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Fascinating Premise, Frustrating Execution

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

February 1, 2020 by kimberleybear 3 Comments

I’ll start with the setup: This book has a really fascinating premise. Humans have figured out cloning technology and its use is now fairly widespread. There has been unceasing civil unrest over the idea, and there are now certain rules that clones (or those looking to become clones) have to abide by, but human clones are now more or less ubiquitous. Basically when you die, a new you, at the peak of your physical form, is woken up and downloads all the memories of your […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Hugo Nominee, Mur Lafferty, Nebula Nominee, sci-fi, sci-fi mystery, sci-fi thriller

kimberleybear's CBR12 Review No:3 · Genres: Mystery, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Hugo Nominee, Mur Lafferty, Nebula Nominee, sci-fi, sci-fi mystery, sci-fi thriller ·
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Sacrifices understanding for looking real smart. Mistakes complexity for depth.

August 1, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

What it comes down to with this book is that the barriers to entry were too high. (I shouldn’t have to add the “for me” to that statement, but I will because other people are losing their mind over this book and it was nominated for a bunch of awards, so clearly SOMEONE gets it.) With science fiction and fantasy as a genre, certain barriers to entry are expected, even looked forward to. I always relish that feeling of confusion and displacement I get when […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: Hugo Nominee, narfna, ninefox gambit, sci-fi, science fiction, speculative, the machineries of empire, yoon ha lee

narfna's CBR9 Review No:53 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: Hugo Nominee, narfna, ninefox gambit, sci-fi, science fiction, speculative, the machineries of empire, yoon ha lee ·
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Meh, At Least It’s Short!

July 3, 2017 by Julie 1 Comment

I read this both because my book club assigned it for the month of April and also because I am a Hugo voter and got a free copy of it in the voting packet.  I was familiar with Anders’ work, mostly essays and some short stories, and thought this book sounded really interesting from the description.  It was a combination of magic and science, takes place in the SF Bay Area, about modern life with fantastical elements.  Sign me up! But this book kind of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: apocalypse, charlie jane anders, Hugo Nominee, magic, sf bay area, witchcraft

Julie's CBR9 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: apocalypse, charlie jane anders, Hugo Nominee, magic, sf bay area, witchcraft ·
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Cthulhu is An Equal Opportunity Employer

July 3, 2017 by Julie Leave a Comment

What could be worse than living in the world where the mythos of Cthulhu is real and the Old Ones are merely a spell book reading away from returning to earth to devour humanity?  This is the question asked in this novella, a re-telling of one of Lovecraft’s more infamous and racist stories, “The Horror at Red Hook.” Before I read this novella, I read that story in preparation.  Well, more accurately, I skimmed it.  I’ve read some Lovecraft and enjoyed it, when it wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: cthulhu mythos, Hugo Nominee, novella, Reboot, Victor LaValle

Julie's CBR9 Review No:17 · Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: cthulhu mythos, Hugo Nominee, novella, Reboot, Victor LaValle ·
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