Reading mostly SF/Fantasy. lutruwita/TAS, Australia.
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Angus Thermopyle was an ore pirate and a murderer; even the most disreputable asteroid pilots …
I'm told this can get very brutal and to take it easy, will see how we go!
I'm told this can get very brutal and to take it easy, will see how we go!
Not bad, not great.
I got bored reading the lives of the helliconians and kept wanting to know the greater arcs of the planet's great year, more details on it's previous societies along with more about earth's transitions. But still, well written, easy enough to read, though some casual slavery and a significant amount of brutality are present.
Although published in the 1980's it reads somewhat more like SF from 30 years earlier.
Not bad, not great.
I got bored reading the lives of the helliconians and kept wanting to know the greater arcs of the planet's great year, more details on it's previous societies along with more about earth's transitions. But still, well written, easy enough to read, though some casual slavery and a significant amount of brutality are present.
Although published in the 1980's it reads somewhat more like SF from 30 years earlier.
Going through it slowly in concert with the youtube playlist at: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa2HsnawM_
And I'll be publishing my answers to the challenges at: git.pwarren.id.au/pwarren/CategoryTheoryChallenges
Going through it slowly in concert with the youtube playlist at: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa2HsnawM_
And I'll be publishing my answers to the challenges at: git.pwarren.id.au/pwarren/CategoryTheoryChallenges
The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound to their Sovran's command in …
The monstrous Carryx empire was built by subjugation and war. Thousands of species are bound …
The usual great standard from James S. A. Corey, eagerly awaiting the finale in the trilogy.
Much improved on previous works I read by this author, well edited, well crafted, protagonist is well developed, some background characters are a bit thinner, but that can be written of as a conceit of our unreliable narrator.
I did enjoy reading it, and the other two in the trilogy
The sixth and penultimate novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of …
The galaxy is burning.
With the Cielcin united under one banner, the Sollan Empire …
Follows the inevitable tragedy for our protagonast, I'm enjoying his writing style, and this was a much more tightly edited book than the previous volumes
Follows the inevitable tragedy for our protagonast, I'm enjoying his writing style, and this was a much more tightly edited book than the previous volumes
For almost a hundred years, Hadrian Marlowe has served the Empire in its war against …
Still enjoyed it. Had more space battles that I don't enjoy and less of the court intrigue and people outsmarting our protagonaist that I do, some nice explorations of the other mysterious elder civilazations.
Still enjoyed it. Had more space battles that I don't enjoy and less of the court intrigue and people outsmarting our protagonaist that I do, some nice explorations of the other mysterious elder civilazations.
Hadrian Marlowe is lost.
For half a century, he has searched the farther suns …
this volume continues straight on from the first book and advances us to a reasonable conclusion to what I guess is the first act of this rather long tale!
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!
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!
