i'm starting to think this book isn't about nigerians in space
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hexarchate started reading Nigerians in Space by Deji Bryce Olukotun
hexarchate finished reading Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds (Poseidon's Children, #1)
Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds (Poseidon's Children, #1)
BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand …
hexarchate started reading Blue Remembered Earth by Alastair Reynolds (Poseidon's Children, #1)
BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family …
for some reason i thought this book was a lot older than it actually is. i guess 'maestro of british sf' made it seem that way
hexarchate finished reading Bears discover fire and other stories by Terry Bisson
Bears discover fire and other stories by Terry Bisson
From the gentle fantasies that include the wry title story—winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards—to ecological allegories; a …
hexarchate finished reading The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an …
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i'm baffled by the (admittedly small amount of) people who said they preferred the initial concept of the book before the plot twist. really? you thought aw damn, i'm sad this isn't some ableist schlock depicting a mentally disabled man as a kidnapper and murderer for no reason? to me - not knowing the twist - it was ABUNDANTLY clear that ted as he was written did not seem remotely like the kind of person who would hurt or kill people. i did assume the author was making him a serial killer anyway because what else is new in ableist media
but ted isn't a cute little girl so ew gross no compassion for the abused child in this scenario i guess.
also i'm probably being too mean but if you didn't understand the author's note or whether he killed those women he tried to go on dates with (he obviously didn't the book made it abundantly clear what happened) you may in fact be a bit dense
hexarchate started reading The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the end …
hexarchate finished reading Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
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hexarchate started reading Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
i'm surprised none of the pov characters have a teen and a young child - or just a teen with a younger sibling pov. i feel like that's an obvious dynamic to explore
also interesting that joan and doug are both pov characters, but nadine hasn't gotten her own pov (yet at least)
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also i get people being annoyed that nothing was ever explained but i like it better that way and i'm not interested in reading the sequels. i enjoyed the inexplicable crab.
hexarchate finished reading Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke
Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke first …
it was pretty good! i saw a reviewer mention the misogyny but honestly compared to philip k dick it hardly even registered. but what was with that captain cook apologia. i guess the comparison to earthly colonization is inevitable in sci-fi but between this and the sparrow i'm getting annoyed with the historical revisionism
hexarchate stopped reading A Long Way from Douala
ehh not feeling the prose
hexarchate finished reading Dragon's egg by Robert L. Forward
In a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent …
pretty cute! i liked the concept. pretty funny that nobody at any point questions the ethics of just infodumping the entirety of human knowledge on a sentient alien species very early on in their society. prime directive??? never heard of it