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Tacoma calls, it’s waiting there to get rid of us all, when the big one comes better hope the car don’t stall.

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

March 18, 2020 by octothorp Leave a Comment

Weirdly, my cannonball thus far has been strongly apocalyptic, which has been… interesting in light of current events. You’d think that this would make me more anxious, but paradoxically I’m looking at the real world and thinking “eh, people are hoarding toilet paper, but every grocery store I’ve been to has been relatively full if you’re not hyper specific about what you want. No one is stealing out of each others carts or housejacking like in The Mandibles” (Lionel Shriver’s book about the financial collapse […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: 12 out of five stars, Blake Crouch, Cold storage, dark matter, David Koepp, Emily St. John Mandel, go buy this book, it's the end of the world as we know it, Lionel Shriver, no but really, read this, read this book, the mandibles, you should probably read this

octothorp's CBR12 Review No:36 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: 12 out of five stars, Blake Crouch, Cold storage, dark matter, David Koepp, Emily St. John Mandel, go buy this book, it's the end of the world as we know it, Lionel Shriver, no but really, read this, read this book, the mandibles, you should probably read this ·
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Staging a space mutiny, one day at a time.

December 2, 2018 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

For some reason, my 2018 books have not been page-turners, and I am not sure why.  I’ve picked up a lot of books that are enjoyable but not dying-to-see-what-happens good.  This was one of the few exceptions, recommended to me by my avid sci-fi reader husband. The best way to go about this book is to just dive in with no expectations.  It is…a bit confusing.  There are whole sentences that I couldn’t really parse, but got the gist of, enough to keep reading and […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: freeze-frame revolution, peter watts, you should probably read this

Fiat.Luxury's CBR10 Review No:2 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: freeze-frame revolution, peter watts, you should probably read this ·
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