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N.K. Jemisin – The Stone Sky (2017) Review

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Genre: fantasy, science-fantasy, post-apocalypse Series: The Broken Earth, part 3 Pages: 416 The final book of the Broken Earth trilogy. The story continues right where The Obelisk Gate left it. Essun is still with Ykka and the Castrima comm, but … Continue reading →

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Dave Hutchinson – Europe at Midnight (2015) Review

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

Genre: science fiction Pages: 303 My rating: 8.5/10 Much like its predecessor, Europe at Midnight is a fragmented novel. Dave Hutchinson’s remarkable science fiction series is about the fragmentation and fragile unity of the continent Europe. Our own version of … Continue reading →

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Brandon Sanderson – The Way of Kings (2010) Review

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

Genre: Epic Fantasy Series: The Stormlight Achive 1 Pages: 1252 (paperback) Just look at this book! The paperback is so fat that the author’s name and the title are written horizontally on the spine! I’m feeling quite some trepidation, since … Continue reading →

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Alastair Reynolds – Chasm City (2001) Review

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

8/10 In the early 00s, Alastair Reynolds must have been scribbling furiously, gripped in the fever of imagination. Within a few years, he cranked out a couple of 700+ page tomes that formed the Revelation Space series, establishing him as … Continue reading →

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Dave Hutchinson – Europe in Autumn (2014) Review

Posted on June 7, 2017 by

Genre: science fiction Similar novels: China Mieville’s The City and The City My Rating: 9/10 I am going out on a limb and say that Dave Hutchinson loves Europe. He loves all those small Eastern European countries and all the … Continue reading →

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Terry Pratchett – The Wee Free Men (2003) Review

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

8/10 It is not necessary to know where exactly this book is situated inside the Discworld series. It is enough to know that this is a Terry Pratchett novel featuring a new character, and that in itself should push you … Continue reading →

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Dave Eggers – The Circle (2013) Review

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

Genre: dystopia Pages: 491 My rating: 7.5/10 I am always a bit suspicious of immensely popular books in which a mainstream author dips his or her toes into science fiction. These novels are invariably lauded as innovative and “important” by … Continue reading →

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