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Title: AlCent Sagas (Book 2)Author: James CrawfordGenre: Hard Sci-fiBook Length: 233 Pages (print)Format Read: eBookYear Published: April 21, 2024 Date Started: June 7, 2024Date finished: June 10, 2024 In this story, Lt. James Van Wert and his crew are traveling between planets and scanning the area for a mysterious ship that should have been where... Continue Reading →
Title: Sea of RustAuthor: C. Robert CargillGenre: Sci-fi; DystopianBook Length: 274 Pages (print)Format Read: eBookYear Published: September 5, 2017 Date Started: May 18, 2024Date finished: June 3, 2024 This story follows Brittle, a robot wandering the earth who encounters other AIs. Together they discover the demise of humans and learn how robots share parts to... Continue Reading →
Title: Sex, Drugs, & Superheroes III: Wrath of Comic-ConAuthor: David ReddishGenre: Sci-fi; LGBTQ+Book Length: 217 Pages (Hardcover)Book Version Read: HardcoverYear Published: March 6, 2024 Date Started: April 15, 2024Date finished: April 29, 2024 This is the third book in the Sex, Drugs, and & Superheroes trilogy. I didn’t read the first two books but was... Continue Reading →
Title: Rogue Star: Frozen EarthAuthor: Jasper T. ScottGenre: Sci-fi; ApocalypticBook Length: 548 pages (print)Book Version Read: eBookYear Published: July 26, 2018 Date Started: April 4, 2024Date finished: April 9, 2024 There’s a lot going on in this book. First, we get a glimpse into the main character, Logan Willis. He learns about his wife’s affair... Continue Reading →
Title: Dawn (The Xenogenesis Trilogy; Book 1)Author: Octavia E. ButlerGenre: Sci-fiBook Length: 321 pages (print)Book Version Read: eBookYear Published: First published May 1, 1987; This edition July 24, 2012 Date Started: March 12, 2024Date finished: March 20, 2024 This is a sci-fi far future story about humans and aliens. A woman named Lilith Iyapo wakes... Continue Reading →
Title: Echoes of the ArcaneAuthor: Cody CampbellGenre: Literary Short Fiction; Fairy Tales; Sci-fiBook Length: 183 Pages (print)Book Version Read: PDFYear Published: April 15, 2024 Date Started: March 15, 2024Date finished: March 19, 2024 This book is a collection of short stories and poems. The stories range from literary, sci-fi, to fantasy. Every story has a... Continue Reading →
Title: AlCent SagasAuthor: James CrawfordGenre: Sci-fi; Hard Sci-fiBook Length: Novel; 221 pages (print)Book Version Read: eBookYear Published: December 11, 2023 Date Started: March 1, 2024Date finished: March 3, 2024 This is a hard sci-fi story about a man named James Van Wert whose job is to have a crew on his ship ready for war.... Continue Reading →
Title: 1Q84 (Books 1, 2, and 3)Author: Haruki MurakamiGenre: DystopianBook Length: NovelBook Type: eBookYear Published: October 25, 2011 Date Started: February 11, 2024Date finished: February24, 2024 I did’t realize it but I had read the trilogy in one book. This review will encompass all three books. In book one, we are introduced to the two... Continue Reading →
Title: The Martian ChroniclesAuthor: Ray BradburyGenre: Sci-fiBook Length: NovelBook Type: Physical Book; PaperbackYear Published: March 2012; First published: 1945 Date Started: October 9, 2023Date finished: October 27, 2023 I’d been wanting to read this book for a while. I’m glad I finally got to it. The book is written about life on Mars and about... Continue Reading →
Title: Clearance Level ThetaAuthor: David K. WalkerGenre: Sci-fi; Adventure; Space OperaYear Published: September 25, 2023 Date Started: September 25, 2023Date finished: September 26, 2023 This is a story about an ex-military named Colette Demeter who wants more than just a desk job. She’s found a job off-world and thinks it’s going to be easy getting... Continue Reading →
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