Friday, January 28, 2022

Network Effect by Martha Wells (Murderbot 5)

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Another short murderbot book, this one in two major story arcs. Interesting, mysterious space operatic sci-fi tech, bad science, but fantast...

When we cease to understand the world by Benjamin Labatut

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I received this short book as a gift.  It is very gripping and melodramatic as the great scientists from the turn of the 20th century strugg...
Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Door into Summer by Robert A Heinlein (1956)

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I read many of Heinlein's books in the 1960's and 1970's but I missed this one.  In 2021, Netflix adapted the story to film (in...

Artificial Condition by Margaret Wells

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The stories continue to be fun.  They are short enough to get through in a few sittings and they are wonderful escape literature.  I enjoy t...
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Unterleuten von Juli Zeh

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Dies ist ein großartiger Roman über das Leben in einer ländlichen Gemeinde und die Komplexität von Beziehungen. Das Buch ist äußerst gut gem...
Friday, January 21, 2022

Agent Zigzag by Ben Macintyre

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Another fun, interesting, true story by Ben Macintyre, recommended by the friend who told me to read Agent Sonya . I loved the hilarious twi...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells

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These novellas are very short and continue to be fun.  4/5 Stars.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Imperative (Starfire #7) by Steve White & Charles Gannon

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This sixth repetition of the same wet fleet navy strategy set in a space opera is not worth reading.  Despite my curiosity about the story...
Monday, January 17, 2022

The return of the pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer

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Fun, well-researched, wild romp through Egypt in 1910 with Sherlock Holmes & John Watson. 3/5 Stars.
Friday, January 14, 2022

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

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Martha Wells won the Hugo award in 2021 for her sixth "murderbot" book so I picked up the first book in the series to find out wha...