Sax Russel stopped reading Beyond the Aquila Rift: The Best of Alastair Reynolds by Alastair Reynolds
The very best of Alastair Reynolds’ more than sixty published short stories are gathered in …
Just Read the titular story tbh.
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Sax Russel started reading The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings, book one …
Starting this via audio book to see if I csn vibe with That while driving/cleaning/crafting.
Sax Russel rated Ink Blood Sister Scribe: 5 stars
Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törzs
Joanna Kalotay lives alone in the woods of Vermont, the sole protector of a collection of rare books; books that …
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History …
Amazing
5 stars
A truly amazing book. The voice is powerful, the vibe immaculate. I hate to compare a wonderful work of fantasy to Harry Potter, but it scratches an itch to have a British magical school story that is so well written. Also of note is the way she writes the main characters friendships, it is the most wholesome display of platonic devotion I've ever read. Between that and her descriptions of life on campus I feel like I lived the life of an academic, and experienced things second hand that I've never gotten the chance to before.
A truly amazing book. The voice is powerful, the vibe immaculate. I hate to compare a wonderful work of fantasy to Harry Potter, but it scratches an itch to have a British magical school story that is so well written. Also of note is the way she writes the main characters friendships, it is the most wholesome display of platonic devotion I've ever read. Between that and her descriptions of life on campus I feel like I lived the life of an academic, and experienced things second hand that I've never gotten the chance to before.
Sax Russel reviewed Wizard of the Pigeons by Robin Hobb
A compelling start to urban fantasy
4 stars
A very interesting read, as a precursor to the urban fantasy genre, an adventure where you don't quite know what magic is real, what rules it follows, even as you are told directly and not exactly what it is. A wonderful romp through the magical land of Seattle.
A very interesting read, as a precursor to the urban fantasy genre, an adventure where you don't quite know what magic is real, what rules it follows, even as you are told directly and not exactly what it is. A wonderful romp through the magical land of Seattle.
Sax Russel finished reading Wizard of the Pigeons by Robin Hobb
A very interesting read, as a precursor to the urban fantasy genre, an adventure where you don't quite know what magic is real, what rules it follows, even as you are told directly and not exactly what it is.
A very interesting read, as a precursor to the urban fantasy genre, an adventure where you don't quite know what magic is real, what rules it follows, even as you are told directly and not exactly what it is.
Sax Russel reviewed The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records …
Religious trauma Queer fights the Corporatocracy.
5 stars
Content warning Spoilers for whole book
An amazing novella by Le Guin, and queer rep to boot. A lesbian with religious trauma learns to love and cherish a "religion" or at least a way of seeing and experiencing the world.
Sax Russel rated The Telling: 5 stars
The Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been …
Sax Russel finished reading Heaven's Reach by David Brin (The Uplift Saga, #6)
Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards, David Brin brings his bestselling Uplift series to …
A wonderful end to the series
Sax Russel rated House of Many Ways: 4 stars
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
The sequel to Howl's Moving CastleWhen Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle's house, she thought she was getting …
Sax Russel reviewed The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #2)
"The second, thrilling novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. …
Electric
5 stars
I read this in two days, It is fun, funny, fast paced, and intriguing. I absolutely must read the next book right away. My only complaint is that every POV character seems to be a smarmy snark machine, and every side character playing the straight man, it gets hard to tell people apart. So the only complaint is everyone is too funny, not the worst complaint to have. Can and do recommend.
Sax Russel rated The Consuming Fire: 5 stars
The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #2)
"The second, thrilling novel in the bestselling Interdependency series, from Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi. The Interdependency, humanity's interstellar empire, …
Sax Russel rated Brightness reef: 4 stars
Brightness reef by David Brin (Bantam spectra book)
David Brin's Uplift novels--Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising--are among the most …
Sax Russel rated The Collapsing Empire: 5 stars
The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling …
Sax Russel rated The lathe of heaven: 5 stars
The lathe of heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award for this story) George Orr …