OMG, I finally did it! I finally finished a Scalzi novel! The first chapter was a real chore to read, but then I swapped to the audiobook. Somehow the prose that seems so corny in print is a delightful lark to listen to. It still has some problems. The whole plot and world are built around the we...
I wasn't sure if I would at first: it's a space opera with houses and serfs, pretty much. To be honest, I don't like my futuristic science fiction to pick such specifically backward parts of history to mesh with in this way. I like looking forward to see things get better, not to be so heavily r...
I recently bought a box of pulp SF from eBay - most dating from the 50s and 60s. Lantern-jawed, pipe-smoking men save the world while their gorgeous female assistants are prone to outbursts of come-hither hero worshiping and swooning - especially when kissed fiercely and unexpectedly by the lantern-...
Inevitable Jokey Ship Name: The evidence suggests that sooner or later all post-Banksian writers of space opera will give their spaceships jokey names. Your Inferior Wit Annoys Me: Yes, though some don't go for the same self-conscious ironic wit that Banks did. Inevitable Jokey Ship Name: I agree, b...
Interesting and so much fun. I'm going to love this series. This is a different universe for Scalzi: the planets are mostly not habitable on their surfaces, The universe isn't full of fascinating intelligent species, although there are a fair number of humans scattered about. Two of the main protago...
I tried repeatedly to read and finish this book, but finally gave up at 25 percent (DNF). Look I like John Scalzi a lot. I loved "Redshirts" and "Lock In", but this book right here is all the worst bits of "The Android's Dream" and I refuse to read that book ever again. I think the biggest i...
Interesting and so much fun. I'm going to love this series. This is a different universe for Scalzi: the planets are mostly not habitable on their surfaces, The universe isn't full of fascinating intelligent species, although there are a fair number of humans scattered about. Two of the main protago...
I can't think of a SF release more highly anticipated this year than The Collapsing Empire, the first in a new series (there's a really good chance that I'll be saying the same thing in 3 months about something else that I'm spacing at the moment). Thankfully, it surpassed my expectations (which wer...
Warning: For me, this book doesn't really work on its own, it's a setup for a series. Scalzi builds an interesting society that mixes progressive social norms with a feudal economy in a way that is close enough to believeable to work. Unfortunately his characters are still a bit on the bland side, a...
Our universe is ruled by physics. Faster than light travel is impossible—until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars. Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth i...
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