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A calico cat sitting upright next to a the book, "Record of a Spaceborn Few" by Becky Chambers.

“If trying something new was valid, then keeping something old was, too…. Life meant death, always. But by the same token, death meant life.”

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

June 12, 2022 by Dome'Loki 3 Comments

Becky Chambers continues to keep me in awe of her writing.  Record of a Spaceborn Few is the third book in the “Wayfarer Series”.  It tangentially ties into the first book as one of the main characters, Tessa Santoso, is sister to Captain Ashby Santoso, of the spaceship Wayfarer, in A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.  This book is centered on The Exodus Fleet, the last humans to leave Earth when the environment collapsed hundreds of years ago.  They wandered for generations until […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Becky Chambers, cbr14, Dome'Loki, lesbian character, LGBTQ, space, Wayfarer series

Dome'Loki's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Becky Chambers, cbr14, Dome'Loki, lesbian character, LGBTQ, space, Wayfarer series ·
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Space is creepy. Ghosts in space are creepier…

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

June 12, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Holy crap was this creepy.  Just like the last book I reviewed, I recommend listening to the audiobook.  The sense of dread is overwhelming, and I’m not sure you’d be able to create it that much for yourself by just reading. Claire is the team leader of a salvage crew in space.  They’re on their last mission and about to be moved on to different jobs.  Claire doesn’t want to leave, because she has nothing to go home for.  In the first few minutes you’re […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: S.A. Barnes, space

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: S.A. Barnes, space ·
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Zombie Anthology!!

Nights of the Living Dead by Jonathan Maberry and various

June 12, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

  This is another one of those collaboration efforts by a bunch of well known (especially in the zombie genre) authors.  Like all of the anthologies I’ve read this year (is anthology the right word?), some were realllllly really good, and I actually wanted to hear more about the characters and world that the author created.  Some were fine and I just read through them and they left my brain forever.  I don’t really remember any of them being truly bad though. There was one […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Jonathan Maberry and various, politics, space, zombies

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:25 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Jonathan Maberry and various, politics, space, zombies ·
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One flighty cat

Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space (This Is a Reissue of a Previous Edition) by Dominic Walliman

June 9, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Professor Astro Cat’s Frontiers of Space (This Is a Reissue of a Previous Edition) has much in the way of scientific facts which are seriously presented but are paired with very cartoon illustrations.  The text in Dominic Walliman’s book is long, dense, and not for all readers. The serious tone of the wording would work for a more serious reader/learner, but the cartoon art might turn them off. Of course, the student might be drawn to the cartoons and that will keep their attention with […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Non-Fiction Tagged With: adventure, Ben Newman, Cats, Dominic Walliman, Science & Nature, space

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:281 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Non-Fiction · Tags: adventure, Ben Newman, Cats, Dominic Walliman, Science & Nature, space ·
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Double moon shot

Magical History Tour #10: The First Steps on the Moon V10 by Fabrice Erre

May 27, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have been reading several science-based books of late. I am not sure why, but I have found several books I have enjoyed. And one that I knew I would like before I ever read (as I have not found a book in the series I have not liked) was Magical History Tour #10: The First Steps on the Moon V10 by Fabrice Erre and illustrated by Sylvain Savoia. This time we follow our narrators Annie and Nico as they learn about the historic First […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: astronaut, Fabrice Erre, moon, space, Sylvain Savoia, technology

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:252 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: astronaut, Fabrice Erre, moon, space, Sylvain Savoia, technology ·
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I tried to make a plane joke, but it didn’t land

Flying Machines: Howe the Wright Brothers Soared. by Alison Wilgus

Science Comics: Rockets: Defying Gravity. by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd

May 25, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Learn about how we fly without wings through the voice of the Wright brother’s sister in Flying Machines: Howe the Wright Brothers Soared. The history of flight is introduced with, first a story presentation of the facts, and second with pages of the technical presentation. The use of color and details to separate these two sections helps alert you to the change. Part history and part science story, we meet not only the Wright brothers in this graphic novel by Alison Wilgus, but we also […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aeronautics, Alison Wilgus, Anne Drozd, Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd, Astronautics & Space Science, flying, Jerzy Drozd, military, molly brooks, rockets, space, technology, Transportation, Wright Brothers

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:249 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aeronautics, Alison Wilgus, Anne Drozd, Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd, Astronautics & Space Science, flying, Jerzy Drozd, military, molly brooks, rockets, space, technology, Transportation, Wright Brothers ·
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