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It's been two months since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming …
I originally picked this up because it was supposed to be a horror novel. In the end, it was not scary but it did have fascinating world building and discussed some interesting ideas. Recommended!
This book seems to be wish fulfillment aimed at millennials who took the pandemic very seriously. That's not me. Also, the references and quips were often quite grating. The world building was cool, though.
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
Basically, half of this is the first Harry Potter book, the other half the seventh (of course better written). I probably would've enjoyed this even more when I was younger.
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to …
An exciting thriller, paired with a picture of Silicon Valley from the perspective of an "old computer person" who has been there more or less from the beginning.
The author has said this book is inspired by Hermann Hesse and you can tell (this is a high compliment). The world building is superb as well. What more could you ask for?
It might just be because I like Science Fiction a lot more, but this was much less enjoyable to me than any of his works in that genre.
I'm not even quite sure why, but this has been the most gripping installment so far (which is saying something). Probably the best third part of any series I've read so far.
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange …
I strongly recommend this to everyone. It is beautiful, at times funny and rather short. I read most of it in a day (and I'm a slow reader). Do give it a chance, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Featuring stories crucial to the evolution of eco-science fiction from Philip K. Dick, Margaret St …
I didn't read the back cover properly. All of these stories are "classics" i.e. quite old already. That means they usually will not involve any surprising concepts or ideas. The most you'll get is "Oh, they were already thinking of this back then?".
Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven, set in his Known Space …
I still don't know what to make of this. Many aspects of this book were stylistically different from what I am used to, so I am mainly left a little confused. It is interesting for sure, though.
Optimus Yarnspinner inherits a manuscript by an unknown writer. To track down the author, he …
I read this in the original German, so I can't speak for the quality of the translation. Most of the time, this book is funny (usually witty) but it can also sometimes get a little extra. The most solid part of this book is the world building, which is not super realistic (although consistent) but always wild and surprising.
The continuing story of the residents of the planet Donovan as survival becomes more of …
Features more fascinating world-building, high stakes and some gut-wrenching deaths.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years …
I heard mixed things about this one but in the end it was really fun. Also, turns out that this is the favorite book of multiple friends of mine.
I adore these kinds of post-singularity settings that verge on cosmic horror because many features of these advanced civilizations are completely inscrutable to us present-day humans. If you find these sorts of things interesting, give it a read!
