Category: Reading
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Valor’s Choice & the Confederation series
Review of Valor’s Choice by Tanya Huff and the rest of the Confederation series. Military science fiction with strong space opera vibes and wonderful alien cultures. The Confederation series works because of the wonderful characters and interesting plots.
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Nexus by Ramez Naam
My review of Nexus by Ramez Naam, a near future cyberpunk novel with strong thriller elements and themes that explores augmentation and transhumanism. If you like science fiction that takes the implications of the technology it introduces seriously and want to spend more time in a non-western setting, then Nexus is really a great choice.…
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Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Review of the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. Rivers of London is about the police constable Peter Grant in London, that discovers that magic is real and is roped into the supernatural branch of the British police… It’s Peter and an elderly wizard called Nightingale.
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12 more fun urban fantasy recommendations
I have more urban fantasy recommendations for you! I found 12 more wonderful books for you, that wasn’t included in my last list of recommendations. Quite a few of the books are focused around agencies dealing with the supernatural, while others are focused more on relationships within the books. The list includes urban fantasy recommendations…
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October Daye by Seanan McGuire
Review of the urban fantasy series October Daye by Seanan McGuire. If you are interested in the idea of the fay hiding in our world, then you should check out the October Daye books.
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Ancillary Justice & Ancillary Sword
Review of the Imperial Radch series: Ancillary Justice, Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy. One of the best space operas of the 21nd century.
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The Buried Life by Carrie Patel
Review of The Buried Life by Carrie Patel the first book of the Recoletta Series. A political steampunk book centered around a murder mystery with two protagonists from very different walks of life.
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A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
My review of A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar: A fantasy novel about stories with poetic language about love in it’s many different forms.
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Borderline by Mishell Baker
My review of Borderline by Mishell Baker, an urban fantasy book about Hollywood, mental health, neurodiversity and the fay.