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Can I adopt a Murderbot please?

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

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The Murderbot Diaries is a sequence of 4 novella length works with an overarching storyline consisting of a voyage of discovery for, well, a Murderbot. They are a cyborg security unit who at some point in their past was involved in an incident resulting in 57 deaths. As a consequence of this event they’ve overridden their programming and disabled external control so that they are now autonomous and cannot be reprogrammed or have their memory wiped. Of course, that’s not known to the company who owns them and rents them out as security to expeditions, and that’s the way Murderbot […]

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12/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:27 |

Nine for the Tomb, and for all that was lost

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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Official book description: The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as necromantic skeletons. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and […]

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12/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:83 |

Basically a princess and bodyguard romance, but in Spaaace!

Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

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This is the second book in a series. While this book can be read independently, there are details to the world building and continuity that’s better explained in book 1, Polaris Rising, so you may want to begin with that one. Official book description: Bianca von Hasenberg did her duty for High House von Hasenberg and ended up trapped in a terrible marriage. When her husband dies unexpectedly and leaves her a happy widow, she vows never to marry again. Instead, she uses her connections to save other young women. Information is power and Bianca has a network that would be […]

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12/7/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:82 |

Futuristic witches should not be this bland and disappointing

The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata

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I used to never ever give up on a book, no matter how wretched. I’m getting better at that, but I’m still learning when to give up. This one had one character interesting enough that I stuck with it, but then I was sorry I had. The story covers three characters, basically: there’s Nicco, some kind of android with a Bladerunner-like expiration date, who’s trying to get the magic doohickey (the Bohr Maker, a centuries-old, illegal software program that can basically recreate your body to do whatever you want) so he can stay alive. There’s Kirsten, the cop who’s chasing […]

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12/6/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:25 |

We’re welders on the moon, we carry a harpoon

Artemis by Andy Weir

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If you liked The Martian, this book should be up your alley. It’s a little flashier and heavier on the fiction side of science fiction, but it’s definitely a grounded realistic space story similar to Weir’s first book. This was a bit more Ocean’s 11 on the moon than the man vs nature tale of The Martian, but much like the first book, the action is grounded in a well-thought out extrapolation of current science and what it would mean for the future, while still being entertaining as opposed to eating one’s cultural vegetables. Here we are dealing with a […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:80 |

Filling a glaring gap in my literary resume…

Dune by Frank Herbert

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I really enjoy science fiction, and while I don’t stick to that genre exclusively, I have read enough that I felt considerable shame for never having read Dune.  There are classics that everyone just has to experience. So on a recent vacation, I brought it along to rectify this situation. Dune is set on the planet Arrakis, a desert land that hosts only one valuable resource, called ‘the spice’. Its drug-like qualities are invaluable across the galaxy, and is worth killing for. Our protagonist is teenager Paul Atreides, a son of the noble family sent to rule over Arrakis and […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:47 |

As close as I got to a Halloween read…

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

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Back in October (yes, the review backlog is a thing), I wanted a Halloween-ish read, but was trying to also stick to the TBR pile and not go buy something new. This proved difficult because horror/scary type books are not really my jam (Confession: I am 40 years old and have never read a single thing by Stephen King). But then I found this tucked away on my P&P shelf, stuck there as a joke, but never read. Perfect. I didn’t know what to expect going in- how would zombies become a part of this beloved classic? Welp, in the […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:46 |

When West Meets East, Sharpshooters and Demons

Shadow Roads (Volume One) by Cullen Bunn

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Shadow Roads (Volume One) is one very large screwy ride! Cullen Bunn and Brain Hurrt make realism and science fiction collide. They bleed together to create a familiar but new world where Victorina England and the American old west are only a portal jump away from each other. There is magic, native tribes and demons. There are people who are not what they seem and people who are the comic relief. There is an Annie Oakley-like kid who also could pass herself off for Little Orphan Annie (in more than one way) and there are priests who forget their vows […]

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12/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:514 |


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