Deborah Pickett started reading System Collapse by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events …
I know, more of the same author, but it’s what’s on my ereader.
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Deborah Pickett finished reading Emilie & the sky world by Martha Wells (Emilie, #2)
When Emilie and Daniel arrive in Silk Harbor, Professor Abindon, an old colleague of the …
These two stories were quite enjoyable. I get the feeling that Wells had in mind a third that could have explained what happened with Emilie’s older brother Erin, but it never materialized.
Deborah Pickett finished reading Emilie & The Hollow World by Martha Wells
While running away from home, for reasons that are eminently defensible, Emilie's plans to stow …
Steampunk young adult fiction is an unexpected hit. Wells continues to be easy to read. There’s nothing profound in this adventure but it’s a fabulous romp.
Deborah Pickett started reading Emilie & The Hollow World by Martha Wells
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.)
Deborah Pickett finished reading Witch King by Martha Wells
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.
Deborah Pickett commented on Witch King by Martha Wells
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.
Deborah Pickett started reading Witch King by Martha Wells
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.
Deborah Pickett finished reading Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
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.
Deborah Pickett finished reading Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells
“Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory” is a short story set in the world of Martha …
Oh, that is a short story.
Deborah Pickett started reading Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells
“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.
Deborah Pickett finished reading Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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.
Deborah Pickett commented on Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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.
Deborah Pickett finished reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"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.
Deborah Pickett started reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
"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.
Deborah Pickett finished reading Gardens of the sun by Paul J. McAuley
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.