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“You want pi million dollars,” “Yes,” I said. “Why pi?” “It’s a nice round number.” “It’s literally not.”

The Dispatcher: Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi

January 5, 2023 by Emmalita 2 Comments

I’ve listened to Zachery Quinto read all three of John Scalzi’s Dispatcher novellas, and I liked them. I think Quinto does a great job with Tony Valdez’ voice and Scalzi’s sensibilities and humor really shine in this noir-ish, fantasy-ish, sci-fi-ish series. Tony Valdez lives in a world a lot like ours, except if you murder someone, most of the time, they’ll reappear somewhere safe – naked and alive. People still die of natural causes, by suicide, and in accidents. But they don’t die by murder. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, john scalzi, NetGalley, The Dispatcher, Travel by Bullet

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, john scalzi, NetGalley, The Dispatcher, Travel by Bullet ·
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Take Me. I Am a Scientist. I Also Lift Things

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

October 28, 2022 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

This book was a bit of lighthearted fun. It was also a novel with fingerprints of the pandemic all over it. Like many others, Jamie Bell’s life was turned upside down by Covid-19. Dropped from their position as a marketing executive by a local start up, they finds themselves working as a delivery driver while trying to keep their flat-mates afloat. All this changes though with a chance run in with an old classmate named Tom. Tom works for an “animal rights organization” and his […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Covid-19, destination for my next scientific conference please?, escapism, john scalzi, Kaiju, Monster

LittlePlat's CBR14 Review No:27 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: cbr14bingo, Covid-19, destination for my next scientific conference please?, escapism, john scalzi, Kaiju, Monster ·
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Some Scalzi

The Android's Dream by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Travel by Bullet by John Scalzi

October 7, 2022 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Android’s Dream – 3/5 This is an early Scalzi, and it’s one of his, sigh, funny books. Sometimes I really like John Scalzi and sometimes I think he’s so annoying. This book is a pretty funny science fiction in general but he still Scalzis all over it. We begin with a secretive meeting between someone who is mentioned as some kind of diplomat getting a piece of experimental technology grafted onto (into) his body. He says he is going to try to fart his […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi

vel veeter's CBR14 Review No:570 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: john scalzi ·
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…they’ll eat us if we’re convenient.

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

July 29, 2022 by Leedock Leave a Comment

CBR14BINGO: Monster Square (Kaiju=monster for the most part but a handful of monstrous people involved as well. This would have never been something that I would have picked up but when Cannonballers recommend, you listen. Perhaps I should have used the Rec’d square for this one, but Monster is too perfect.) A recently downsized tech worker, Jamie, starts delivering app-ordered food during the Covid pandemic. When the delivery is to someone that Jamie talked to once a party in college, a whole new world literally opens […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr14, cbr14bingo, john scalzi

Leedock's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr14, cbr14bingo, john scalzi ·
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Grab Bag #2

Yearbook by Seth Rogen

Will by Will Smith and Mark Manson

Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

End of Watch by Stephen King

Runnin' With the Devil by Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Last Guard Out by Jim Albright

July 16, 2022 by TylerDFC Leave a Comment

I am falling so far behind on reviews it’s time for another grab bag! You may look at this list and say “Wow, Tyler (not my real name), you are all over the place with genres!” To which I reply in my best Scar/Jeremy Irons voice “You have no idea.” I tend to be mercurial with my interests and obsessions and just go wherever the whim takes me. Also whatever I see that looks interesting at the library because we are blessed to have a […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: End of Watch, Gwendy's Final Task, Jim Albright, john scalzi, Last Guard Out, Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden, Runnin' With the Devil, Seth Rogen, Stephen King, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, The Kaiju Preservation Society, TylerDFC, Will, Will Smith and Mark Manson, Yearbook

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:23 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: End of Watch, Gwendy's Final Task, Jim Albright, john scalzi, Last Guard Out, Noel E. Monk with Joe Layden, Runnin' With the Devil, Seth Rogen, Stephen King, Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, The Kaiju Preservation Society, TylerDFC, Will, Will Smith and Mark Manson, Yearbook ·
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I didn’t love it.

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

June 12, 2022 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

I love John Scalzi. From Old Man’s War to Fuzzy Nation to The Dispatchers. I haven’t loved everything he’s done (Zoe’s Tale and the Interdependency series come to mind), but I generally look forward to everything he’s written. I also love kaiju. Or, at least, the idea of kaiju. I was excited to see Pacific Rim when that came out, until I actually saw it. And I loved Godzilla movies when I was a kid. So there was an inevitability to this book when I […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: 2020, john scalzi, pandemic, The Kaiju Preservation Society

ingres77's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: 2020, john scalzi, pandemic, The Kaiju Preservation Society ·
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