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It was easier to read once I had the mental image of Robert Pattinson as Mickey in my head

Mickey7 by Edward Ashton

July 27, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

3.5 stars Nowhere Books Bingo 25: Book adapted into a movie or TV show CBR17 Bingo: Diaspora (Mickey7 and the others on his crew are colonists on a hostile planet far from their original home) Mickey Barnes has, through some truly idiotic decisions, ended up acquiring so much gambling debt that he now has to leave the planet. Literally the only way he can do that is to go with the space expedition, which is setting off to colonise the far-off planet of Niflheim. Unfortunately, […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, adapted into film, Aliens, cbr17, cbr17bingo, cloning, colonisation, diaspora, Edward Ashton, Mickey7, Nowhere Book Bingo

Malin's CBR17 Review No:42 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, adapted into film, Aliens, cbr17, cbr17bingo, cloning, colonisation, diaspora, Edward Ashton, Mickey7, Nowhere Book Bingo ·
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“If I die, you can always make another me.”

Mickey7 (Mickey7, #1) by Edward Ashton

January 2, 2025 by narfna 5 Comments

What a way to start the year—existential crises and smart-assery. Mickey7, aka Mickey Barnes, is our guy. He’s an Expendable on a mission to establish a beachhead colony on a far-flung world. Expendables are just that—they are the people sent on suicide missions, given dangerous tasks, experimented upon medically to develop vaccines and treatments for whatever exciting new ailments await colonists on their new planet. He’s the guy who will die for you, only to have a new copy of himself ready to go 24-hours […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, body horror, clones, Edward Ashton, Mickey7, narfna, sci-fi, sff, space opera

narfna's CBR17 Review No:1 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, body horror, clones, Edward Ashton, Mickey7, narfna, sci-fi, sff, space opera ·
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