Auberon felt like a second-installation of the previous The Churn Novella which was also great. I think overall, this was my favorite of the novellas. It focuses on the early Laconian transition in Auberon and brings Eric in from The Churn. Really great story and it ties off several loose ends. I also really like… Continue reading Expanse 7.5 – Auberon
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Expanse 9 – Leviathan Falls
The final book in the Expanse series was everything I hoped it would be. This was a wild ride to an extremely satisfying and well written ending. If you’re a fan of sociological story telling or science fiction, then I can not recommend this series highly enough. Spoilers: Final Thoughts I really liked the way… Continue reading Expanse 9 – Leviathan Falls
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
CJ Trowbridge 2021-12-08 AIS 440 Jonny Appleseed This book follows several formative moments in the life of a person who would come to identify as two-spirit, indigenous, and with sex work. The central themes of the book is of coming to terms with the many ways he didn’t fit with the norms and expectations… Continue reading Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
The Broken Earth book series was recommended by a close friend. It is an amazing read. Afrofuturism in general is always amazingly insightful, and I find that’s especially true when it’s distant-future Afrofuturism. These books paint a picture of a post-apocalyptic world, but it’s a world that has passed so many apocalypses that the landscape… Continue reading The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin
Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (Thrawn 10)
This is the second book of the third Thrawn trilogy. I really liked it. It was a great next step. I see a lot of really interesting attempts at explaining the background that allowed him to accomplish his later feats which featured in earlier stories. It was cool to see the way that other characters… Continue reading Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good (Thrawn 10)
All Tomorrow’s Parties by William Gibson
This is the third book of The Bridge, a newer trilogy by Gibson which reintroduces many of his earlier ideas within the context of the new technologies that had come out since the Sprawl Trilogy. This book starts to tie everything together. I liked the way he portrayed Laney and I initially liked Konrad. It… Continue reading All Tomorrow’s Parties by William Gibson
Idoru by William Gibson
This is the second book of The Bridge, a newer trilogy by Gibson which reintroduces many of his earlier ideas within the context of the new technologies that had come out since the Sprawl Trilogy. One of my favorite pieces of this story is the concept of “nodal points,” “emergent systems of history,” “the shapes… Continue reading Idoru by William Gibson
Virtual Light by William Gibson
This is the first book of The Bridge, a newer trilogy by Gibson which reintroduces many of his earlier ideas within the context of the new technologies that had come out since the Sprawl Trilogy. In this first book, he ties together the ideas of existential and interstitial sociology and introduces a concept he calls… Continue reading Virtual Light by William Gibson
Ready Player Two by Earnest Klein
This book was really bad. It manages to somehow be worse than the first one. Honestly I wish I had never read either of them. It’s basically just exactly the same story as the first book but somehow also a rip-off of Neuromancer without any of the good parts. 0/10. Do not recommend.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
This was a great read. I read it for a class on Race, Gender, and Science Fiction as part of my degrees in Queer Ethnic Studies and Racial Resistance. Afro-futurism is a super interesting literary space with very different perspectives from mainstream science fiction. This story was also adapted into a graphic novel. I read… Continue reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler