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He's found a way to end their war, but will humanity survive to see it?
…I'm so happy with how Lords of Creation wrapped up the story, and I'm bummed that I won't get more stories with these characters.
I'm so happy with how Lords of Creation wrapped up the story, and I'm bummed that I won't get more stories with these characters.
12-year-old Artemis Fowl is a brilliant criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's …
Started reading this with the kid, but since I didn't read with him every night I want to go back and finish it myself.
Started reading this with the kid, but since I didn't read with him every night I want to go back and finish it myself.
The future of storytelling is here.
Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in …
I really enjoyed most of "Death of the Author"; the book-within-the-book was exciting, especially at the beginning. The main character, Zelu, has a lot of depth and feels like a real person. But the conflict with the family and with others about her reaction to disability is baffling. I know I have my own cultural biases but their reaction to assistive devices and prosthetics feels so out of place that it's hard to stay engrossed. But even with that there's a lot to love in this novel, and it's worth picking up even if you haven't dug in to the more fantasy based books by Okrafor.
I really enjoyed most of "Death of the Author"; the book-within-the-book was exciting, especially at the beginning. The main character, Zelu, has a lot of depth and feels like a real person. But the conflict with the family and with others about her reaction to disability is baffling. I know I have my own cultural biases but their reaction to assistive devices and prosthetics feels so out of place that it's hard to stay engrossed. But even with that there's a lot to love in this novel, and it's worth picking up even if you haven't dug in to the more fantasy based books by Okrafor.
I guess I'm fully on board with Tchaikovsky now. I loved the Children of Time series, and while the setting and structure are totally different I loved this one too. I particularly liked how the deep, fundamental differences in world views and values between the characters weren't brushed away but instead became the basis for character growth. And I also loved how the nature of consciousness is important in this novel, even though it's not quite as fundamental as the Children of Time books. Can't wait to read the rest.
I guess I'm fully on board with Tchaikovsky now. I loved the Children of Time series, and while the setting and structure are totally different I loved this one too. I particularly liked how the deep, fundamental differences in world views and values between the characters weren't brushed away but instead became the basis for character growth. And I also loved how the nature of consciousness is important in this novel, even though it's not quite as fundamental as the Children of Time books. Can't wait to read the rest.
“The Dictionary of the Khazars” is a wild, absurd encyclopedia of a fictional people from the 9th century near the Caspian Sea, along with others all the way up to modern era that were fascinated by these people. There are three sections, the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish books, each with their own perspective. At times it’s laugh out loud funny, but it’s also pretty opaque. I’m sure there must be some missing insight since it was written in 1980s Yugoslavia, but I’m not sure what I’m missing.
If anyone else picks this up you might read entries at random when you feel like it instead of trying to go in order.
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
There are a lot of similarities between Babel and The Poppy War books, but I found Babel to be far more refined and focused — I’m sure it helps that it’s a single novel instead of a trilogy. Highly recommended for fans of academics and anticolonialism who also are very frustrated at the conservatism and complicity of universities.
This took a long ass time to read. I have no idea if it was worth it.
Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest …
What an absolutely amazing end to this trilogy. I want more, but I'm also so happy to see what the various peoples built through all this time.
What an absolutely amazing end to this trilogy. I want more, but I'm also so happy to see what the various peoples built through all this time.
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune. …
An improvement over Messiah, but it suffers the same problem the first two books had: for all of the foreshadowing and interior monologues about the path ahead, the main actual surprise appears mostly out of nowhere. Still, the action is well done and the fantastic elements are inspiringly weird. I wish Alia’s characterization was better or the last book had led more towards the state in this book, but it was still a fun read.
Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest …
What an absolutely amazing end to this trilogy. I want more, but I'm also so happy to see what the various peoples built through all this time.
What an absolutely amazing end to this trilogy. I want more, but I'm also so happy to see what the various peoples built through all this time.
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - …
I hope I can remember the characters!
A race for survival among the stars... Humanity's last survivors escaped earth's ruins to find …
Ant computers, spider people, frozen humans
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events …
Hell yeah
After decades of internecine warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united …
I liked this one a lot better the second time around. The beginning wasn’t so slow knowing what was to come. And the ending is just great.
The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning …
Forgot to mark this as done! A solid ending to the trilogy.