Brilliant! This duology is amazing! Starting with INFINITY GATE and ending with ECHO OF WORLDS this touched on so many ideas and questions of sentiencBrilliant! This duology is amazing! Starting with INFINITY GATE and ending with ECHO OF WORLDS this touched on so many ideas and questions of sentience, of autonomy, of pre-emptive aggression of the multiverse. Best thing I have ever read about the multiverse....more
I loved the deep dive into who qualifies as sentient. Fascinating take on the multiverse. Loses one star for not being a stand alone. I hate being lefI loved the deep dive into who qualifies as sentient. Fascinating take on the multiverse. Loses one star for not being a stand alone. I hate being left hanging especially when the next book isn't out yet. ...more
There IS a plot woven through the torrent of exuberant verbiage and intergalactic nonsense. It is a strange, giddy amalgam of Douglas Adams, Terry PraThere IS a plot woven through the torrent of exuberant verbiage and intergalactic nonsense. It is a strange, giddy amalgam of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and James Joyce. Really. so strap in for one of the wildest rides of your life!...more
A fabulous space opera! It really does lie somewhere in the confluence of Firefly, Becky Chambers and Martha Wells, so all my favorites! Great charactA fabulous space opera! It really does lie somewhere in the confluence of Firefly, Becky Chambers and Martha Wells, so all my favorites! Great characters, thrilling action and loads of heart....more
This was a delicious mix of sci fi and spy thriller. Certainly the most original take I have come across on the time travel idea. And funny as Hell. LThis was a delicious mix of sci fi and spy thriller. Certainly the most original take I have come across on the time travel idea. And funny as Hell. Loved it!...more
Earth is burning. And flooding. Refugees with no where else to go are fleeing to Mars where they are needed but not wanted. This unique, speculative iEarth is burning. And flooding. Refugees with no where else to go are fleeing to Mars where they are needed but not wanted. This unique, speculative imagining of a colony on Mars examines how far society diverges from Earth norms over time even while retaining some of Earth's most insidious issues. Totally absorbing and massively entertaining! ...more
I loved this quirky mystery set in a bizarre, fully realized world. Brilliant! This is the first in a trilogy, but, happily, it stands on its own perfI loved this quirky mystery set in a bizarre, fully realized world. Brilliant! This is the first in a trilogy, but, happily, it stands on its own perfectly. ...more
This book is totally whacked! But in a good, Douglas Adams kind of way. Aliens! Space ships! Telepathic cats! Junk food! Television! Tangentially profouThis book is totally whacked! But in a good, Douglas Adams kind of way. Aliens! Space ships! Telepathic cats! Junk food! Television! Tangentially profound about Earthlings and our ways. Oh, and bacon, there is a great deal of bacon involved. Just read it....more
Yes! This is worth the wait, but . . . This is not a standalone. Read (or re-read) Network Effect first or you will be completely lost. Seriously, TheYes! This is worth the wait, but . . . This is not a standalone. Read (or re-read) Network Effect first or you will be completely lost. Seriously, The main reason I gave this a four instead of a five is because it is really completing the Network Effect adventure rather than a whole new adventure. Hey, I am not complaining! A new Murderbot always delights me and this is no exception. ...more
This is so much more than a brilliant, fast-paced, witty, tech/magic mash-up. Shantiport, a once glorious city, is sinking beneath rising tides, monsoThis is so much more than a brilliant, fast-paced, witty, tech/magic mash-up. Shantiport, a once glorious city, is sinking beneath rising tides, monsoons, and rampant corruption. Someone is spreading the rumor that the world is ending and pretty much everyone believes it. The rich are decamping for other, more promising, worlds leaving the city to the struggling masses.
Lina and her monkey-bot brother, Bader, concoct an audacious plan to wrest the city from the grip of the ruling Tiger Clan, the oligarchs, and crime bosses. And then things get really wild! (A jinn in a lamp figures prominently.)
Wow! This really blew my mind. The complexity of the world and the characters is astounding. I think we will be discussing this book for years to comeWow! This really blew my mind. The complexity of the world and the characters is astounding. I think we will be discussing this book for years to come....more
A profoundly original examination of power and consciousness, nature and humanity, love and loyalty with world building on a par with N. K. Jemisin anA profoundly original examination of power and consciousness, nature and humanity, love and loyalty with world building on a par with N. K. Jemisin and Frank Herbert. I am still trying to catch my breath!...more
It's not easy holding a reader's attention across centuries, but Newitz takes this epic story and makes it personal.It's not easy holding a reader's attention across centuries, but Newitz takes this epic story and makes it personal....more
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