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Well, thanks a lot for leaving me with further emotional scars for a whole year, Brian!

Saga, vol 9 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

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4.5 stars This is volume 9, it is NOT the place to start the series. Do, however, get to your nearest retailer of comics/graphic novels and buy volume 1, it’s pretty much the best thing out there right now. You won’t regret it. Normally, the volumes of Saga tend to vary between heavy and emotionally wrenching storylines, followed by something a bit more funny, light-hearted and uplifting. Vol 7 ended on a very sad note, and Vol 8 was an exploration of grief and loss and not exactly a barrel of laughs either. Lured by the cheerful cover illustrations (the back of […]

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10/30/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:94 |

Be a Jukebox Hero, Got Stars in His Eyes

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

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Bingo Square (Round 2): Center/Free Space I was originally going to use this as my brain candy spot, but it didn’t quite fit that category for me.  There was just a bit too much going on in the first few chapters for it to be pure fluff, and required more attention than my tired brain was expecting.  There are absolutely absurd and hilarious moments, but with all the details of the all different parts of the galaxies, it also demands slightly more reader attention than your average brain candy. Over a hundred years ago, galactic powers had a huge, destructive […]

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10/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:177 |

“From the stars, came the ground. From the ground, we stood. To the ground, we return.”

Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3) by Becky Chambers

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These books are so good. This one was the slowest to get started, but it finished up just as poignant as the other two. For those of you who haven’t read the first two books, first of all you probably should, but know that they aren’t sci-fi adventure books in the classic sense. They are slow burn character studies, for the most part. Interesting things do happen, but unlike a lot of sf, they aren’t driven by their plot. The first book does have the supposed backbone of the journey to the titular small and angry planet, but it’s really […]

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9/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:110 |

“It was stupid not to live your life to the fullest when you could die tomorrow, and I sure as shit wasn’t about to take hell for that from some macho skullhead idiot.”

Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) by Rachel Bach

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This was fun! I think I might have had even more fun with it by audio, or hard copy, but all my library had was the e-book. I don’t know why, but I have a really hard time maintaining focus on e-books if they’re not romance. Anyway, hard copy or audio for the sequels, most definitely. Devi was a fun protagonist. She is extremely good at her job, and she is very ambitious. She wants to be a Devastator, the most elite fighters on her homeworld of Paradox. And she doesn’t want to wait until she’s old, especially since armored […]

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9/10/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:109 |

If Douglas Adams knew about ICP…

Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

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So, this book was really fun.  It kept popping up as recommended to me and I kept it on the back burner until my good friend called me to say that I had to read it next.  I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that this friend picked up his phone and called me about it.  Not a quick text.  Space Opera necessitated a phone call.  That is about as high a recommendation as I can imagine in 2018.  My friend then told me the one thing that I needed to know to get me to read it right […]

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8/23/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:34 |

I saw these books described as Zack Morris is space, and now I can’t forget it.

Steel World, Dust World, Tech World, Machine World, Death World, Home World, Rogue World, Blood World, Dark World by BV Larson

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(It’s late, I’m just back from vacation, and this review is nearly 4,500 words. Just to warn you: I’m not proof-reading this.) Earth is small and insignificant. Humanity doesn’t matter. This series is set about a hundred and fifty years in the future. Earth has been forcibly pulled into a vast and cold Galactic Empire, where all the power and decision making exists at the center of the galaxy. Earth is a backwater on the frontier, marking a sharp divergence from typical science fiction, where humanity is the center of the universe. Here, we’re just mercenaries for a larger and […]

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8/5/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:24 |

Well, That’s Done

All These Worlds by Dennis Taylor

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I read the first two of these novels earlier in the year, and the amusement quickly wore thin for me.  However, I already had the third novel on my Kindle, I was slightly curious to see how it ended, and since I have been on a streak of good books lately, I thought enough time had passed where some of the flaws would be less grating.  Overall, I was less irritated with this one than the previous one since I had taken a break from Bob, though I still don’t think he is a good enough character to sustain multiple […]

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6/21/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:117 |

Scheming, Snark and a Society on the Precipice

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

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IT’S HUGO TIME! Which means it’s time for me to tackle the best novel nominees! The Collapsing Empire is the first instalment in ‘The Interdependency’ series, which is John Scalzi’s take on a space opera. If you’re already a fan of Scalzi’s work, rest assured you’ll probably enjoy this one. All the tonal hallmarks of his previous writing – breezy, minimalist and snarky – are intact. So is his inclination to weave politics into otherwise lighthearted writing. What’s interesting about this series is that it appears to be a good indicator of the kind of books that likely influenced Scalzi […]

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5/18/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:12 |


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