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Ben Harris-Roxas

ben_hr@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 2 years, 5 months ago

Researcher and educator from Sydney, Australia. You’ll usually find me on the forgotten parts of the web.

My ratings ★ Not recommended ★★ Not for me, but may be okay for you? ★★★ Good ★★★★ Very good, recommended ★★★★★ Exceptional, couldn't put it down

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2025 Reading Goal

Success! Ben Harris-Roxas has read 15 of 12 books.

Marina J. Lostetter: Noumenon (Hardcover, 2017, HarperCollins Publishers, HarperVoyager)

With nods to Arthur C. Clarke's Rama series and the real science of Neal Stephenson's …

Shaggy space dog

Profoundly disappointing and directionless. The characterisation is thin, the plot moves but seemingly erratically, and overall it’s bereft of ideas. This is the first in a series—I won’t be continuing.

Yuri Herrera, Lisa Dillman: Ten Planets (Paperback, 2023, Graywolf Press)

A collection of fanciful, philosophical science fictions by “one of Mexico’s finest novelists” (Vulture).

Bumpy

Disappointingly uneven, though I appreciated the broader perspective that hadn’t been through the very narrow filter of the limited number of English language short fiction publishers.