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40% complete! robotadam reads has read 8 of 20 books.
With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has going …
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.
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to …
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.
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.
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.
Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but …
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.
Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but …
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
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Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in …
When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA.
Moscow has resurrected the mammoth, but …
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but …
