Science Fiction – Meditations

March 20, 2021

Review: A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine

Rating: 5 out of 5 What’s to say except that I really liked this? Ms Martine incorporates charming characters—both Eight Antidote and Nine Hibiscus…

January 24, 2021

Rating: 2 out of 5 I’m a fan of Mr Currie’s Odyssey universe. Yet, it looks as if with every new instalment the story…

November 26, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 Perfect ending to this trilogy though perhaps difficult to describe without giving too much away. Suffice to say that…

November 22, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 I enjoyed this! The action continues with Grayland more certain than previously that the end for the Interdependency is…

November 20, 2020

Rating: 5 out of 5 Mr Scalzi was first recommended to me a number of years ago—having now finished the Interdependency books, it’s to…

September 24, 2020

Rating: 3 out of 5 I have two distinctly different opinions about this work: I found the first two fifths of it dull; it…

May 28, 2020

Rating: 4 out of 5 I enjoyed this, but this was also a rather abrupt story. I was hoping for more from the author…

January 30, 2020

Rating: 1 + 1 / 5 It is only my fond memories of reading this nigh 15 years ago that grant it the second…

January 21, 2020

Rating: 4 out of 5 I was able to finish this quite a bit quicker than the average period between two instalments in a…

January 19, 2020

Rating: 4 out of 5 I was delighted when I noticed that Mr Currie had started with another series in the Odyssey universe. Of…