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Richard K. Morgan: Market forces (2005, Del Rey/Ballentine Books) 4 stars

From the award-winning author of Altered Carbon and Broken Angels--a turbocharged new thriller set in …

Absurd but fun

4 stars

The most enjoyable aspect of this book is that it takes place in a world where all aspects of corporate culture have been taken to absurd extremes. Apart from that, it is Richard Morgan's usual bleak and violent vision of the future that I have come to love.

Alastair Reynolds: Revenger (Hardcover) 4 stars

Tens of millions of years in the future, sisters Adrana and Arafura ('Fura') Ness are …

Weirdly British

4 stars

The book is quite fun. Sailing in space is a shockingly sound concept. The most surprising aspect of this book is that it is very British, both in the language the characters use but especially the made up future slang. Very fun!