Tak! a commenté Dirt Town par Hayley Scrivenor
When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in …
You'll never convince me that "Scrivenor" isn't a pseudonym
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Tak! a publié une critique de The Water Outlaws par S. L. Huang
In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own.
Lin Chong is …
The Water Outlaws
4 étoiles
Avertissement sur le contenu I don't have anything interesting to say without spoilers
This could have been titled The Radicalization of Lin Chong.
One thing that was striking to me was how almost all of the actors self-identified as working for the good of The Empire, but for some of them that meant the people in the Empire, and for others that meant this idealized abstract structure.
I appreciate that Lin's superhuman abilities were created/"unlocked" by a random experience she had, rather than heredity/Chosen One/etc.
Tak! a publié une critique de Crossing the Line par Karen Traviss (The Wess'har Wars, #2)
Shan Frankland forever abandoned the world she knew to come to the rescue of a …
Crossing the Line
4 étoiles
It kept very much to the themes of the original: genocide, greed, betrayal, and the sheer amount of damage a few bad-faith actors can do in a system not designed to account for them
Finished just in time for #SFFBookClub sequels month 😅
Tak! a commenté Siren Queen par Nghi Vo
It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic. "No maids, no …
#SFFBookClub pick for April 2024
Tak! a commenté Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon par Wole Talabi
Shigidi is a disgruntled and demotivated nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company, reluctantly answering …
The only novel from the Nebula finalists that wasn't already on my list
Tak! a publié une critique de City of Pearl par Karen Traviss (The Wess'har Wars, #1)
Three separate alien societies have claims on Cavanagh's Star. But the new arrivals -- the …
City of Pearl
3 étoiles
Overall good scifi and world building, with what I consider appropriate cynicism/realism around human behavior in first contact scenarios
Tak! a commenté Maths: 100 Ideas in 100 Words par Katie Steckles
One of the first titles in a cutting-edge new series created in partnership with The …
Also in exciting today news: my new book is out! Coauthored with @SparksMaths@mathstodon.xyz and @sam_hartburn@mathstodon.xyz, it's called "Maths: 100 Ideas in 100 Words", and what we learned from writing it is that a) there are more than 100 ideas in maths and b) 100 is not enough words to write about them, but we did our best:
Tak! a publié une critique de Babel : Or the Necessity of Violence par R. F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret …
Babel
5 étoiles
Avertissement sur le contenu I don't think I can review this without some vague spoilers
Babel is a story of colonialism, racism, sexism, whiteness, Englishness, loss, betrayal, and despair. It's basically a modern parable grittily illustrating the causes and consequences of colonialism.
I love the translation magic mechanism, and I found the embedded etymology tidbits super interesting.
I also appreciate that the author had the courage to allow Bad Things to happen to major characters - not in a GRRM torture porn kind of way, but just as a kind of natural consequence of the world and the characters' interactions.
Tak! a commenté At the Feet of the Sun par Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2)
Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, …
The fediverse has broken me to the extent that I read Au'aua as awawa
Tak! a commenté At the Feet of the Sun par Victoria Goddard (Lays of the Hearth-Fire, #2)
Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, …
imbrangled
Tak! a commenté The Hands of the Emperor par Victoria Goddard
An impulsive word can start a war. A timely word can stop one. A simple …
Avertissement sur le contenu ending spoiler
The best possible ending to this would have been for the emperor to get hit by a bus (or the in-universe equivalent) immediately upon walking out the door
Tak! a commenté The Beautiful Decay par Veo Corva (Tombtown, #2)
Something strange is happening in sleepy subterranean Tombtown. Necromancers are disappearing. The crypt is changing. …
Hi lovely folk,
I am surprised and delighted to say that my novel The Beautiful Decay is up for various awards at the Queer Indie Awards!
If you enjoyed it, it would mean a lot if you'd vote for it. 💙
Discoverability is incredibly difficult as a self-published author and awards can be a big help.
Voting closes 26th Jan!
Tak! a publié une critique de How High We Go in the Dark par Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
How High We Go in the Dark
4 étoiles
A series of bleak, gritty glimpses of what's in store for us over the next few decades.
The tone is lightened a bit here and there with injections of optimism, but I think it works against itself a little when the optimism feels unwarranted.
The way that the characters from the different stories are linked reminds me a bit of Cloud Atlas (although I only saw the movie (sorry)).
Tak! veut lire City of Pearl par Karen Traviss (The Wess'har Wars, #1)
Three separate alien societies have claims on Cavanagh's Star. But the new arrivals -- the …
I saw this series favorably compared to Dune, so
Tak! a commenté How High We Go in the Dark par Sequoia Nagamatsu
Beginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work …
Wow, the second story is bleak. Do not recommend for people with children in their lives.