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An excellent adaptation of a classic novel

Kindred by Octavia Butler

April 13, 2020 by MarkAbaddon Leave a Comment

Some stories hit you harder than others. Reading this graphic novel, shortly after watching the film Harriet, struck like a thunderbolt. Some people, mostly belonging to a certain political party, have attempted to make slavery seem not so bad. Which is why works like Kindred are so important. In Kindred, Dana, a young black woman, married to a white man in 1976, finds herself transported back the mid 1800s to save a white ancestor of hers. She bounces back and forth between the time periods […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, octavia butler, Racism, Slavery, time travel

MarkAbaddon's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Fiction, Graphic Novel, historical fiction, octavia butler, Racism, Slavery, time travel ·
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Using Lovecraft Against Himself

The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

April 11, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I have to admit: I tried to read N. K. Jemisin’s Fifth Season but had to put it down. The world and premise was good, but something about the style bothered me. I then picked up The City We Became which has an equally interesting premise. I still had some issues with the style, but I did manage to finish it. The City We Became is set in a world where major cities eventually develop avatars, people who represent the spirit of that place incarnate. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Lovecraft, n.k. jemisin, New York City, NYC, Speculative Fiction, The City We Became, Urban Fantasy

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:29 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, Lovecraft, n.k. jemisin, New York City, NYC, Speculative Fiction, The City We Became, Urban Fantasy ·
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“There is no consent under capitalism.”

Docile by K.M. Szpara

April 9, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

I liked this! But it didn’t go where I was expecting it to and I had to think about it a bunch before I rated and reviewed it, which I think is ultimately in the book’s favor. If it was easily digestible, I don’t think it would have been worth much of anything. Docile has been touted as a “science fiction parable”, and I think that’s an apt description. Certain things are purposely heightened (the wealth disparity between classes) and taken to their extremes, while […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, docile, K.M. Szpara, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2020, speculative

narfna's CBR12 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, docile, K.M. Szpara, LGBTQIA, narfna, read harder challenge 2020, speculative ·
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A new kind of bot in the Murderbot world

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

April 3, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

So far we’ve seen Murderbot and humans, Murderbot and other sort of sentient machines, and now it’s time to start putting those things together. Rogue Protocol picks up where book two left off as Murderbot is trying to get away from the areas where it’s dangerous to be potentially identified, and in so doing, Murderbot falls into another adventure when the transport its on turns out to have two human passengers on their way to some kind of security detail job which involves guarding some […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, AI, martha wells, murderbot, Murderbot Diaries, robots, Rogue Protocol

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:27 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, AI, martha wells, murderbot, Murderbot Diaries, robots, Rogue Protocol ·
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“It’s easy to repeat; it’s hard to speak.”

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

March 26, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was an intriguing and well-written book, but I just never seemed to connect with it the way I wanted to. Babel-17 was the last book of my classic sci-fi binge in February, and it was also my least favorite of the three I read (the other two were Way Station and The Stars My Destination). Although, in another headspace, and maybe if I hadn’t had to do the Kindle version (because free) I might have been able to concentrate more and liked it better. […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, babel-17, hugo award nominee, narfna, Samuel R Delany, sci-fi, sf

narfna's CBR12 Review No:36 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, babel-17, hugo award nominee, narfna, Samuel R Delany, sci-fi, sf ·
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Relay-Reading Murderbot

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

March 22, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader 1 Comment

As far as I know, my dad doesn’t read a lot of fiction; the one exception to this is science fiction, at least of the what you might now call classic or vintage variety, as in William Gibson and Isaac Asimov. I was home visiting recently and Dad made a comment about not being sure what to read next after he finished whatever he currently had in his hands; I had Artificial Condition (Murderbot Diaries 2) in mine, so I let him have a look […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, AI, Artificial Condition, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, space adventure, Speculative Fiction

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:21 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, AI, Artificial Condition, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, space adventure, Speculative Fiction ·
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