I have a dark and shameful secret that I am going to unload on you all. I remember seeing The Expanse pop up in my suggestions on Netflix, and thinking “that sounds like the kind of show I would like.” It was (good job Netflix!). The cast was great, the story was engaging and the effects were cool. A few […]
In a not too distant future, Google has taken over the world. Hang on, Babel has taken over Google and taken over the world. Their secret (other than immense wealth)? A substance called Nyxia, found on an alien planet, which can be manipulated to do almost anything. Emmett Atwater, a poor kid from Detroit, is chosen to go to said […]
I received a free ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This in no way impacts my opinion. I seem to be on an apocalyptic – post or otherwise – bent recently with, The Book of Koli my last read and now Laura Lam’s Goldilocks. Both featured climate change as the major world-dooming feature, but while “Koli” […]
I received a free copy of the audiobook from the author in return for an honest review. This in no way impacts my opinions. In the future, humankind has reached the stars. A malfunctioning ship forced its occupants to land on a planet, where they’ve been stuck ever since, hoping to find the right materials to get back to their […]
I received a free copy from Netgalley in return for an honest review. My opinions have in now way been compromised. Sally Janes is the titular last astronaut. Having led a failed attempt to land on Mars, she has lived with the shame ever since. But when her old boss, Roy McAllister, offers an olive branch to lead a crew […]
John Wyndham writes terrific sci-fi, usually based in the future, but the characters and ideals are set very much in the Britain he grew up in. This set contains two such tales. The Chrysalids is set in a post-apocalyptic (well, post-Rapture) English town where anyone who deviates from the norm is considered to be different and therefore evil – like […]
