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Crossed Spaces

What do Australian spec fic writers do during a pandemic? Make an anthology, of course!

Crossed Spaces by Lynne Stringer, R.A. Stephens

April 15, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

I’m always up for an anthology, especially a science fiction one. This is a collection of sixteen short stories by Australian authors. While there were some I didn’t care for, on the whole this was a very enjoyable collection with a few stand-out favorites. Just a note that the only place you seem to be able to buy this is from the publisher’s website. “Traitor” – Geraldine Borella – ★★★. An exploratory mission to determine the habitability of a planet leads one scientist to contemplate […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Anthology, Lynne Stringer, Lynne Stringer, R.A. Stephens, R.A. Stephens

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Anthology, Lynne Stringer, Lynne Stringer, R.A. Stephens, R.A. Stephens ·
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Symbiosis

“Mouths always open, minds never so”

Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden

April 13, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

Hello, another gorgeous cover! This is the second in the Escaping Exodus series and absolutely cannot be read without reading the first. Trust me, the book is confusing enough without it! The book picks up three years later with Doka and the rest of his people having made great strides in approaching a less harmful – a less parasitical – living situation with their Zenzee. It also means that a lot of sacrifices have had to be made, including leaving a chunk of the population […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Nicky Drayden

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:25 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Nicky Drayden ·
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Escaping Exodus

Whales… in… space!

Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden

April 12, 2021 by llamareadsbooks 2 Comments

First, this cover is gorgeous. Second, this book was recommended to me as basically a lesbian environmentalist story set on a space octopus, which, I mean, who can resist checking something like that out? And I would agree, it’s a sort of environmental manifesto, along with a complicated f/f relationship and lots of alien ship body fluids. Seske is the epitome of the spoiled princess, heir to the Matris, ruler of the people on this particular beast. She can’t even comprehend how good she has […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Nicky Drayden

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Nicky Drayden ·
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Sorry, guys, this just wasn’t for me

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

April 3, 2021 by KimMiE" 1 Comment

I was excited when I saw this in one of my local little free libraries, because I remembered seeing several very positive reviews on CBR. Sometimes, though, things just don’t work out. On paper, it sounded great: love story between enemies; strong women kicking ass in battle; time travel triggering alternate histories. I wanted to love this. The execution just didn’t work for me. Red and Blue are agents in opposite sides of a war. Red’s side, “the Agency,” is a technotopia, and Blue’s side, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, award winners, CBR13, epistolary novel, KimMiE"

KimMiE"'s CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone, award winners, CBR13, epistolary novel, KimMiE" ·
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The Future Is Yours

Time travel, Silicon Valley tech bro style

The Future is Yours by Dan Frey

April 1, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

“So an antisocial introvert doing everything in his power to avoid the world … may have created a technology that will end up destroying it?” Ben and Adhi were college roommates who bonded over shared trauma – the death of a parent – as otherwise they couldn’t be more different from each other. Ben’s charismatic and driven, someone who sees himself as a Steve Jobs visionary type. Adhi, on the other hand, is an introverted engineering genius. Dissatisfied with their lives after college, Adhi uses knowledge from […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Dan Frey, time travel

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Dan Frey, time travel ·
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A Classic Meh on the Reread

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

March 28, 2021 by CoffeeShopReader 2 Comments

I’m pretty sure the first time I read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I was probably in my teens and reading it on my father’s recommendation. Dad seemed to want to introduce his kids to at least basic classic sci-fi, although I still don’t get his appreciation for William Gibson. So I figured since there’s a book club coming up where this is an option, it might be time for a re-read. My basic impression is that I can see why this is the classic […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, 42, absurdist, Arthur Dent, Deep Thought, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, towel day

CoffeeShopReader's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, 42, absurdist, Arthur Dent, Deep Thought, douglas adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, towel day ·
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