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PWarren

pwarren@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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Christopher Ruocchio: Empire of Silence (Sun Eater) (Paperback, 2019, DAW)

Very good. Well written and interesting!

Some interesting takes on some of the same themes as Frank Herbert's Dune, with a more heterogeneous view of humanity. Well crafted prose, easy to read and hard to put down!

Does follow the privileged young man rejects that privilige and slums it with the proles trope a bit and not a lot was resolved as it's the first of the series, but I'm looking forward to how the rest of the series goes!

Jay Allan: Duel in the Dark (Paperback, 2016, System 7 Publishing)

Yeah, not bad

A bit on the glorifying of war side, but with some threads of reflection. Some interesting ideas of how completely different cultures can interact, hoping the next books explore that more, rather than the space battle side of things too much.

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

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

Eh, it's OK. Some interesting far future humanity ideas, especially for it's time (1912!), but the prose is a bit heavy and slow going.

The Shadow Throne (Hardcover, Ebury Digital) No rating

Fun escalation of the original!

No rating

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.