Barbarius started reading Network Effect by Martha Wells
I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems …
Oooohhhh, a longer one!
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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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Barbarius rated Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory: 4 stars
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells
“Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory” is a short story set in the world of Martha Well’s bestselling and Hugo award-winning …
Barbarius rated Exit Strategy: 4 stars
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be …
Barbarius rated Rogue Protocol: 4 stars
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more …
Barbarius finished reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever …
Yeah Murderbot!
Barbarius rated Artificial Condition: 4 stars
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen …
Barbarius rated All Systems Red: 4 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
Barbarius wants to read Monkey King by Julia Lovell
A shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, Monkey King is one of …
I've heard this new translation is particularly good...
Barbarius finished reading Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
It has a dark past—one in which a number of humans were killed. A past …
I really liked ART as a new character in this one.
Barbarius commented on The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. …
Wow... This Netflix series has been completely white-washed... How very disappointing...
Barbarius commented on All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
You can tell that the author is American, as she abbreviates kilometres to "kilos", which to the rest of the metric world is the very common abbreviation for kilograms, not kilometres.
But, hey, good on her for realising that it would be the system of measurement used for interstellar humans.
Barbarius commented on All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
I can see why all Millenials and Gen Zs like this character.
Barbarius started reading All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
Having never read any Murderbot, I always pictured it as "female" for some reason, and was really thrown when a male was cast as the character for the season... I wonder what I'll think once I start reading it?
Very good! Could have potentially been 50 pages shorter, but still, very good! Would recommend!
Barbarius commented on All Systems Red by Martha Wells
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, …
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