Bring me all the speculative fiction. Whose stories have I been missing out on?
Rating system calibration:
1 star - not worth reading 2 stars - worth reading, but has major problems 3 stars - satisfying read, may have minor problems. Most books live here. 4 stars - inspiring read, overshadows any issues 5 stars - life-changing read
Reading log for @infryq@social.wub.site, @infryq@sunny.garden
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In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his tiny flat to find a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. But he has …
From the author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, a queer sci-fi novel about an Earth refugee and a Mars …
I so wanted this to be a Dresden-like but the narrator is too much of a stuffed shirt, somehow has no self awareness despite constantly talking about himself, and seems to share his misogynistic worldview with the author. There’s too much of that already in the real world, thanks
"World War Z meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants ("One of the most promising series kickoffs …
"World War Z meets The Martian in the explosive follow-up to Sleeping Giants ("One of …
Oh hello conlang
Insecure college senior Orion loves music, books, and his best friend Niko. When the two of them find a secret …
Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job …
A lovely mutual-pining gay romance set in the late 50s. Solid usual prose from this author, extra cookie for being well researched. Medium spicy. Bi representation ftw
"26 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up …
This one has straight up torture in it, tw tw tw
"17 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up …
This was indeed a grimdark version of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. It pairs well with Three Body Problem (either the books or the Netflix series) and rhymes a bit with Foundation and Pacific Rim (the 2013 movie).
Execution is an interesting take on the epistolary; the book is entirely made up of interview notes and other transcripts with no real other narrative text. It works great in a full-cast audio recording but I have no idea if it would be easier or harder in a visual text medium.
Content notes: People die, sometimes violently, and it’s pretty horrible. Some light body horror. Also the main instigator is a manipulative sociopath, and a lot of people have a Bad Time because of it. A nicely crafted Bad Time! but a Bad Time regardless.
"17 years ago: A girl in South Dakota falls through the earth, then wakes up …
Can’t yet tell if this is truly good for fans of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing or if there’s too much fascism in it for that
Same general Event, though
