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The Salvage Crew

Poetry-writing AIs and Misfit Humans

The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

February 26, 2021 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

I have a thing for snarky AIs, and once I saw this was narrated by Nathan Fillion, of course I requested this audiobook. “I’m surrounded by idiots.” Amber Rose – called OC by his crew – is a snarky AI who used to be human. He’s a Buddhist who writes poems in his spare time (absolutely awful poems, by the way) and he’s slowly working his way up the rank of AIs. His latest mission is to oversee the salvage of a UN colony ship […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: #Science Fiction, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

llamareadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: #Science Fiction, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne ·
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A couple sci-fi stories that I enjoyed, but which probably won’t really stick with me.

Feedback by Dennis E. Taylor

The Salvage Crew by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

February 13, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Feedback (4 stars) This is a pretty simple short story by Dennis E. Taylor, released on Audible. It tells the story of a group of scientists who create a time machine. They then fine themselves living out “the grandfather paradox” (without any actual dead grandfathers), and then try to find a way to get the timeline  back to where it’s supposed to be. Short, simple (but complex), and interesting. And it’s narrated by Ray Porter – who is one of my favorite narrators. There isn’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Dennis E. Taylor, Feedback, nathan fillion, The Salvage Crew, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Dennis E. Taylor, Feedback, nathan fillion, The Salvage Crew, Yudhanjaya Wijeratne ·
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