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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Reading Notes
Paging Mr. Dickens to Galaxy's Edge
It was the best of indie mil SF, it was the worst of indie mil SF…
Read MoreGreat for the soul, not entirely conducive to productivity…
Perfect Reading Conditions
Reading with Pliny, not reading Pliny…
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Coming soon to a solar system near you.
Cixin Liu Is Not Sure It's Going To Work Out
…but read this anyway — it’s good stuff.
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Mid-Year Update, Pt 1: Finishes
Shorter reviews from June and early July 2023
Read MoreBeyond Redemption, Belief, and Sanity
in Fantasy, Grimdark, Reading Notes
A fantastic journey into darkness and magic from Michael R. Fletcher.
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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.
Read MoreIt's Not Easy Being The Yoruba Nightmare God
in SFF, Reading Notes, Fantasy
More divinity, more problems…
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Underdeveloped Organizational Development
I may not have what it takes to be a fully compliant ARC reviewer.
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April Magazines
Better late than never, and featuring a fourth title this month.
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Time-Shifting Private Eye
Quantum twists on classic boiler-plate noir themese.
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Showdown on Jericho Station
Book 1.5…err, Short Story 1.5 in the Galactic Cold War series.
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A Dark Void Arises...
Two delightful issues from a relatively new biannual SF horror e-zine.
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Nietzsche x K. Gorman = Strong Space Opera
Abysses, archetypes, gods and demons and spaceships and horror and…
Read MoreIron on the Tongue
The second volume of The Reckoning Cycle is even better than the first. Adventure, intrigue and intelligently-drawn characters swirl together in a compelling read.
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The Lost -- And Last? -- Metal
The fourth read in a seven-volume series. Time for a new theme?
Read MoreAn Inhuman Race
Being human may mean less than we think…
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A David Drake Trifecta
Three books from a masterful writer, the “father of military SF” — and much more.
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