The conclusion to S. K. Dunstall's excellent Linesman series.
Entries for #scifi
Read: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Wow, thanks to Idan Gazit for recommending Robert Jackson Bennett's #scifi #fantasy novel Foundryside.
Every think programming is magic? IT IS. Ever wonder complain that your code is doing what you said instead of what you meant? BEWARE. Magic and technology, mystical hacking, sentient objects and the ancient and tormented souls that drive them...
You're going to love it. Thanks Idan.
After getting a bit tired of my library’s digital collection of #scifi, I’m branching off into #fantasy for a while, and finding some great series to dive into. I really need to add to my list of “books-read” posts #reading2020
Read: Beacon 23 (#1-5)
Picked up this omnibus edition of Beacon 23 by Hugh Howey (Wool, Sand). Apparently it was original released in serialized form, which would have been really fun to read.
What would life in a space lighthouse be like? Why would you need one? What if there were empathic alien dog/cat/lynx beasts? What if you could get a high from a gravity wave generator?
Read to find out. 😀
Read: The Rebirths of Tao (Tao #3)
Yeah, I powered through this series due to #stayhomestaysafe, and happy I did. A really fun story, and enjoyed seeing many characters in the_Io_ books introduced here in some more depth.
Between the two Io books and the three Tao books, I really want to read Io 3 (write faster, Wesley).
Read: The Deaths of Tao (Tao #2)
Book 2 of the Tao books by Wesley Chu. This series has gotten some guff due to The Lives of Tao being written as a National Novel Writing Month project, and perhaps I was more invested having read the Io books first, but dammit I really like these books.
Also, knowing that there was a third book in the queue, the ending of this one was a big WHAAaaa? (but it was worth it in book 3)
Read: The Lives of Tao (Tao #1)
Having first read the Io books, I finally realized that the Tao books (which I had been skipping in the library list of scifi books for a couple of years, why I do not know) were set 20 years earlier in the same universe and introduced about half the characters.
The Quasing Wars world is really fun to read, and the relationships that Tao and Io have with their hosts are both similar and entirely different.
Read: Join by Steve Toutonghi
Technology-enabled shared consciousness? Fascinating. Takes some interesting twists and turns, though the world the characters inhabit is somewhat under-developed. Would like to see more from the author.
Read: Anyone, Charles Soule
"You are you", and it took me until the just before the end to put the pieces together. Touches on #technology and #identity #race and #racism, empathy, compassion, revenge, and a humdinger of an ending #reading #scifi #reading2020
Read: The Fall of Io (Io #2)
TL;DR: you still have mixed feelings about the protagonists. Very very good.
Read: The Rise of Io (Io #1)
Dual protagonists, bodied and unbodied, that will drive you crazy not knowing whether to love them, smack them, or hate them, with stakes both personal and global? What's not to love #reading #scifi #reading2020
Ok, and I JUST realized that this is set in the same universe as Chu's "Lives of Tao" books, which I skipped, but now have to read. I am facepalming SO HARD. 🤦🏻♂️
Read: The Outside (The Outside #1)
The Outside, by Ada Hoffmann, is a mix of #scifi and Lovecraftian #horror (what with the unknowable entities that will melt your brain thing), fascinating in its techno-religious imagery. Check it out #reading #reading2020
Read: Alliance (Linesman #2)
The Linesman books from S.K. Dunstall are so good #reading #scifi #reading2020
Read: The Forbidden Stars (Axiom #3)
I really like Tim Pratt's Axiom series #reading #scifi #reading2020
Read: Emily Eternal
Finished Emily Eternal by M.G. Wheaton #reading #reading2020 #scifi #artificialintelligence
Really interesting, compare/contrast "artificial intelligence" v. "artificial consciousness", also human-AI smooches
My youngest daughter looked at my Ubuntu desktop with multiple terminals open and called it "spaceship writing #nerdhouse #myscifilife
Jodi and I watched the BBC Outcasts sci-fi series on Netflix. Thinking of it as a hopeful part of the Blade Runner universe #nearfuturescifi