Despite my best efforts, there are always books I can’t finish. This updates books stopped and sent back to the cloud as of mid-August 2023.
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Indie/Self-Published
Paging Mr. Dickens to Galaxy's Edge
It was the best of indie mil SF, it was the worst of indie mil SF…
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Mid-Year Update, Pt 1: Finishes
Shorter reviews from June and early July 2023
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Lost Opportunities
Another ambitious series from the indie/self-published scene. How does it measure up?
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Retrospective Spring Wrap Up, Pt. 2
Continuing to catch up from my spring of lots of reading, little writing.
Read MoreUm, don’t box sets actually go the other direction IRL?
Assassins, AIs, Power Armor, and Explosions, Oh My...
Another industrial-length series, packed with industrial-strength action. This one is genuinely good.
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Retroactive Spring Wrap Up, Pt. 1
I’ve been more motivated to read than write, so find myself catching up on a few months’ worth of reading. Here are some that didn’t rate longer stand-alone reviews.
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Strong and Free
…And no, this is not some sort of paen to ‘Merica! It’s a pleasantly solid SF collection from 2018.
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Gunn and Salvo: The, Um, Final Broadside?!?!
Two mostly honest bounty hunters save the universe in style.
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Nietzsche x K. Gorman = Strong Space Opera
Abysses, archetypes, gods and demons and spaceships and horror and…
Read MoreWho Is Johnny B. Truant?
January 2023’s author focus zeros in on a vampire and unicorn fan.
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Black Table
When is good good enough? And does it matter if it’s written in Finnish or English?
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The Chronicles of Jason Rokku's Many, Many Jobs
Jason Rokku has many jobs. You’re invited to explore them…if you can figure out why he’s doing what he’s doing.
Read MoreChoose your future adventure carefully.
Future Adventures: The Collection
Future Adventures is a 2019 collection of eight self- and independently-published SF novels, brought together under one virtual cover. Not all are created equal, but it was a great vehicle for finding authors I’d never been exposed to before and will definitely seek out again.
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