Date Read: July 23 Author: Nnedi Okorafor Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Binti is the first of her people to be accepted into Oomza University, considered the finest university in the galaxy. But her ship is attacked on the way there, and soon Binti finds herself fighting to survive. Binti is a good quick read,Continue reading “Binti”
Category Archives: Science Fiction
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Date Read: July 21 Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet orbits an alien star. Humanity might have been accepted into the galactic community, but the culture on board the Exodus Fleet remains foreign to most of the community. A disaster rocks the fleet,Continue reading “Record of a Spaceborn Few”
A Closed and Common Orbit
Date Read: July 21 Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Locelace might have started out as an AI on a ship, but when she wakes up in a new body she has to learn a whole new woay of living. Along the way she becomes friends with Pepper, an engineer dedicated to helpingContinue reading “A Closed and Common Orbit”
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
Date Read: July 20 Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 Rosemary joins the crew of the aging Wayfarer in order to get away from everything she’s ever known on Mars. She doesn’t count on fitting in more than she expected, or on the crew being offered the job of a lifetime. The LongContinue reading “The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet”
Finna
Date Read: July 18 Author: Nino Cipri Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 When a wormhole opens up in an IKEA-like store and an elderly customer wanders through, it’s up to two minimum-wage workers to go into the multiverse and find her. In infinite dimensions, all things are possible. Getting lost for lack of a betterContinue reading “Finna”
Chilling Effect
Date Read: July 9 Author: Valerie Valdes Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Captain Eva might not be the richest spaceship captain in the galaxy, but her ship does have psychic cats. Her life of delivering small cargo for smaller profits is interrupted when her sister calls, sending her spiraling down into a complicated series ofContinue reading “Chilling Effect”
The Cybernetic Tea Shop
Date Read: July 4 Author: Meredith Katz Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Clara is an AI technician. When she moves to Seattle, she finds a tea shop run by Sal, a fully autonomous robot. Sal has been running the tea shop ever since her original owner died, and now Clara must discover whether or notContinue reading “The Cybernetic Tea Shop”
The Genius Plague
Date Read: July 3 Author: David Walton Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 When Neil’s older brother returns from a trip to the Amazon, he’s not the same as when he left. He survives a severe fungal infection, and immediately starts to claim that the fungus is still in his brain – and has made himContinue reading “The Genius Plague”
How Long ’til Black Future Month?
Date Read: June 27 Author: NK Jemisin Genre: Fantasy and Science Fiction Rating: 5/5 A collection of short stories by NK Jemisin, each story well-crafted and attention-grabbing from the first sentence. Every story is unique, and each leaves you hungry for more from the world it is set in. This is the paradox of tolerance,Continue reading “How Long ’til Black Future Month?”
Babel-17
Date Read: June 27 Author: Samuel R. Delany Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 4/5 Linguist Rydra Wong is determined to solve the mysteries of Babel-17, an unknown language detected on the radio waves right before spaceships are attacked or sabotaged. The difference between success and failure could determine the outcome of an intergalactic war. When youContinue reading “Babel-17”
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