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PWarren

pwarren@outside.ofa.dog

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Reading mostly SF/Fantasy. lutruwita/TAS, Australia.

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The Shadow Throne (Hardcover, Ebury Digital) No rating

Fun escalation of the original!

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The good guys overcoming some pretty nasty people, but with the baddies escalating things towards the end!

Still continues the interesting characters and world building, more layers to the bad guys being revealed, intrigue continues!

William Hope Hodgson: The Night Land (2001) No rating

The Night Land is a horror and fantasy novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, …

This is tough going. Pretty dense prose, reminds me a lot of Milton's paradise lost, nearly no dialogue, and lots of fantastic imagery.

Definitely a product of its time (1920s) but reasonably interesting take on a far future humanity so far.

reviewed Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota #4)

Ada Palmer: Perhaps the Stars (Hardcover, 2021, Head of Zeus)

World Peace turns into global civil war.

In the future, the leaders of Hive …

Fantastic ending to the series, really loved the whole lot

One of my favorite series of all time. Expertly crafted prose exploring a wide variety of ideas and themes around society and power. Loved it.

finished reading Worm by Wildbow (Parahumans)

Wildbow: Worm (EBook, Independently published)

An introverted teenage girl with an unconventional superpower, Taylor goes out in costume to find …

Was a thoroughly enjoyable read. Well developed characters and motivations, somewhat waffly at times, interesting take on super-human powers. Probably should count as 3 or 4 novels worth, it's a lot of words!

Susanna Clarke: Piranesi (Paperback, castellano language, 2020, Salamandra Black)

La casa de Piranesi no es un edificio cualquiera: sus habitaciones son monumentales, con paredes …

This is something special

Lots of fun to discover the world while reading through, interesting and engaging narrative voice, satisfying conclusions. Well worth the read.

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David Hair: Unholy War

IT's OK I guess. Lost the sparkle of the first two

Enough of the sparkle was lost that I didn't start the next book in the series. Bit too unbelievable and illogical given what's already gone.