Tag: scifi
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The Murderbot Diaries vol. 1: All Systems Red
All Systems Red by Martha Wells Rating: 3/5, average I really loved the concept of this, but I wasn’t crazy about the execution. All Systems Red is about a nonbinary asexual robot who went berserk in their last job and killed a bunch of their employers, so in their head they call themselves “murderbot”…
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Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Rating: 4/5, good I was really excited to read this book. I’ve seen Annalee Newitz speak a bit in SF and I was a big fan of i09 while that was still running so I was really curious what they would write. They have a lot of experience in tech journalism and it comes to…
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We Are Legion – We Are Bob (Bobiverse #1) by Dennis E. Taylor
We Are Legion – We Are Bob (Bobiverse #1) Rating: 3/5, average Oy. Here we go again… another scifi new release that I would never have picked up if it weren’t for our science fiction book club. 😛 The strongest part of the Bobiverse series is the science. The fiction part is a little weak,…
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The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Rating: 4/5 Wonderful! This is a book that appeals to anyone with a heart (in the metaphorical sense). This book is what I always wanted scifi to be, but it never was… aliens who are really alien, but not othered by the narrative.