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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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Bella and Edward are kaiju now <3

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

May 15, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is objectively a four star book, but I’m giving it five stars, because I can. This book was just super fun to read and it was exactly what I needed and wanted. I will be reading it again whenever I need to feel nerdy joy and my affection for humanity needs a boost. The title of this book sort of says all you need to know before going into it, but if you need more, here’s just a little bit. Jamie is working for […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, covid, humor, john scalzi, Kaiju, narfna, sci-fi, sf, The Kaiju Preservation Society

narfna's CBR14 Review No:67 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, covid, humor, john scalzi, Kaiju, narfna, sci-fi, sf, The Kaiju Preservation Society ·
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“We knew it was coming, but we behaved inconsistently.”

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

May 15, 2022 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

Reading Emily St. John Mandel is like falling asleep to the sound of rain: The words wash over you and a steady drumbeat of beauty lulls you into something like perfect contentment. Just reading the loveliness of her sentences would be enough, but then she continues to dazzle by leading your thoughts into new possibilities about the universe, as your mind is apt to drift to questions of cosmic import in the moments before sleep, while those steady drops beat against your windowpane. It’s hard […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, cbr14, Emily St. John Mandel, KimMiE", literary fiction, time travel

KimMiE"'s CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, cbr14, Emily St. John Mandel, KimMiE", literary fiction, time travel ·
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Couldn’t clear the hurdle of suspending my disbelief on this one.

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells

May 15, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

One of the hazards inherent in reading older science fiction (especially sff published before the turn of the century!) is that the science just wasn’t there at the time it was written, and in some unfortunate cases like this one (where we now understand a hell of a lot more about biology and evolution), that makes the book more of a time capsule than a thrilling tale. At least, it did for me. The Island of Doctor Moreau follows Edward Prendick, sole survivor of  of […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, classic sf, classics, h g wells, narfna, sff, the island of doctor moreau

narfna's CBR14 Review No:66 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, classic sf, classics, h g wells, narfna, sff, the island of doctor moreau ·
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Under Fortunate Stars

“This is too strange to be a coincidence. It’s all connected somehow”

Under Fortunate Stars by Ren Hutchings

May 9, 2022 by llamareadsbooks 3 Comments

I picked this up because of the gorgeous cover, and I’m glad I did! It’s a really good, extremely satisfying time travel space opera. “This is too strange to be a coincidence. It’s all connected somehow,” she said. “The engine problem, the Rift, that distress call… it’s all linked. And we need to figure out how if we want to get out of here.” The Gallion, a corporate science ship, and its skeleton crew has been pressed into service to ferry a Felen ambassador to […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Ren Hutchings, space opera, time travel

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:39 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Ren Hutchings, space opera, time travel ·
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Corona Days

Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese

Hit and Run by Lawrence Block

The Secret History of Twin Peaks by Mark Frost

May 8, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

After two-plus years of successfully evading the coronavirus, it finally caught up to me last week. Fortunately, my symptoms were mild (vaccinated and boosted), the only one lingering was fatigue. That and family responsibilities left me little time to write reviews this past week. So I decided to put these three here instead of my monthly dump because they were all worthy of longer reviews, two good, one damn fine. Honor Thy Father **** One of the things that made The Sopranos such an excellent television […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: #biography, #Science Fiction, assassination, Bill Bonanno, conspiracy, gay talese, Hit and Run, Hit Man, Honor thy Father, Keller, lawrence block, mafia, Mark Frost, mixed media, television, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, twin peaks

Jake's CBR14 Review No:78 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: #biography, #Science Fiction, assassination, Bill Bonanno, conspiracy, gay talese, Hit and Run, Hit Man, Honor thy Father, Keller, lawrence block, mafia, Mark Frost, mixed media, television, The Secret History of Twin Peaks, twin peaks ·
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  • esmemoria on What Else Would You Look With?I wonder if the audio brings out the best in the novel. The last part of the book was pretty great, but I had so...
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