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Revelation Space is a 2000 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel (but not …
Revelation Space is a 2000 science fiction novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds. It was the first novel (but not …
Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. It won …
Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor …
Who can introduce p-vampires in a serious sf story and get away with it? Peter Watts, is the answer.
Royce Melborn, a skilled thief, and his mercenary partner, Hadrian Blackwater, make a profitable living …
Dropped, too formulaic and a lack of depth in characters.
This was a mess. Juvenile humor, no critical thinking by any characters. Worldbuilding was a mess, inconsistent and at parts underexplained, at parts overexplained. Too much telling over showing. Awkward prose in general, but especially conversations and internal thoughts.
Juniper was always the Dungeon Master, never the player. He was always a creator of …
Prose is really good, with a rich but still direct way of writing. The worldbuilding and characters pull you in from the beginning, and with a good structure and pacing you won't get out until you're finished! This book sets up the world and characters of Earb, with the next couple books showing how much there is to explore.
Juniper was always the Dungeon Master, never the player. He was always a creator of worlds rather than the one …
Another entry into Cawdron's First Contact anthology. It's okay. There's a new twist on both sides of the contact, and the plot keeps the tension high making you keep on reading. You won't find anything deep, and characters were less developed and believable than most other Cawdron books.
Out in the darkness of space, something is targeting the Greatships.
With their vast cargo …
Our protagonist is a Mary Sue. It's not interesting. There is an incredible amount of telling over showing. Like really, I can't believe I had to read that with my own eyes, from an author who supposedly has had a lot of practice in writing. The science fiction settings seems to be used just for flavour and no ideas or worldbuilding is explored in any way. It did read pretty easily tho.
A thief in a city controlled by industrialized magic joins forces with a rare honest police officer to stop an …
