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“We all have ways of showing our patriotism, and mine is holding my country to account. I want to dissuade her from her worst, cruellest impulses, for I truly believe that if she does not evolve past them, she will not survive.”

Truth of the Divine (Noumena, #2) by Lindsay Ellis

December 11, 2023 by narfna 3 Comments

I don’t have it in me right now to talk about this book in the way that it deserves. This is a book that explores the fallout from First Contact (and the fallout from covering up First Contact) in practically every way possible. There was so much going on in this book (and all of it done well), I don’t even know how to start summing it up. I’m tempted to just do the bullet points thing. In fact, you know what, fuck it. I’mma […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Aliens, alternate history, first contact, lindsay ellis, narfna, noumena, sci-fi, Truth of the Divine

narfna's CBR15 Review No:143 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Aliens, alternate history, first contact, lindsay ellis, narfna, noumena, sci-fi, Truth of the Divine ·
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First contact, near-past historical science fiction.

Axiom's End (Noumena, #1) by Lindsay Ellis

May 15, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

30 Books in 30 Days, Vol. 2 Book 1/30 I don’t even really know what I want to say about this one! It wasn’t what I was expecting, even though I didn’t think I was going in expecting anything. Figure that one out. All I knew was that it was a First Contact story, and I liked the cover. I think I also might have known it took place in 2007. Our main character is twenty-one year old Cora*, whose father is basically an answer […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, alternate history, axiom's end, historical fiction, lindsay ellis, narfna, noumena, sci-fi, sf, sff

narfna's CBR14 Review No:69 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, alternate history, axiom's end, historical fiction, lindsay ellis, narfna, noumena, sci-fi, sf, sff ·
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