SciFi

Debcapsfan's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: cbr15bingo, john scalzi, Kaiju, SciFi ·
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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 […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi, space opera

Caesar's Wife's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Audiobooks, Featured, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: john scalzi, space opera ·
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CBR15 Bingo: Strange Worlds

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

July 18, 2023 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR15 Bingo: Strange Worlds 15-word-review: Delivering food during the pandemic leads Jamie Gray to a monstrously exciting new career opportunity. Longer review: During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jamie Gray is working a dead-end job as a delivery driver for the very same company he got fired from. One day, when delivering food, Jamie runs into an old acquaintance, Tom, who remembers that Jamie’s thesis was on science-fiction and therefore thinks the job opportunity that KPS, the “animal rights organisation” that Tom works for might be a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, alternate worlds, audio book, CBR15, cbr15bingo, fun, john scalzi, Kaiju, Malin, mystery, Outland book club, romp, science, strange worlds, wil wheaton

Malin's CBR15 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, alternate worlds, audio book, CBR15, cbr15bingo, fun, john scalzi, Kaiju, Malin, mystery, Outland book club, romp, science, strange worlds, wil wheaton ·
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Dummies in Space

The End of All Things by John Scalzi

May 6, 2023 by Halbs 6 Comments

It’s been more than a decade since I first read Old Man’s War. While I have enjoyed every book in the Old Man’s War series leading up to this aptly-named ultimate novel, I have been hesitant to start this one. The reason? The series is too good! I just didn’t want to have it end. After all, I did just recently finish up reading The Expanse series. A guy can only take so many sci-fi series endings at once! But, as they say, all good […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi, old man's war, Old Man's War series

Halbs's CBR15 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: john scalzi, old man's war, Old Man's War series ·
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Redshirts by John Scalzi

February 19, 2023 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

“From the top of the large boulder he sat on, Ensign Tom Davis looked across the expanse of the cave toward Captain Lucius Abernathy, Science Office Q’eeng and Chief Engineer Paul West perched on a second, larger boulder and thought, Well, this sucks” Well this sucks. I reread this book. I first read it in 2013 or so, close to when it came out. I can’t pinpoint it, but I know it was close because and when and where I was in my life. I […]

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vel veeter's CBR15 Review No:107 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: john scalzi ·
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