Tag: #scifi

Cibola Burn — James S. A. Corey

By 5t4n5

Cibola Burn -- James S. A. CoreyHumanity has finally gone through a gate and settled on the first world in another solar system, but the settlers are being classed as illegal squatters by the corporation that believes the planet to be legally there’s.   So when the corporation ship turns up with the intention of taking everything away from the settlers, the settlers have a surprise waiting for them and all hell breaks loose.

Avasaralla thinks it’ll be a great idea to send Holden to mediate and sort things out, because she thinks Holden will make such a disaster of it that it’ll scare everyone back in Sol system away from leaving for other new worlds.

And on top of all this, or maybe because of all this, the planet is waking up from its billion year slumber.

While that all sounds really good, which it is, the telling of this story just drags on and on and on and on.   This book would have been way, way better if it had lost a few hundred pages.   And on top of all that, it’s a really depressing story from beginning to end, showing up Homo sapiens at their very worse.

It was so tedious i kept on having to take breaks and read three whole books just to break this up into manageable chunks of depressive dragging on.

Let’s hope the next one, Nemesis Games, is better, eh?

James’ Page

#theexpanse #scifi #jamessacorey

The Expanding Universe Volume 5 — Anthology

By 5t4n5

The Expanding Universe Volume 5 -- AnthologyAll copyright 2020 except stated.

Standalones

1 • Lightwave: Jericho Colony Rescue • short fiction by A. M. Scott
29 • The Bull Rock Blues • short fiction by Felix R. Savage
65 • Going Rogue • short fiction by James Palmer
97 • Crossing the Line • short fiction by Lawrence M. Schoen
113 • Marauder • short fiction by Jeremy Fabiano
149 • Stockade • short fiction by John Hindmarsh
201 • The Bounty Hunter’s Partner • short fiction by Terry Mixon
227 • Extinction • short fiction by Michael Penmore
259 • Golems of War • short fiction by Rachel Aukes
283 • False Positive • short fiction by Mikey Campling [as by Michael Campling]
311 • Welcome Earthling • short fiction by J. S. Morin
335 • If Thou Forget Us, Oh Earth • short fiction by Stephanie Mylchreest
361 • The Bridge • short fiction by Colonel Jonathan P. Brazee [as by Jonathan P. Brazee]
393 • Bounce and Fall • short fiction by Patty Jansen
423 • The Trophany • short fiction by Julia Huni
457 • Lucky Elephants • short fiction by Galen Surlak-Ramsey
487 • The Zabolov Gambit • short story by Charley Marsh
507 • Hacker’s Pursuit • short fiction by Wilhelmina Kirk and J. L. Stowers
535 • A Little Bit of Kali • short fiction by R.R. Virdi and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
571 • An Unwilling Champion • short fiction by TR Cameron
597 • Plan B • short fiction by Brian Thorne
617 • Memo-Real • short fiction by Daniel Arenson
645 • The Green Door of Fate • short fiction by Craig Martelle

#scifi #aliettedebodard #patcadigan #kenliu #paulmcauley #jamessacorey

The Expanding Universe Volume 4 — Anthology

By 5t4n5

The Expanding Universe Volume 4 -- AnthologyAll copyright 2018 except stated.

Standalones

7 • Information War • (2018) • novella by Craig Martelle
37 • Checkmate • (2018) • short story by Colonel Jonathan P. Brazee [as by Jonathan P. Brazee]
68 • Skeleton Crew • (2017) • novelette by Mikey Campling
93 • Breaker • (2018) • novelette by David VanDyke
118 • Endpoint • (2018) • novelette by Mikey Campling [as by Michael Campling]
155 • Unexpected Bounty • (2018) • novelette by Terry Mixon
184 • Messenger • (2018) • novelette by R.R. Virdi and Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
212 • Duty • (2018) • novelette by Bill Patterson (II)
237 • The Burden of Honor • (2018) • novelette by Kevin O. McLaughlin [as by Kevin McLaughlin]
264 • The Spike • (2018) • short story by Nathan Mutch
292 • Lights Out • (2018) • novelette by Kayelle Allen
326 • Darkened Skies • (2018) • novelette by Drew Avera
351 • Skin Suits • (2018) • novelette by Justin Bell
378 • Daughters of Ayor • (2017) • short story by David R. Bernstein
402 • One Last Battle • [The Hunter Legacy] • (2018) • novelette by Timothy Ellis
428 • Tuesday • (2018) • short story by Lyn Forester
450 • Mothers • (2018) • novelette by C. M. Simpson
485 • Alaska’s Vengeance • [Ardent Redux Universe] • (2018) • novelette by J. L. Stowers
513 • Sycorax • (2017) • short story by Jenetta Penner
534 • Warp Three • [The Niakrim War] • (2017) • short fiction by David J. VanBergen, Jr. [as by David VanBergen]
558 • A Little Surprise • (2018) • novelette by P. R. Adams

#scifi #aliettedebodard #patcadigan #kenliu #paulmcauley #jamessacorey

The Expanding Universe Volume 3 — Anthology

By 5t4n5

The Expanding Universe Volume 3 -- AnthologyAll copyright 2017 except stated.

Standalones

8 • Language Barrier • novelette by Craig Martelle
41 • Weaponized Math • [Staff Sergeant Gracie Medicine Crow] • novelette by Colonel Jonathan P. Brazee [as by Jonathan P. Brazee]
65 • To Catch a King • short story by Mike Kraus
88 • Skeleton Crew • novelette by Mikey Campling
112 • Epiphany • short fiction by Andrew Dobell
135 • The Achanean Reception • short story by Richard Fox
154 • The Trophy • short fiction by B. C. Kellogg
178 • Blood and Treasure • short fiction by Terry Mixon
201 • Dreadnaught • short fiction by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
224 • Save the Scientist • novelette by J. A. Cipriano and Conner Kressley
250 • Severance • novelette by C. C. Ekeke
276 • Across the Galactic Pond • [Universe in Flames Origins • 0] • novelette by Christian Kallias
306 • Catalyst • novelette by Lisa Blackwood and S. M. Schmitz
333 • Wrenching Free • short story by Zen DiPietro
349 • Fugitive’s Gamble • novelette by T. M. Catron
391 • One Last Job • short story by A. K. DuBoff [as by Amy DuBoff]
415 • Maybe Now the Stars Will Shine • novelette by Michael La Ronn
443 • Ice Field • short story by Scott Moon
462 • The Next Level • novelette by Thomas J. Rock
487 • Save the Queen • short fiction by Emily Walker
510 • Alas, Thudonia • short story by Bill Patterson (II)
530 • Exiled • [The Void Wraith • 0] • (2016) • novella by Chris Fox
566 • Voyage of the Dog-Propelled Starship • novelette by Robert T. Jeschonek [as by Robert Jeschonek]
584 • Assault on Tarja • short fiction by M. D. Cooper
606 • The Piayan Job • short fiction by Daniel Martone and Laura Martone
630 • Final Intelligence • novelette by Kevin O. McLaughlin [as by Kevin McLaughlin]
658 • In the Shadows • novelette by Danny A. Brown
683 • LZ New Birth • short fiction by J. R. Handley

#scifi #aliettedebodard #patcadigan #kenliu #paulmcauley #jamessacorey

Avatars Inc — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Avatars Inc -- anthologyAll copyright 2020 except stated.

Standalones

In the Lands of the Spill — Aliette de Bodard
Thirty-Three — Tade Thompson
Porcelain Claws in Cinnamon Earth — Madeline Ashby
Life in Achar — Anya Ow
What I Want Us to Remember Before We Leave — Bryce Banks
Honeysuckle — Rhianna Jones
A Mountain to Climb — Julie Novakova
Bounty — Charles Yu
Harmony — Dr. Harry Kloor
Overburden — K. Chess
The Ulgrieb Case — Jeffrey Ford
Behold the Deep Never Seen — Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
The Search for [Flight X] — JY Yang
The Final Performance of the Amazing Ralphie — Pat Cadigan
Neuro-Dancer — Tom Sweterlitsch
Uma — Ken Liu
Banding — Julianna Baggott
Robot and Girl with Flowers — Paul McAuley
Waiting for Amelia — Robert Reed
Incarnate — Indrapramit Das
A Bird Does Not Sing Because It Has an Answer — Johanna Sinisalo
Oannes, From the Flood — Adrian Tchaikovsky
At the End of a Most Perfect Day — Nino Cipri
Two Watersheds — Kelly Robson
Elsewhere — James S. A. Corey
La Mer Donne — Sarah Pinsker
Add Oil — S. L. Huang

#scifi #aliettedebodard #patcadigan #kenliu #paulmcauley #jamessacorey