Even though I was underwhelmed by the first book, The Abyss Beyond Dreams, I decided to persevere and conclude “The Chronicle of the Fallers”. In the year 2384 a group of humans leave Commonwealth space to found their own society. They find themselves sucked into the Void, where time moves differently and technology is dampened to nearly primitive levels, and dumped on a planet they name Bienvenido. Not only does the Void warp space time, it also gives sentient creatures the ability to perform telekinesis and […]
According to Amazon reviews, I’m in the minority regarding this book
I took advantage of my kids being in summer camp this past week to tackle a door stop sized sci-fi novel, The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton. Who seems to be only able to write giant books. Once there was a time that I sought out books of significant width, as they would last longer. And by last longer, I mean take me almost a week to finish. Ah the halcyon days before having children. Now I look through my TBR and calculate […]
Father Earth is Angry
The Obelisk Gate picks up where The Fifth Season left off and continues the harrowing tale of survival in The Stillness when a fifth season (the season of death) is upon the land. Now we learn the stakes are higher than just survival. An ancient war has been brewing in the background for so long that not all the players are even aware one is occurring. The fifth season has fully gripped the land. Comms band together for mutual support and weaker comms fall, to […]
“Every Age Must Come to an End” is an ominous beginning
A few years ago I came across an excellent review of N.K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, book one of the Inheritance trilogy, and was instantly intrigued. It was put on my “in case of birthday or Christmas, please buy me” list and fortunately I received it later that year. I was blown away by Jemisin’s incredibly creative world building and could not put the book down. The third book in the Inheritance trilogy did not hold up as well as the first two, but the […]
“End of All Things” as a title isn’t being overly dramatic
This is review number lucky 13 and marks halfway through my half cannonball. I’m on better track this year than last! The End of All Things is the sixth book in John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War universe and direct sequel to The Human Division. THD is a set of thirteen standalone short stories (originally released serially in e-format and then collected in dead tree format) with a narrative thread tying the stories together. TEoAT, while not advertised as such, feels similar only instead of short stories they […]
The Golden Compass and joys of explaining “original sin”
This is probably my fourth reading of The Golden Compass and this time I read it aloud to my nine year old daughter over the course of several months at bedtime. She’s already read The Chronicles of Narnia, started the Prydain Chronicles, and is three volumes into Harry Potter so now seemed like a good time to introduce her to the His Dark Materials trilogy. I love introducing books to my daughter and watching her devour them the way I have. Reading this book aloud make […]
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