[amazon_link id=”0765375869″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Lock In Author : John Scalzi Genre : Sci-fi Publisher : Tor Pages: 336 Publish Date : August 26, 2014 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Amazingly, I lover-of-all-that-is-hard-science-fiction hadn’t read John Scalzi before. I corrected that by reading “Lock In” who’s protagonist is a […]
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Book Review : Lock In by John Scalzi
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Book Review : Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton
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Posted in 2.5_star_rating, 2012, arc, books, crime, ebooks, imaginative, mystery, netgalley, new books, review, sci-fi, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”034552666X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Great North Road Author : Peter F. Hamilton Genre : Sci-fi, Mystery Publisher : Tor Pages : 1089 Source : Netgalley/ Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 Before I requested this book on NetGalley I did a quick net lookup on Peter Hamilton – I hadn’t read him before. […]
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[amazon_link id=”0765328410″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Bowl of Heaven Author : Gregory Benford and Larry Niven Genre : Science fiction Publisher : Tor Pages : 416 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 2.5/5 A human spaceship, the SunSeeker, on it’s journey to a planet called Glory, comes across a strange object – a large […]
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Posted in 2012, 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, fantasy, netgalley, new books, review, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765331802″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : In a Fix (Ciel Hannigan Series) Author : Linda Grimes Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Pages : 336 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Ciel Halligan is an “aura adaptor”, a person with the very special ability to morph into someone else. She uses this to […]
Read the rest of this entry »Book Review : Ironskin
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Posted in 2012, 3_star_rating, arc, books, fantasy, netgalley, new books, review, steampunk, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765330598″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Ironskin Author : Tina Connolly Genre : Fantasy Publisher : Tor Pages : 304 Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 3/5 Ironskin is of the Victorian-steampunk genre, so it is situated in a time where motor-cars and cameras do exist, but are referenced to as though they were […]
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Posted in 2012, 4_star_rating, arc, books, recommended, review, sci-fi, series, tor |
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[amazon_link id=”0765329042″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Earth Unawares Author : Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston Genre : Sci-fi Pages : 368 Publisher : Tor Source : Netgalley/Publisher ARC Rating : 4/5 Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow are two of my favorite sci-fi books. Although I haven’t been able to move further into the series […]
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Title : The Unincorporated manAuthor : Dani and Eytan KollinGenre : Science fictionPublisher : Tor BooksPages : 496Rating : 3/5 A futuristic society in which people are incorporated just like other assets, cars fly and walls are permeable. Sound intriguing? I thought so, which is why I picked up this book. And just like the […]
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