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Jonathan Trott

jonathantrott@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 10 months ago

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

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99% complete! Jonathan Trott has read 198 of 200 books.

John Scalzi: The God Engines (Paperback, 2009, Subterranean Press)

Devoted to the Bishopry Militant and to his crew, ship captain Ean Tephe is given …

Weird one

Not my kind of thing. Missing any trace of humour or snark. Getting lost in the weeds of Gods vs Gods action. Wouldn't have believed it was Scalzi if his name wasn't on the cover.

John Scalzi: The Android's Dream (2006)

The Android's Dream is a 2006 science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi. The …

Sneaky Title

This book doesn't even have a single android in it that I remember. Doesn't matter, it's a rollicking action filled romp of a story with some great characters and the Scalzi level of snark that we all look for.

John Scalzi: Redshirts (2012, Tor)

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship …

Fourth wall smashed!

Love how this turns the star trek trope on its head and focuses on the minor characters that get killed off with disturbing regularity. Great inception like descent into further levels to resolve the key plot points. Good characters and good development.

John Scalzi: Fuzzy Nation (2011, Tor)

Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn't care to talk about. Hundreds of miles …

Delightful

Who doesn't like courtroom dramas featuring cute and fuzzy aliens? Great characters and some good plot twists to wrap everything up.

John Scalzi: Murder by Other Means (Hardcover, 2021, Subterranean)

Welcome to the new world, in which murder is all but a thing of the …

Good premis

The premise of this whole world is a very interesting one that has been explored pretty well in these three books. I'd like a bit more humour but I guess the style of hard boiled detective fiction doesn't lend itself quite so well to sharp one liners.