Tag: science fiction book
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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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Dystopian Literary Fiction in I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
With its recent reprinting and regained hype on bookish social media, I decided to give Jacqueline Harpman’s I Who Have Never Known Men a read. With its dystopian sci-fi setting, raw detail, and startling exploration of the unknown, it is certainly something different, and will have you thinking about its content long after finishing. A…
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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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Let’s Talk About Ray Bradbury’s Dystopian Classic Fahrenheit 451
Did you really think I wouldn’t pick up the classic book about books and media literacy? How could I pass up Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 when the opportunity to read scholarly classic academic literature arose? It it true I hadn’t read Fahrenheit 451 before now, and I have more than a few things to say…
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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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Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word of World is Forest is Still Relevant Today
I came across The Word for World is Forest by Usula K. Le Guin as a short book recommendation on Bookstagram, with the novel clocking in at 190 pages or so. The little premise given mentioned “Avatar, but good” which gave me a laugh, and followed up with noting the themes of colonialism and conflict…