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Roadside Picnic is set in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event called the Visitation that …
sometimes you think about it and you wonder: maybe we really should leave Satan’s works for Satan?
— Roadside Picnic by Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий, Борис Натанович Стругацкий, Arkady Strugatsky, and 1 other
Every time somebody tries to pitch ai to me
Roadside Picnic is set in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event called the Visitation that …
The other day, we’re standing in the repository; it’s evening already, nothing left to do but dump the lab suits, then I can head down to the Borscht for my daily dose of booze.
— Roadside Picnic by Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий, Борис Натанович Стругацкий, Arkady Strugatsky, and 1 other
Atlas Alone is a 2019 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was …
Newman keeps me guessing as usual.
After Atlas follows Dee, an ancillary character from After Atlas, in her quest to figure out what the hell is going on.
This one gets very dark, but it's wonderfully written, and I devoured it.
Atlas Alone is a 2019 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was …
Ada wakes me up with some Norwegian death punk as she puts the lights on full blast in the cabin.
— Atlas Alone by Emma Newman
when you've already chosen violence the night before
Atlas Alone is a 2019 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was …
My body’s needs come thick and fast, a new one presenting itself as quickly as I satisfy the last. Tedious meatsack, so demanding.
— Atlas Alone by Emma Newman
such a mood
Atlas Alone is a 2019 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was …
“It’s all just a game,” I whisper to myself. It’s just that some people are born with cheat codes.
— Atlas Alone by Emma Newman
Atlas Alone is a 2019 science fiction novel by British writer Emma Newman. It was …
The trick is remembering that it’s all a game.
— Atlas Alone by Emma Newman
Nearly ten years after Inez Kato sustained a career-ending injury during a military exercise gone …
By all accounts, I should be scared.
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space …
A psychologist volunteers to join a small research and exploration team on an extraplanetary mission, drama ensues.
Ghost Station reminds me of Before Mars in a number of ways, the most important being that I really enjoyed it and it kept me guessing.
Now I'm off to go find something else by S.A. Barnes
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space …
People can travel to other planets and live in outer space, but they always bring their troubles with them.
A crew must try to survive on an ancient, abandoned planet in the latest space …
The protesters outside are getting louder.
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
I really dig the premise, but the execution bothered me a lot. Maybe they were just trying to do too much in a novella length, or maybe it's just me, but everything just felt rushed and clumsy. 🤷
What’s that I see at the top of my reading pile?
Oh, NBD, just a copy of my book. Not its final form, but still, the first time I've held it in my hands.
A tangible version of something that’s existed in more abstract, emotional, and digital forms for years.
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A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
It had been a productive day. Too productive.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
mood
A queer, Caribbean, anti-colonial sci-fi novella, inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, in which …
Space colonization had not been the great equalizer the capitalist billionaires had advertised.
— Countess by Suzan Palumbo
