Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Emet North knygą In Universes
For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel …
The #SFFBookClub pick for June 2025
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Tak! apžvelgė autoriaus Kaliane Bradley knygą The Ministry of Time
In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and …
The Ministry of Time
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I really enjoyed The Ministry of Time.
I was frustrated with the protagonist for big chunks of the book for not realizing obvious things. The author repeatedly tried to defend this with "I bet you're thinking 'I would have realized this right away', but" and in a world where I know time travel exists, I absolutely would!
However, the writing is very good, and it kept me engaged. The combination of themes around time travel, colonialism, and refugee life really worked, and I feel like it allowed them to be explored from different angles.
I'm kind of let down by the inconclusiveness of the ending, but on the other hand they avoided most of the cliché time travel tropes, so overall I guess it balances out.
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Suzan Palumbo knygą Countess
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
I really dig the premise, but the execution bothered me a lot. Maybe they were just trying to do too much in a novella length, or maybe it's just me, but everything just felt rushed and clumsy. 🤷
Tak! pacitavo Suzan Palumbo knygą Countess
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
It had been a productive day. Too productive.
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Tak! pacitavo Suzan Palumbo knygą Countess
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
Space colonization had not been the great equalizer the capitalist billionaires had advertised.
Tak! pacitavo Suzan Palumbo knygą Countess
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
Acting Captain Virika Sameroo abandoned her seat and stood ramrod stiff behind the Oestra’s navigator after it jolted through the Invictan region skip gate.
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Suzan Palumbo knygą Countess
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
The #SFFBookClub pick for April 2025
Tak! apžvelgė autoriaus Izzy Wasserstein knygą These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart
Security expert Dora left her anarchist commune over safety concerns. But when her ex-girlfriend Kay …
Short and bitter
5 žvaigždutės
These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart is a vignette about working through guilt and self-loathing toward self-forgiveness.
There's a lot going on in terms of themes: gender, transhumanism, anarchy and fascism, cloning, all mixed into a more standard crime plot.
Although the main thread is satisfactorily wrapped up, there's definitely room to explore the world further - I want more Dora!
Tak! pacitavo Izzy Wasserstein knygą These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart
Security expert Dora left her anarchist commune over safety concerns. But when her ex-girlfriend Kay …
I hadn’t seen Juan in years, not since I left the commune.
— These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart Izzy Wasserstein
enne📚 pakomentavo autoriaus Izzy Wasserstein knygą These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart
Security expert Dora left her anarchist commune over safety concerns. But when her ex-girlfriend Kay …
The #SFFBookClub pick for March 2025.
Tak! apžvelgė autoriaus Micaiah Johnson knygą Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a …
Those Beyond the Wall
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A very different book than The Space between Worlds, but equally good.
While TSBW kind of revolved around the interworld travel premise, Those Beyond the Wall is firmly rooted in "Earth 0"'s Ashtown. Mr. Scales has a wildly different perspective on the Ashtown oligarchy and culture than Cara did, and it's kind of fascinating to see some of the blind spots the author built in. Despite the very different plot foci, there are similar strong themes of antifascism, anticolonialism, and the struggle for justice.
It's even more gritty than the original, yet potentially more hopeful as well.
I would strongly recommend reading TSBW first, because a lot of the setting is taken for granted here.
Tak! pacitavo Micaiah Johnson knygą Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a …
Stories should never be believed, but they should always be trusted.
— Those Beyond the Wall Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Tak! pacitavo Micaiah Johnson knygą Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a …
I like to watch pretty things move. I like to make broken things fixed. I’m simple.
— Those Beyond the Wall Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
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Tak! pacitavo Micaiah Johnson knygą Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a …
They call me Mr. Scales because I’m a snake.
— Those Beyond the Wall Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds, #2)
Tak! pakomentavo autoriaus Micaiah Johnson knygą The Space Between Worlds
‘My mother used to say I was born reaching, which is true. She also used …
I've had this one on my to-read list for ages - I'd better start it now if I'm going to finish in time to read Those Beyond the Wall for #SFFBookClub February