Tag: science fiction
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Citadel by C.M. Alongi
Review of Citadel by C.M. Alongi. Citadel is a science fiction story set on an alien planet about a young nonverbal autistic nineteen-year-old scientist who just wants to live her life, but when she meets her city’s enemy her world change and she keeps getting drawn in deeper.
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Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer
Review of Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer. Too Like the Lightning is a science fiction book that plays with the idea that utopias are always a utopia for who? It is a deeply philosophical book that borrows much from 18th century philosophy. I have read Too Like the Lightning twice and I don’t…
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Disability in Science Fiction
When we look for books that deals with disability in science fiction, we have more options than we used to, but especially in main stream books and other media, it is still a rare sight. Content warning: Cancer, chronic illness and disability
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal is rapidly becoming a must buy author, so when I head that The Calculating Stars was coming out I preordered it right away! The idea of mixing retro futurism and and the same optimism and science approach that you found in The Martian was really intriguing to me and I of course…
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The Planetfall series by Emma Newman
When I picked up The Planetfall series I was hesitant, because Emma Newman makes me cry. Or to be more fair, her writing tends to make me cry, because I get so invested in her characters that I get ALL THE FELLS. The crying to go bad with her Split World series, that I had…
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Murderbot has become one of my all time favourite characters and by far my favorite artificial intelligence. When I first read All Systems Red by Martha Wells I didn’t read many novellas, yet. But this book kicked up a whole novella reading spree for me. Today it is one of my favourite format of books,…
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A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright
When you don’t often read older science fiction, it is wonderful to get a pleasant surprise, such as with A Matter of Oaths by Helen S. Wright.
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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
When I read The Fifth Season it became really clear why this book is part of a very small club of books, where where every single book in the series has been not only nominated, but also won the Hugo award. The Broken Earth trilogy is one of those few. That is not strange at…
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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.…