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THE CHRYSALIDS by John Wyndham

This short novel delves into another made up society in a post-apocalyptic world. Wyndham deftly blends new…

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TIMESCAPE by Gregory Benford

Another month goes by and another Sci-fi Masterwork gets read. This one seemed intimidating at first glance….

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Shapers of Worlds Volume V – a review

I was given a free copy of this anthology by contributor P.L. Stuart and asked to review…

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Promise WP Trilogy Book 3 By Bharat Krishnan

Promise by Bharat Krishnan

Promise concludes Bharat Krishnan’s WP Trilogy. All three books came out in rapid succession at the end…

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Iron Truth by SA Tholin The Primaterre - Book One

Iron Truth by SA Tholin

“… life on Mars hadn’t been all roses and rainbows. She seemed to remember worrying over piles…

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Quenched in Blood by Sean Crow

At first glance, Sean Crow’s 2021 cyberpunk fantasy novel Quenched in Blood is a flashy, violent affair….

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Time's Ellipse by Frasier Armitage

Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage

The science fiction novel Time’s Ellipse by Frasier Armitage was released in 2023 and he’s one of…

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Residuum A Darkening Dawn Novella by BD Rook

Residuum by DB Rook

“… as for the idea of putting our tails between our legs and running,” he took a…

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Residuum by DB Rook- a review

*I received a free ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review* I didn’t really…

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All Systems Red by Martha Wells The Murderbot Diaries

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

The Murderbot Diaries #1 “Murderbot + actual human = awkwardness” When I say I like sci-fi The…

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Special Delivery by Rex Burke – a review

Special Delivery is something of a departure from the usual quirky, feel-good sci-fi comedies I have come…

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Yestermorrow by Frasier Armitage- a review

If you could change the past, would you? What would you change? And when would enough be…

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Impossible Fruit - A Collection of Speculative Stories by Gary J Mack The cover features a green apple hanging suspended in outer space with a slice taken out, to reveal the flesh of an orange within.

Impossible Fruit by Gary J Mack

Impossible Fruit is a selection of sci-fi and fantasy short stories, which were written by multi-genre author…

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Power by Bharat Krishnan, book #2 in the WP Trilogy

Power by Bharat Krishnan

Power is the second book in Bharat Krishnan’s unapologetically political WP Trilogy, following on from the wonderful…

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Cover of Birthday Treat by Anthony Self

Birthday Treat by Anthony Self- a review

I kinda came into this book with little to no prior knowledge. Seriously, I was aware of…

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EMPHYRIO by Jack Vance

There is nothing quite like getting immersed into another world, taking in the sights and sounds of…

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THE VANISHED BIRDS by Simon Jimenez

Last year, Jimenez’s second book, The Spear Cuts Through Water, was my book of the year. It…

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PARABLE OF THE TALENTS by Octavia E. Butler

In a projected near future novel, an author always takes a risk that they may live to…

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FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keyes

This introspective science fiction master piece was first published back in the early sixties. What makes this…

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THE DISPOSSESSED by Ursula K. LeGuin

Are you ready for an out of body experience in a dark spooky sci-fi setting where consciousness…

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THE WINDUP GIRL by Paolo Bacigalupi

Imagine a future that creates a working elephant from the lost DNA of a mammoth and improves…

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BOOK REVIEW: 1984 by George Orwell

Join me if you will, in my regimen of Double Speak. Embrace my hate for this pamphlet…

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Book review: The Devil Delivered by Steven Erikson

In The Devil Delivered, Erikson is the devil who delivers us a tale of a grim near…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 127: July Reading Wrap-Up

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Friday Conversation | Ep 126: Dennis E. Taylor – Navigating the Bobiverse

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Valhalla Steel by Sean Crow

Released in 2020, Valhalla Steel is an illustrated novella bursting with ideas and invention written by Sean…

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The novel Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks, which features the black silhouette of a battleship. In front of the ship is a white chain and a black revolver lies on the floor in front of the chair. The book is pictured on a shelf, next to Iain M Banks other sci-fi novels.

Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks

This book is a reread for me, some 20 years after last picking it up. I’m delighted…

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Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Usually when I watch the live adaptation I’ll avoid reading the books because it ruins the reading…

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The novel Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie. A small red spacecraft flies over the surface of a much larger green spaceship.

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

“Anger was an old companion of mine by now.” Ancillary Sword is the sequel to the all-conquering…

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Escape Reality by Kayla Frost

Escape Reality is a science fiction novel written by Kayla Frost and was published in November of…

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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Two small spacecraft, one red and the other white, fly low over a much larger spaceship.

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

After its release in 2013 Ancillary Justice swept away all the competition, winning just about every sci-fi…

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The Dex Legacy Season One Collected Scripts & Commentary by Emily Inkpen. A black book cover, with a blue, fragmented DNA helix overlayed across a faint grey planetary orb, with indigo, purple, red, green, yellow and blue stripes of differing lengths falling from the northern pole.

The Dex Legacy Season One Collected Scripts & Commentary by Emily Inkpen

Before I can properly review this book, I need to explain what The Dex Legacy is. Emily…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 98: Cheers to Fantasy Taverns, Literature and Comic Books w/ Chris Mohan, Carl D. Albert, Varsha & Jarrod

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Daughter of Eden, the third novel in the Dark Eden series by Chris Beckett. Snow-capped mountains tower over a still lake, below a dark sky.

Daughter of Eden by Chris Beckett

Daughter of Eden is the third and final book in the Dark Eden Trilogy. In this review…

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Mother of Eden, the second book in the Dark Eden Trilogy by Chris Beckett. Showing mountains under a dark sky, illuminated by a mysterious green glowing light, viewed across a still lake.

Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett

This is the second of three weekly posts, where I rave about the genius of Chris Beckett…

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The novel Dark Eden by Chris Beckett, showing snowy mountains in the distance below a star-filled sky. Fireflies float in the foreground, rising up from a dark forest of bare trees.

Dark Eden by Chris Beckett

The Dark Eden Trilogy is undoubtably one of my favourite sci-fi series of all time. Over the…

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The novel The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers. The cover features a small, silhouette of a woman, looking up at the vast night sky and the milky way.

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Becky Chambers’ sci-fi story defies easy classification. The tale of the spaceship Wayfarer and her crew takes…

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Privilege by Bharat Krishnan, showing a man falling from a US tower block

Privilege by Bharat Krishnan

The sci-fi/fantasy thriller Privilege by Bharat Krishnan was a title I noticed during the 2021 Self Published…

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Stars and Bones by Gareth L Powell, showing a space ship powering away from a yellow star

Stars and Bones by Gareth L Powell

Entertaining Sci-Fi Stars and Bones by Gareth L Powell is a novel comfortable making obvious nods to…

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Rosewater by Tade Thompson

Published in 2016 in the US and 2018 in the UK, Rosewater is Tade Thompson’s second novel…

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