Friday Five: Optimistic Science Fiction

Friday Five: Optimistic Science Fiction

This is not necessarily optimistic science fiction in the sense that they present views of rosy utopian futures where everyone is safe and happy. Indeed, there were a couple of far more utopian novels that I crossed of my working list for various reasons. Nope, this...

Checking in

Hello, all! It has been far too long since I have posted or updated here. Between eclipse madness, back to school whatever, and a wicked oral surgery (41 is too old to get your wisdom teeth out, people. Get them out when you’re young.) — it’s been...
To-Read Tuesday, July 18

To-Read Tuesday, July 18

I am entertained by the mix in the stack. The top two in the stack are the partial result of my last trip to my favorite bookstore in the world, The Book Gallery. I am sure that 80-90% of the Lem in my book collection has come from that store. The bottom two were...

More Hard Biology Science Fiction

So, like I mentioned in my previous post, I did a fair bit of searching around looking for hard science fiction books that focused on biology, and it was a bit of a slog. But I’ve come up with a short list to add to my (and your?) to-read list: The Color of...
To-Read Tuesday, June 27

To-Read Tuesday, June 27

I was gathering together my stack today, and as I was looking for a fourth book, I realized the first three had a theme of bad-ass women, and decided to stop there. I have been longing to tear into the second installment of Bitch Planet since it dropped, but I am in...
To-Read Tuesday, May 23

To-Read Tuesday, May 23

Okay, I couldn’t go with my usual stack of books photo this time because it felt like an actual tragedy to not share the covers with you. For instance, the cover is 90% of the reason why I bought The Last Machine in the Solar System, even though I really...
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