Dark forest by Cixin Liu:

Great ending and good plot twists throughout. Much better than the first book but still filled with bizarre motivations and reactions. 3/5 stars.

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Xenomorph

German sci-fi radio drama - meh 2/5 stars

Eternal Frontier by Antony Melchiorri

This one was ok, not great 3/5 stars.  The characters are appealing but the cliff-hangers and melodrama were a bit too over-the-top.

Das unheimliche Erwachen

Very cool radio play, great story. 4 out of 5 stars.

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Puke awful terrible, bad, stopped reading, 0/5 stars.

Gunpowder Moon by David Pedreira

Fantastic book.  Tight plot, thrilling, hard science, great characters, 5/5 stars. Could not put it down.
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Fun radio play with a bad ending 3/5 stars.

Norse Mythology

This short, concise book is pretty good.  Very entertaining! 4/5 stars.

Verrat auf Venus

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I enjoyed the story line in this radio drama.  The dialogue was much too fast so I had to slow it down while listening.  3/5 stars.

The Wreck of the River of Stars by Michael Flynn

I love Michael Flynn's writing but this story was too depressing for me.  And the characterization was way over-the-top.  The story reads like a mythology or ancient Theogony.  There were two or three aphorisms in every paragraph.  I don't recommend this one, 2/5 stars.
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