Pros: The world keeps evolving and changing Cons: A couple of small details Rating: 5 out of 5 The world is going to hell in a handbasket. Sirantha Jax and her friends destroyed the Farwan Corporation, which was hugely corrupt,…
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Review: “Killbox,” Ann Aguirre
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Review: “Doubleblind,” Ann Aguirre
Pros: Each installment in this series goes somewhere totally new Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Ann Aguirre’s Sirantha Jax series is certainly holding my interest! In book one we meet Sirantha Jax, disgraced jump navigator who’s been accused…
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Review: “Wanderlust,” Ann Aguirre
Pros: I just love this world-building! Cons: Gets a bit depressing Rating: 5 out of 5 In book one of Ann Aguirre’s Sirantha Jax series, Jax was labeled a terrorist, rescued by people who needed her help, and then (semi-accidentally,…
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Review: “Grimspace,” Ann Aguirre
Pros: Such fantastic characters Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 I’m finally reading Ann Aguirre’s Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, Book 1)! I’ve heard wonderful things about it, but just hadn’t gotten to it before now. Sirantha Jax has the rare…
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Short Take: “Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster,” Benjanun Sriduangkaew
Pros: Fantastic worldbuilding Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Benjanun Sriduangkaew’s novella Then Will the Sun Rise Alabaster takes place in the same world as her book And Shall Machines Surrender [review]. In this story, a woman named Panthida…
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Review: “Retribution,” Joshua James
Pros: Excellent follow-on to the Lucky’s Marines series! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Lucky’s back! The “Lucky’s Marines” series may have ended with book nine [review], but Lucky himself carries on in Joshua James’s Retribution: Lucky’s Mercs |…
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Short Take: “Randomize,” Andy Weir
Pros: Wonderful matching of wits Cons: Very “talky” Rating: 4 out of 5 Andy Weir’s short story (I’m not sure it’s even long enough to be termed a novella) Randomize (Forward collection) is about a futuristic casino heist. The first…
Review: “Lost Mission,” Joshua James, Daniel Young
Pros: The last quarter gets tense and interesting Cons: The pacing is all off; so-so characters Rating: 3 out of 5 I’m a big fan of Joshua James’s “Lucky’s Marines” books, so when I saw he had co-authored the novella…
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Short Take: “The Last Conversation,” Paul Tremblay
Pros: Absolutely riveting Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 In Paul Tremblay’s novella The Last Conversation (Forward collection), the unnamed protagonist wakes up in the dark. He hurts. He has no memory of who he might be. A voice…