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Lumpers and Splitters

March 7, 2015 by llp 14 Comments

In my archaeology classes, we talked a bit about lumpers and splitters, how people tend to split up species, tool styles, etc – lump them together, or split according some generally subtle difference. I myself tend to waver a bit, but lean towards lumping. This book, which probably has already been read and reviewed by many, premises that a community will split itself up based on differences in personality, detectable and defined by a mysterious drug induced scenario test. But what happens if people can’t […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Divergent, fantasy, science fiction, Veronica Roth, Young Adult

llp's CBR7 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Divergent, fantasy, science fiction, Veronica Roth, Young Adult ·
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Cover of The Apollo Academy by Kimberly P. Chase

The Apollo Academy

March 6, 2015 by HillaryM 2 Comments

In the mood for some new adult sci-fi with a brilliant ass-kicking heroine? Of course you are! Kimberly P. Chase’s The Apollo Academy is the first book of a promising new series about Aurora Titon, an heiress who’s training to be a shuttle pilot for lunar missions. She may, in fact, be the best pilot the Academy has ever trained — assuming she survives her first semester, since someone is apparently trying to kill her.

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: Apollo Academy, crosspost, Kimberly P. Chase, love triangle, New Adult, persephone magazine, sci-fi, The Apollo Academy

HillaryM's CBR7 Review No:3 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: Apollo Academy, crosspost, Kimberly P. Chase, love triangle, New Adult, persephone magazine, sci-fi, The Apollo Academy ·
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Carol Danvers is my hero.

March 6, 2015 by narfna 6 Comments

– – – Meet Carol Danvers. She used to be a pilot, but after the explosion of a Kree device gifted her with alien powers, now she’s an Avenger who lives in the top of the Statue of Liberty and makes out with Iron Patriot on the side. She’s the kind of gal who takes her cat into space. She loves Star Wars and punching people. We have only just met, but I love her. Even before I really got into the story, I was […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: captain marvel, david lopez, higher further faster more, Kelly Sue DeConnick, marvel, marvel now!, narfna, volume one

narfna's CBR7 Review No:30 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: captain marvel, david lopez, higher further faster more, Kelly Sue DeConnick, marvel, marvel now!, narfna, volume one ·
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A scary, political, techno-thrilling ride of a book.

March 6, 2015 by narfna 1 Comment

I think I might be too stupid to write this review. Long story short: This book was a hell of a ride. It was slightly problematic as a novel, but damn if it wasn’t powerful anyway. It should probably be required reading. Long story long? Weeeeeellll. That’s when my brain starts to make whirring and booping noises and then I want to put my laptop away and go to sleep. Or eat a milkshake. Either one of those things, really. Marcus Yallow is a seventeen […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: children of the revolution, cory doctorow, cyberpunk, hackers, little brother, narfna, near future, police state, sci-fi, techno-thriller, Young Adult

narfna's CBR7 Review No:29 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: children of the revolution, cory doctorow, cyberpunk, hackers, little brother, narfna, near future, police state, sci-fi, techno-thriller, Young Adult ·
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Cat Stevens still has a great head of hair by the way

March 5, 2015 by bat Leave a Comment

Some seriously crazy shit went down in this book! For real, the book is like seven pages long (gross underestimation, Amazon tells me it’s 304! Don’t listen to anything I say I am just a huge liar)

Filed Under: Science Fiction

bat's CBR7 Review No:8 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: ·
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The Life and Times of a Sassy Space Captain

March 4, 2015 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon (1990) Two writers for the price of one! Or, since it’s three novellas, six for the price of one? This is an interesting read, mostly because of the first book (it’s split into three books). Sassy, or Sass, is a young colonial girl on a distant world who sees her family killed by slavers and is kidnapped, along with the other children. “Conditioned” to obey and kept under the worst conditions, the children are sold as slaves based on […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: military sci-fi, science fiction, space opera

sabian30's CBR7 Review No:9 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: military sci-fi, science fiction, space opera ·
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