Wonderful and unexpected.
A superbly crafted world and far more emotion than I was expecting. Highly recommended for anyone looking for an unconventional fantasy.
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Suburban dad. History, fantasy, sci-fi.
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MJ rated Knot of Shadows: 4 stars
MJ rated The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: 4 stars
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #4)
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …
MJ rated The Baron of Magister Valley: 5 stars
MJ rated Desolation Called Peace: 5 stars
Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan book 2)
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
MJ rated Network Effect: 5 stars
Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel.
You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had …
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
From the New York Times bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, an intoxicating, hypnotic new novel set …
MJ rated The urth of the new sun: 4 stars
MJ rated The Devil in a forest: 5 stars
MJ rated To Be Taught, If Fortunate: 4 stars
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as …
MJ rated A Memory Called Empire: 4 stars
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Won the 2020 Hugo for Best Novel. Ambassador Mahit Dzmare is posted far from her mining station home, to the …
MJ rated El juego de los Vor: 5 stars
El juego de los Vor by Lois McMaster Bujold (Saga Vorkosigan, #4)
Una de las mejores sagas de aventuras de ciencia ficción. Galardonada con cuatro premios Hugo, dos Nebula, dos Locus y …
MJ reviewed A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar (Olondria)
Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land …