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msub2@books.theunseen.city

Joined 2 years, 8 months ago

Head Librarian at The Library of the Uncommons, as well as all-around tech enthusiast and enjoyer of science fiction.

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reviewed The Salvagers by John Michael Godier (The Salvagers #1)

John Michael Godier: The Salvagers (2013, Smashwords Edition) 4 stars

Set four centuries in the future, salvager Captain Camden D. Hunter and his crew find …

An enjoyable sci-fi piece from an excellent Youtuber

4 stars

I feel like reading The Salvagers was a nice way to get back into the hang of reading; I've been a fan of JMG for some time now and knew that his books would give me some nice hard sci-fi goodness. At times I felt like the dialogue was a bit stiff, but the plot more than makes up for it. All in all, pretty enjoyable, I could certainly recommend.

finished reading Rescue at Io by John Michael Godier (The Salvagers #0)

John Michael Godier: Rescue at Io (2013, Smashwords Edition) 4 stars

Lt. Lazarus Grenville and Lt. Daniel Thompson attempt to rescue the survivors of a downed …

The first thing I've sat down and read from beginning to end in quite some time! I've always enjoyed JMG's astronomy and extraterrestrial-related YouTube content and figured this would be a nice way to start getting back into reading. It's a short story meant to set up the following book in the series, so not a whole lot to chew on, but I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.