Science Fiction – Meditations

June 7, 2025

Review: Shadowfane, Janny Wurts

Rating: 5 out of 5 The story’s ending, in typical Ms Wurts’ way, is not what I thought it would be.. is it the…

June 4, 2025

Rating: 4 out of 5 Though in some cases, Ms Wurts’ understanding of will is one that’s too liberal for me—though Arithon’s journey was…

May 25, 2025

Rating: 5 out of 5 I’ve been a fan of Janny Wurts for a long time now, but it was with some trepidation I…

April 7, 2025

Rating: 5 out of 5 The latest book in the Lost Fleet built on the theme of the aliens, a welcome change from the…

April 3, 2025

Rating: 4 out of 5 I’ve been distanced from the Lost Fleet world for a while so it took me a moment to come…

December 29, 2024

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 I wasn’t blown away by the final instalment in this series, finding the story and the solution both to…

November 27, 2024

Rating: 5 out of 5 I was slightly taken aback by the change in tone in this book. The first had brought me into…

October 7, 2024

Rating: 4 out of 5 I was put off by the beginning—the opening chapters were non sequitur, at least if you don’t know what’s…

April 1, 2024

Rating: 3 out of 5 In many ways this reminded me of the archaeological novella on Amnthra—supposedly part of the same series, the reader…

March 25, 2024

Rating: 5 out of 5 I really enjoyed this instalment of the Diving series. Some of the other offshoots have been hit-or-miss for me,…