★★★★☆ | Science Fiction | Digital | Own | StoryGraph | GoodreadsÂ
A short 1950s SciFi novel about a virus that kills grasses. Starvation and violence breaks out. Governments fall. Civilization crumbles.
…★★★★★ | Science Fiction | Print | Own | StoryGraph | GoodreadsÂ
Rereading one of the first books I was enthralled with as an adult is a trip. I remembered parts of it vividly, but there were huge gaps.
Herbert must have used the Pacific Northwest as his guide for Caladan, but when did he visit the desert? I could not help but compare Vashon and Arizona as Caladan and Arrakis.
Dune is a classic Hero’s Journey, which must have still seemed fresh in 1965. So many parts of this book are still relevant.
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A breezy space opera with interesting science (space flow systems that enable long distance FLT travel) and fun characters. Lady Kiva is the space version of Beth from Yellowstone. First of a series and I will probably read them all.
★★★★☆ | Science Fiction | Print | Own | StoryGraph | Goodreads
This book won the Hugo award in 2020. Slow moving at first with a lot of world building jargon to pause over. The plot picked up in the middle and became almost a page turner by the end.
I liked the eerie description of the Sunlit, a human/AI police force (we never really find out what they are).Â
Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe; it gives life back to those who no longer exist.
★★★☆☆ | Science Fiction | Print | Own | StoryGraph | Goodreads
A comfort read with some interesting themes:
I respect the neutral gender treatment in the novel, but it kept throwing me off during my reading.
…★★★★☆ | Science Fiction | Digital | Own | StoryGraph | Goodreads
I enjoyed the writing of this story more than I expected to. I guess I have a weakness for time travel and Universe as Simulation books.
A key theme of the book was the powerful but morally corrupt Time Institute — a secret government agency that developed and used time travel technology to preserve itself without regard for the moral good it could do. The main protagonist joins the agency and uses time travel to safe a life which gets him in huge trouble.
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