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> Genre: Science Fiction

Finally Joining the Murderbot Party

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls by Jane Lindskold

March 29, 2023 by Tracy 1 Comment

[CW for underage sex work in the 2nd book review] I finally decided to get All Systems Red from the library and have the next two on hold. I enjoyed it and think it pretty much lived up to the hype. Murderbot is a SecUnit on an uninhabited planet. It’s assigned to a group of scientists who are exploring the planet, but it doesn’t particularly enjoy its job. It hacked its governor module and spends as much time as it can streaming various entertainment media, […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Jane Lindskold, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, Speculative Fiction

Tracy's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Jane Lindskold, martha wells, Murderbot Diaries, Speculative Fiction ·
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Math problems on Mars.

Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier

March 28, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

I said in a status update while reading Singer Distance that it was giving me Contact vibes, and that’s true. The homespun science and grungy academic feel of the book, along with a group of characters working towards contacting aliens does give me the same feelings I get watching that movie (I have the book and I really need to finally read it!), but Singer Distance also has its own unique feel. This is an alternate history where back in the late 1800s, scientists spotted a message on Mars and began […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, alternate history, Ethan Chatagnier, historical fiction, literary fiction, literary sci-fi, math, narfna, sci-fi, Singer Distance

narfna's CBR15 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, alternate history, Ethan Chatagnier, historical fiction, literary fiction, literary sci-fi, math, narfna, sci-fi, Singer Distance ·
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“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

March 28, 2023 by ardaigle Leave a Comment

I’m glad my kiddo had the occasion to read this book for school which nudged me to revisit it! I owned a copy (which I think is now battered at the bottom of his backpack) but nothing beats telling your kid, “Oh? What book? Yeah, we have that one.” I can’t imagine a summary of this classic is needed, buuut just in case, Bradbury basically foretold the future in that his novel is in a future world where books are outlawed and firemen, instead of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: American classic, Dystopian, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

ardaigle's CBR15 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: American classic, Dystopian, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury ·
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“I can’t think of any other explanation for why he’s so combative at 8:47 in the morning. In this economy? Who has the energy?”

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

March 25, 2023 by Nart Leave a Comment

If you watched Palm Springs on Prime and want more, this is going to be your catnip. Plot: Barrett Bloom is starting university today, and thank god for that. High school was a nightmare, but this is her chance to reinvent herself as something other than an over eager student journalist who cost her school sport glory. Only she wakes up to the discovery that a friend who’d abandoned her over that story is her roommate, her professors seem unimpressed with her lack of preparation, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: Rachel Lynn Solomon

Nart's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: Rachel Lynn Solomon ·
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Read comics or go to hell (um…I might have done both?)

Good Boy V01: Good Boy Magazine #1 by Michael Sweater and Benji Nate

March 22, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

CBR15Passport Own This is the first Benji Nate book they had a part in that I did not enjoy. The concept of Good Boy V01: Good Boy Magazine #1 a Zine format. There are different styles and types of work (done by different authors and/or illustrators) that are included. There is everything from the woman who was once a “Playboy Bunny” like woman to the chapter that had no humanly possible way to read to the one I almost liked until the main character did something […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Science Fiction Tagged With: anthologies, Benji Nate, CBR15Passport, Michael Sweater, Michael Sweater and Benji Nate

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:189 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Romance, Science Fiction · Tags: anthologies, Benji Nate, CBR15Passport, Michael Sweater, Michael Sweater and Benji Nate ·
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Epic bravery and sensible fears

Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders

March 21, 2023 by Emmalita 8 Comments

There was a point several years ago when I got frustrated with YA and all the teenagers saving the world/saving the universe. Part of my frustration was that I don’t want kids to have to save the world. I got over that fairly quickly, but I remembered that feeling towards the end of Promises Stronger Than Darkness. Now I am so grateful that teens have a whole body of literature about fighting oppression and fascism. I might get a bit esoteric, because I don’t want to […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: advance reader copy, charlie jane anders, NetGalley, Promises Stronger Than Darkness, TransRightsReadathon, Unstoppable, Women's History Month

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:23 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: advance reader copy, charlie jane anders, NetGalley, Promises Stronger Than Darkness, TransRightsReadathon, Unstoppable, Women's History Month ·
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