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A Future I Can Believe In

The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz

August 16, 2023 by Owlizabeth Leave a Comment

I seem to be having a bit of a #scifisummer and it has been so fun and refreshing, even when it’s tense and complicated. Sometimes the chaos goblin who runs my brain at the library is on the right track, and I’ve had some excellent grabs recently. Rocketing straight to the top of the list (get it? rockets?? science fiction???? you’re welcome), is this bonkers beauty that I finished this morning and cannot stop thinking about. In short, we’re about 50,000 years in the future, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Annalee Newitz, Fiction, sci-fi, SciFi, worldbuilding

Owlizabeth's CBR15 Review No:38 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Annalee Newitz, Fiction, sci-fi, SciFi, worldbuilding ·
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Does what it says on the tin.

Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) by George R.R. Martin

January 29, 2019 by narfna Leave a Comment

First thing about this book that you should know going in: this is not a novel. It is a history book, written in the style of a history book, from the POV of a Maester in-world. It is a made-up history about a made-up world, but it is still history, and there’s a lot of it. If you do not like reading history, or fake history, you will not like this book. It is very similar to A World of Ice and Fire, which was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: a song of ice and fire, a targaryen history, faux history, Fire & Blood, george r.r. martin, illustrated, narfna, supplemental material, worldbuilding

narfna's CBR11 Review No:15 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: a song of ice and fire, a targaryen history, faux history, Fire & Blood, george r.r. martin, illustrated, narfna, supplemental material, worldbuilding ·
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