Pros: A beautiful look at what the future could be! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 N.K. Jemisin’s novella Emergency Skin (Forward collection) is told by a “consensus intelligence” implanted in the mind of a soldier. We get to…
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Short Take: “Emergency Skin,” N.K. Jemisin
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: Forward Collection, N.K. Jemisin, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF, utopia
Review: “Dark Hollow,” Brian Keene
Pros: Good horror material Cons: Everything about how the female characters are handled. Rating: 2 out of 5 I picked up Brian Keene’s novel Dark Hollow thanks to Book Twitter, and this may be the second time they’ve let me…
Short Take: “Summer Frost,” Blake Crouch
Pros: Thought-provoking and intense Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Blake Crouch’s novella Summer Frost (Forward collection) introduces us to Riley, the VP of Non-Player Character Development at a game studio that creates Direct Neural Interface games. One day,…
Review: “Lucky at Last,” Joshua James
Pros: My favorite book of the series-so-far! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Joshua James’s short novel Lucky At Last: Lucky’s Marines | Book Nine is the climax of the story arc. Emperor April appears to have gone off…
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Short Take: “Ark,” Veronica Roth
Pros: Elegant and beautiful Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Veronica Roth’s short novella Ark (Forward collection) is not about an apocalypse created by man. Instead, an asteroid is on course to hit the Earth. There are years in…
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Review: “Ruination,” Ike Hamill
Pros: Intriguing blend of trauma and mysticism Cons: Slow sometimes Rating: 4 out of 5 Ike Hamill’s Ruination introduces us to a music journalist who’s looking into an old band called the Brothers Ruination. He finds some intriguing hints as…
Review: “The Twisted Ones,” T. Kingfisher
Pros: It took me an hour to come down off of the adrenaline high! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s The Twisted Ones blends rural folktale with horror and a found-manuscript aspect. It’s written by Melissa, called…
Short Take: “Ghost Revolution,” Michael Anderle, Michael Todd
Pros: Still an intriguing world and characters Cons: Anti-climactic and lacks resolution Rating: 3 out of 5 Michael Todd and Michael Anderle’s novella Ghost Revolution (Soldiers of Fame and Fortune Book 12) is the final volume (book twelve) in the…
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Short Take: “Ghost Redemption,” Michael Todd, Michael Anderle
Pros: Engrossing installment Cons: Little progression of the original arc-plot Rating: 4 out of 5 Michael Todd and Michael Anderle’s novella Ghost Redemption: Soldiers of Fame and Fortune, Book 11 is book eleven in the series Soldiers of Fame and…
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