Author: 5t4n5

The Iron Tactician — Alastair Reynolds

By 5t4n5

The Iron Tactician -- Alastair ReynoldsThe third book in Alastair’s Merlin Series, and should be read immediately after Minla’s Flowers.

More shenanigans as Merlin finds another system to play fixer in, this time it’s because he needs a new syrinx and this system happens to have one the cohort sold them.   Merlin knows this because he picks up a hitch-hiker along the way, who is the only surviving member of the Cohort ship who sold the syrinx.

So it’s all big war things and all that sort of stuff.

Next book — and final book — in this enjoyable little tetralogy will be Merlin’s Gun.   I wonder if the title gives away the fact that he finally found it? We shall soon find out: at least, i shall.

Alastair’s Page

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Unlocking the Air and Other Stories — Ursula K. Le Guin

By 5t4n5

Unlocking the Air and Other Stories -- Ursula K. Le Guin

The Spoons in the Basement – 1982
The Professor’s Houses – 1982
Half Past Four – 1987
A Child Bride – 1987 first appeared in Terry’s Universe under the title “Kore 87.”
Daddy’s Big Girl – 1987
Limberlost – 1989
The Creatures on My Mind – 1990
Unlocking the Air – 1990
Standing Ground – 1992
Climbing to the Moon – 1992
Findings – 1992
In the Drought – 1993
The Poacher – 1993
Ether, OR – 1995
Sunday in Summer in Seatown – 1995
Olders – 1995
The Wise Woman – 1995
Ruby on the 67 – 1996

Ursula’s Page

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