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Jonathan Trott

jonathantrott@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 1 year, 2 months ago

Voracious reader of all genres of fiction, leaning towards sci-fi, crime, mystery, thriller, and comedy.

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reviewed The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #2)

John Scalzi: The Consuming Fire (Paperback, 2018)

"The second, thrilling novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. …

Excellent middle trilogy book

Don't start this one without first finishing the first one. Continuation of the great characters and some new ones introduced that can more than hold their own.

reviewed The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)

John Scalzi: The Collapsing Empire (2017, Tor)

Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available …

Space opera!

Love the characters in this one, especially the kick ass potty mouthed female ones :) Story has a great slow build until the reveals and sets things up nicely for the next book in the trilogy.

reviewed Lock In by John Scalzi (Lock In #1)

John Scalzi: Lock In (2014, Tor Books)

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the …

Who dunnit crossed with the matrix

Lovely idea to have people who have to live their lives in a "matrix" style virtual world or drive around the read world in humanoid robots. Great story writing to have a who dunnit with lots of action and great characters.

John Scalzi: Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) (2007)

John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about …

Excellent world building scifi

It doesn't have the mind fuck moment of The Matrix, but it does pull the rug out from under you some way through the book. Love the switch up, the characters, and the plot lines that work their way through the book. Sets things up nicely for any subsequent novels.