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Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, DC—triggering an extinction-level global-warming event—Earth’s survivors have started an international effort to establish …
Years after a meteorite strike obliterated Washington, DC—triggering an extinction-level global-warming event—Earth’s survivors have started …
Robinette Kowal's been writing these 'Lady Astronaut' books for over a decade, and I have, and will continue to, enjoy each and every one of them.
Each book reflects, in its own way, the society we all live in, and the society we all wish we could live in. Each book focuses on Elma York, and her struggles to succeed in a world which is similar to ours but vastly different, by chance.
The thing is, four books into the series, you're either on board for this sort of thing, or you're not. There's no way I could recommend this book to anyone who hasn't read the previous three. I love the solipsisms, the roundabout storytelling mode, the features of everyday living which crawl into every aspect of life; Robinette Kowal captures these perfectly.
This book takes up the narrative with the establishing of a permanent occupation …
Robinette Kowal's been writing these 'Lady Astronaut' books for over a decade, and I have, and will continue to, enjoy each and every one of them.
Each book reflects, in its own way, the society we all live in, and the society we all wish we could live in. Each book focuses on Elma York, and her struggles to succeed in a world which is similar to ours but vastly different, by chance.
The thing is, four books into the series, you're either on board for this sort of thing, or you're not. There's no way I could recommend this book to anyone who hasn't read the previous three. I love the solipsisms, the roundabout storytelling mode, the features of everyday living which crawl into every aspect of life; Robinette Kowal captures these perfectly.
This book takes up the narrative with the establishing of a permanent occupation of Mars, and is in many ways just a continuation of what came before. I love this, I will read it forever. If you are on board already, you will love this too.
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
This... is a fine time travel book. There are some decent ideas here, and the narrative rightly springs along.
My problem with the book is that I'm guessing Kaliane Bradley isn't in any way interested in the Science Fiction genre, because there's no sense of her realising at any point that most of what's interesting here has been done to death in the genre. This is a 'literary fiction' novel, paired with some form of romance fiction, with a hackneyed and rather dull SF-lite premise.
Even apart from the poorly realised Time Travel elements, the one thing the author seems most proud of is the concept of "hereness and thereness" which she gives to her time travellers - something that Adam Roberts does to far better effect in The Thing Itself.
Just, an interesting enough book, but woefully inadequate in modern SF terms. I can't believe that …
This... is a fine time travel book. There are some decent ideas here, and the narrative rightly springs along.
My problem with the book is that I'm guessing Kaliane Bradley isn't in any way interested in the Science Fiction genre, because there's no sense of her realising at any point that most of what's interesting here has been done to death in the genre. This is a 'literary fiction' novel, paired with some form of romance fiction, with a hackneyed and rather dull SF-lite premise.
Even apart from the poorly realised Time Travel elements, the one thing the author seems most proud of is the concept of "hereness and thereness" which she gives to her time travellers - something that Adam Roberts does to far better effect in The Thing Itself.
Just, an interesting enough book, but woefully inadequate in modern SF terms. I can't believe that this made the Hugo Shortlist, frankly.
(If you want a decent modern SFal take on Time Travel, then try Kameron Hurley's The Light Brigade.)
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
This... is a fine time travel book. There are some decent ideas here, and the narrative rightly springs along.
My problem with the book is that I'm guessing Kaliane Bradley isn't in any way interested in the Science Fiction genre, because there's no sense of her realising at any point that most of what's interesting here has been done to death in the genre. This is a 'literary fiction' novel, paired with some form of romance fiction, with a hackneyed and rather dull SF-lite premise.
Even apart from the poorly realised Time Travel elements, the one thing the author seems most proud of is the concept of "hereness and thereness" which she gives to her time travellers - something that Adam Roberts does to far better effect in The Thing Itself.
Just, an interesting enough book, but woefully inadequate in modern SF terms. I can't believe …
This... is a fine time travel book. There are some decent ideas here, and the narrative rightly springs along.
My problem with the book is that I'm guessing Kaliane Bradley isn't in any way interested in the Science Fiction genre, because there's no sense of her realising at any point that most of what's interesting here has been done to death in the genre. This is a 'literary fiction' novel, paired with some form of romance fiction, with a hackneyed and rather dull SF-lite premise.
Even apart from the poorly realised Time Travel elements, the one thing the author seems most proud of is the concept of "hereness and thereness" which she gives to her time travellers - something that Adam Roberts does to far better effect in The Thing Itself.
Just, an interesting enough book, but woefully inadequate in modern SF terms. I can't believe that this made the Hugo Shortlist, frankly.
(If you want a decent modern SFal take on Time Travel, then try Kameron Hurley's The Light Brigade.)