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My rating scale: ★ = I didn't care for it and probably didn't finish it; ★★ = It didn't inspire but I might have finished it anyway; ★★★ = It was fine; ★★★★ = I enjoyed it; ★★★★★ = I couldn't put it down.
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While running away from home, for reasons that are eminently defensible, Emilie's plans to stow …
(Actually the ebook I have is a compendium of both stories in this series. One of the books in the cheapo bundle I got last year. I am lazy and cannot be bothered looking for more books to read so I just grabbed something already on my ereader.)
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
Wells is very easy to read and this book, though the genre isn’t really my thing, is no exception.
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
Still reading it! It’s … fine … but doesn’t change my opinion that fantasy is no longer my thing.
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always …
This one came in a bundle of Wells’s stories. I’m not one for high fantasy, especially kinds that use the body-possession trope, but I’ll at least read enough of it to be sure.
The security droid with a heart (though it wouldn’t admit it!) is back in Fugitive …
I think I need to read another series for a bit.
The security droid with a heart (though it wouldn’t admit it!) is back in Fugitive Telemetry!
*No, I …
“Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory” is a short story set in the world of Martha …
Oh, that is a short story.
“Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory” is a short story set in the world of Martha …
This short story came with a Martha Wells bundle I bought last year.
I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems …
I don’t much like one of the characters in this, one that we met before in Artificial Condition. Fortunately there were some new characters too who seemed mostly likeable.
I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems …
A noun phrase that Murderbot uses frequently in this book is “humans and augmented humans” and it’s really annoying me, in the same way that certain people use the phrase “women and trans women”.
“Humans” is enough.
I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.
When Murderbot's human …
"Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling …
A nicely tied bow around the first four stories.
"Martha Wells's Hugo, Nebula, Alex, and Locus Award-winning, New York Times and USA Today bestselling …
I need something comfy and undemanding right now; this should fit the bill.
I like McAuley’s writing style, but this second book in a series of (checks) four is so rambling. Spotting the acknowledgments at the end and aha—it’s made from several short stories. Don’t do that.
The story also grates in that it’s already antiquated with respect to agender people, and comes across as a bit unpleasant. This is always the danger of writing about the near future: you may get overtaken!
I have access to the third book in the series but I’m not sure I want to commit the time.
