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“We’re all just trying to be comfortable, and well fed, and unafraid.”

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

March 12, 2022 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

I cried far more often during this 147-page read than I’m strictly comfortable with, but the wise characters in this book would reassure me that my being comfortable with something isn’t a pre-requisite for it having worth. For the first third of this novella, we are with Sibling Dex getting a feel for them and the world they live in. Dex lives on the moon Panga where centuries before the robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, and recoiled from Factory life. They […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: a psalm for the wild-built, Becky Chambers, cried the good tears, faintingviolet, hope and connection, monk and robot, novella, series opener

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: a psalm for the wild-built, Becky Chambers, cried the good tears, faintingviolet, hope and connection, monk and robot, novella, series opener ·
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“They don’t tell you that hurt travels at light-speed too.”

Nyxia by Reintgen, Scott

May 15, 2019 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Emmett Atwater is one of ten disadvantaged teens who have been recruited by super-corporation Babel for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: To travel into deep space to newly discovered planet Eden and mine its incredibly versatile and valuable material: Nyxia, an element that has seemingly endless possibilities (it can be manipulated into weapons, into a power source, into smoke, and much more).  Eden is inhabited, and Babel’s first mission there was deadly – the inhabitants of Eden (humanoid aliens) slaughtered most of an Earth crew, except for […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #Science Fiction, deep space, diverse books, nyxia trilogy, scott reintgen, series opener, trilogy, we need diverse books, YA, Young Adult

cosbrarian's CBR11 Review No:31 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #Science Fiction, deep space, diverse books, nyxia trilogy, scott reintgen, series opener, trilogy, we need diverse books, YA, Young Adult ·
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