Tag: science fiction recommendations
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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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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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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…
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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…