wild to have read this and silver nitrate within a couple months of each other, completely by chance
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uhhuhthem commented on Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin
uhhuhthem reviewed Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Dead Silence
4 stars
could see the reveals coming a mile away but a satisying sci fi horror read nonetheless, annoying straight romance plot aside
uhhuhthem rated Dead Silence: 4 stars
uhhuhthem rated Policing Black Lives: 5 stars
Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard
Delving behind Canada’s veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave …
uhhuhthem rated Sisters of the Forsaken Stars: 4 stars
Sisters of the Forsaken Stars by Lina Rather (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #2)
The sisters of the Order of Saint Rita navigate the far reaches of space and challenges of faith in Sisters …
uhhuhthem reviewed Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his …
Alien Clay
4 stars
2/3 so bleak and depressing that it was a struggle to get through, 1/3 exactly the kind of revolution porn that makes me love Tchaikovsky so much.
Probably the most /him/ of all his books I've read so far, but not the most fun of them.
2/3 so bleak and depressing that it was a struggle to get through, 1/3 exactly the kind of revolution porn that makes me love Tchaikovsky so much.
Probably the most /him/ of all his books I've read so far, but not the most fun of them.
uhhuhthem rated Alien Clay: 4 stars
Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (duplicate)
Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his political activism sees him exiled …
uhhuhthem rated Sisters of the Vast Black: 5 stars
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather (Our Lady of Endless Worlds, #1)
Years ago, Old Earth sent forth sisters and brothers into the vast dark of the prodigal colonies armed only with …
uhhuhthem rated Silver Nitrate: 4 stars
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld …
uhhuhthem rated Project Hail Mary: 3 stars
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will …
uhhuhthem commented on Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity …
you cannot convince me that a guy who knows the exact propulsion of a jumbo jet engine etc. does not know what the library of congress is
uhhuhthem rated Ghost Station: 3 stars
Ghost Station by S. A. Barnes
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space horror novel from S.A. Barnes, …
uhhuhthem reviewed Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Tyrant Philosophers, #3)
Welcome to Alkhalend, Jewel of the Waters, capital of Usmai, greatest of the Successor States, …
enjoyable but not quite lovable
4 stars
I've spent the last few years saying that Tchaikovsky is my favourite sci fi writer but something about this foray into fantasy just didn't hit for me, and I'm not exactly sure why. the writing was still beautiful and inventive, but the entire series felt somehow impersonal-- the characters more of a mechanism for conveying plot than actual people.
I've spent the last few years saying that Tchaikovsky is my favourite sci fi writer but something about this foray into fantasy just didn't hit for me, and I'm not exactly sure why. the writing was still beautiful and inventive, but the entire series felt somehow impersonal-- the characters more of a mechanism for conveying plot than actual people.