Tag: science fiction book series
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Angsty Murderbot is Back in Martha Wells’ Platform Decay
I love this series, I love Murderbot, and I am in absolute fits and giggles with Platform Decay for some reason. Perhaps it is the active giddiness of being up to date with this series and the excitement of reading a new novel upon its release. Maybe it is simply because this series is so…
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Danger Looms in The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Earthsea Cycle continues with The Farthest Shore, the third instalment in the phenomenal fantasy series by Ursula K. Le Guin. I am writing this before starting, deciding to shake it up a bit and do a bit of an anticipatory look at the next novel. With such a premise as this, I have so…
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Olivie Blake’s The Atlas Six Finally Makes an Appearance
I finally read The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake which has been a dark academia staple and book recommendation for years now. It feels like everyone and their dog has read this on bookish social media, which is certainly true among the accounts I follow who read DA, so it was about time I picked…
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Existential Questions and Cosy Interactions in Becky Chambers’ A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Following A Psalm for the Wild-Built, I knew I had to pick up the second book in Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot duology, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy. How could I not when the vibes are so cosy with just the right dose of ecological essence to root this story world in a setting of…
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My Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries Series Review
Buckle up everyone because this is going to be a rollercoaster of emotions, excitement, and eagerness to get you to pick up the Murderbot Diaries by Martha wells. I don’t think I have been so keen to do a series review in a while, and you can bet I will be going ahead with the…
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System Collapse by Martha Wells – Murderbot’s Dramatic Finale
Did I expect for System Collapse to be excellent, hilarious, and deeply touching? Yes. Is it? Yes – by my standards, at least. System Collapse, the seventh and final instalment in the beloved Murderbot Diaries, a series written by Martha Wells that I absolutely adore and cannot believe I didn’t start earlier. So how does…
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Murderbot is as Sarcastic and Moody as Ever in Martha Wells’ Fugitive Telemetry
Murderbot is back and as sassy and witty as ever in Martha Wells’ fifth Murderbot Diaries novella Fugitive Telemetry. While the exact reading order is debated regarding whether or not Network Effect should be read first or if, in fact, Fugitive Telemetry should be chronologically ahead, this novel is undoubtedly as entertaining, dramatic, and space…
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A Whole Space Opera In Martha Wells’ Network Effect
After a few months away from Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries, I have returned to tackle the full-length novel Network Effect, fifth in The Murderbot Diaries and the only full-length novel in the series. The good vibes and wild shenanigans of Murderbot and its clients, crew, and friends still prove to be hilarious, intense, and…
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Familiar Faces for Murderbot in Martha Wells’ Exit Strategy
I’ve been waiting since All Systems Red, patiently reading Artificial Condition and Rogue Protocol, and we have arrived. Finally, we have the Murderbot novel that brings us back to the beginning with our friends from the Preservation. Exit Strategy is one great big hostage situation, and it is a world of fun reading it. I…