March 2020
Dead Astronauts:A Novel by Jeff VanderMeer
*** More of The Company destruction in the weird world of Borne – traveling along with Moss, Chen and Grayson. Throw into the mix Charlie X, a big bear, a leviathan and finally a blue fox. Color me confused – I loved this novel and VanderMeer writes so well but still I’m not ashamed to admit that plenty in this flew way over my head.
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Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
*** Murderbot (+ various supporting human characters and Miki – a ‘pet’ robot) battle it out against the bad guys on a terraforming station. Very short, fun, but not adding much to the overall saga.
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February 2020
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
**** Blue vs Red, Garden vs Tech, Letters and Love. Different, short, sweet.
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The Stars Now Unclaimed by Drew Williams
**** Space Opera with the pacing of an action packed video game.
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Fall, Or Dodge in Hell by Neal Stephenson
**** Another monster book (could have been broken into three three) covering the start of a post human society. Took a while to finish, but well worth the effort with elements of Tolkein, the Bible and hard Science Fiction.
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Agency (The Peripheral #2) by William Gibson
***** I love this guys books and characters. More post-Jackpot action, remote bodies and AI…
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January 2020
Atomic Habits by James Clear
Loonshots by Safi Bahcall
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
December 2019
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells (Murderbot #2)
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Do You Mind If I Cancel by Gary Janetti
Kochland by Christopher Leonard
The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman