computer scientist, mathematician, photographer, human. Debian Developer, Notmuch Maintainer, scuba diver
Much of my "reading" these days is actually audiobooks while walking.
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bremner@bookwyrm.social is also me. Trying a smaller instance to see if the delays are less maddening.
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Viv’s career with the renowned mercenary company Rackam’s Ravens isn’t going as planned. Wounded during the hunt for a powerful …
An edgy, queer cyberpunk detective mystery by an exciting new trans voice from New Zealand.
This punk ain’t feelin’ lucky. …
Ruth Johnson and her sister Jules have been small-time hustlers on the interstellar cruise lines for years. But then Jules …
It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started …
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew (EBook, 2024, Witch Key Fiction)
Luxorian is a dragon without a rider, and that's a problem.
Since ancient times, dragons and riders have worked together …
I heard an interview with the author on the Wabanaki Windows podcast, and it sounds interesting, if not exactly uplifting.
When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command gives her a chance to …
When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command …
Welp, this is very odd so far. Lots of mystical sounding talk about equations.
Ruth Johnson and her sister Jules have been small-time hustlers on the interstellar cruise lines …
On sale for USD0.99 at rebellionpublishing.com
An edgy, queer cyberpunk detective mystery by an exciting new trans voice from New Zealand. …
On sale for USD0.99 at rebellionpublishing.com
When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command …
On sale for USD0.99 at rebellionpublishing.com
Four-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts a glorious tale of identity, resistance, magic and …
The pros and cons are very similar to the first volume in the series. The characters are interesting (and a bit more familiar, so there is less wondering how things fit together). The overall plot arcs are interesting. For better or worse the book includes some fairly extended and graphic descriptions of violence. I don't know if I am extra sensitive, but I struggled to get through it because of these passages, or perhaps because of my anticipation of these passages.
@EmilyG@bookwyrm.social Silly me. It took me three tries to figure out which "terraform" you meant. 1) the novel 2) the so far fictional technology to make planets habitable (as opposed to unhabitable, which we seem to have nailed), 3) finally some software.
