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Ready Player Two: Spoiler Free
Ready Player Two© Ernest Cline384 pages Ready Player One remains one of my favorite novels, ever; for me it is the Starburst jellybean of books, a perfect sweet spot between geekery and pop culture. I couldn’t wait to get my … Continue reading
Firefly: Generations
Firefly: Generations© 2020 Tim Lebbon384 pages A map won in a card game, given importance by River’s intuition, Kaylee’s recognition of an old name, and the fact that several people tried to murder Mal to take the map back, leads … Continue reading
Drowning in books
This is something of a catch-up post. I’ve been slowly reading The Dictator’s Handbook, an impressively cynical analysis of political science, and had hoped to finish it by Election Day so I could post an amusingly-timed review. Between the hurricane … Continue reading
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Firefly: Ghost Machine
Firefly: Ghost Machine© 2020 James Lovegrove336 pages Mal Reynolds didn’t survive the Independence War by not trusting his gut. It was that same gut that told him to back away from this latest job of Badger’s. The item may have … Continue reading
The End of October
The End of October © 2020 Lawrence Wright 482 pages COVID-19 gotcha down? Cheer up! It could be worse. A lot worse. Like…the US president dying on live television, bleeding from the eyes worse. The End of October was published … Continue reading
Station Eleven
“I stood looking over my damaged home and tried to forget the sweetness of life on Earth.” In New York City, an acclaimed actor collapses in the middle of his King Lear performance. Hours later, the world as we know … Continue reading
Altered Carbon
Altered Carbon© 2002 Richard K. Morgan416 pages Takeshi Kovacs, soldier-turned-commando-turned rogue, is rudely awakened with a job. Imprisoned for two hundred years, he’s now being offered the chance of parole if he can solve a murder. Or should it be … Continue reading
Kill Decision
Kill Decision © 2012 Daniel Suarez 512 pages Seemingly every day people within the United States are killed, destroyed in apparent bomb attacks. The victims have no obvious connections, but they are not random – nor were they bomb victims. … Continue reading
Limited Wish
The universe is trying to kill Nick. Again. Last time, it was only leukemia. Now there are multiple visitors from divergent futures asking him for help breaking into a nuclear power plant, he’s being stalked by a sociopathic mercenary, he’s … Continue reading
Change Agent
Change Agent© 2017 Daniel Suarez417 pages Deep into the 21st century, global civilization has been transformed by bioengineering. Consumer products which were once manufactured are now grown, from knives to car bodies; the streets are illuminated not by bulbs, but … Continue reading
