by Alastair Reynolds
Synopsis: Scur is a conscripted soldier at the end of a long war involving many worlds when she is captured and tortured by a war criminal. As she is left for dead she is rescued and for unknown reasons and put aboard a prison ship in stasis. But things don't go as planned and Scur wakes up aboard a...
it starts out (and teaser text describes) sort of a post-war lost in space situation. the reality is more like a SF post-disaster survival Fahrenheit 451.
Organised religion has its good points but these are enormously outweighed by the attendant persecution, death and destruction perpetrated in its name. We'd be better off if we could somehow erase every copy of every "holy book". Well, it's not exactly an original thought, nor is it very practical...
Slow Bullets is a story about a group of people and how they deal with the end of their world. I think, I'm not sure really. This is my second Reynolds story, the first I read was the short story Troika. This story takes place mostly on a ship. There is very little description of that ship so I had ...
"Slow Bullets" is just the right length and digestibility for a reader who wants a quicker science fiction novel. It's an interesting look at humanity and the hard choices people have to make to survive, and how a common need can help people get past superficial differences.Reviewed for Bitten by Bo...
Disclaimer: I received an advance reader's copy (ARC - Uncorrected Manuscript Proof) of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own, and no monetary compensation was received for this review. (The book is due to be published on June, 2015; review wr...
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