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Personhood in Sci-Fi

Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon

July 26, 2025 by LB Leave a Comment

Volatile Memory fulfills the “purple” square on CBR17 bingo. Generally speaking, I don’t consider myself a sci-fi reader, but Volatile Memory kept coming across my feeds because it’s sapphic and I finally gave into the promo, and I’m glad I did because this ended up being a really interesting story. I’d put it in the same conversations as books like Automatic Noodle and The Stars Too Fondly for the ways it explores transness and gender through presentation as well as whether memories make a person […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr17bingo, gay, memory, novella, personhood, queer, sapphic, Seth haddon, trans, trans woman

LB's CBR17 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr17bingo, gay, memory, novella, personhood, queer, sapphic, Seth haddon, trans, trans woman ·
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“Don’t look at me like that’s my fault. I’m just telling you shit I know.”

Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries #6) by Martha Wells

January 8, 2025 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

Last fall I started a full Murderbot Diaries re-read in the lead up to our Cannonball Read book club about all things Murderbot. I got five stories read, but then November and December happened, and I did not get to finish in 2024. But that’s okay, I have the remaining books in my custody for January and I can get to the last new-to-me Murderbot (System Collapse) in just a couple of weeks!  My main takeaway this time through Fugitive Telemetry is that I missed […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Fugitive Telemetry, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, novella, personhood, re-read

faintingviolet's CBR17 Review No:3 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Fugitive Telemetry, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, novella, personhood, re-read ·
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“I liked protecting people and things. I liked figuring out smart ways to protect people and things. I liked being right.”

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells

October 9, 2024 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

My Murderbot re-read continues with the introduction of my favorite character, ART (which, side note, it has taken me over five years to notice that ART is in the title Artificial Condition). Book two picks up quickly after the events of All Systems Red, with Murderbot having left Mensah and her team to figure out what it wants with its freedom, now that it is off inventory from the company, but not wanting to be a “pet robot”. Quickly, Murderbot realizes it wants to get […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Artificial Condition, Binge, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, liberate, martha wells, murderbot, novella, personhood, re-read, read harder challenge

faintingviolet's CBR16 Review No:38 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Artificial Condition, Binge, cbr16bingo, CBR16SweetBooks, liberate, martha wells, murderbot, novella, personhood, re-read, read harder challenge ·
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