Category: Fiction

Chasing Shadows — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Chasing Shadows -- AnthologyAll copyright 2017 except stated.

AD JUSTITIAM PER LUCEM

Mine, Yours, Ours — Jack Skillingstead
Insistence of Vision – 2013 — David Brin
Planetbound — Nancy Fulda
The Right’s Tough – 2004 — Robert J. Sawyer
The Circuit Riders – 1962 — R. C. Fitzpatrick
The Werewolves of Maplewood — James Morrow
The Road to Oceania – 2003 — William Gibson

SURVEILLANCE—SOUSVEILLANCE

I See You – 1976 — Damon Knight
Eyejacked — David Walton
FeastWar — Vylar Kaftan
Your Lying Eyes — Jack McDevitt
The Disaster Stack — Vernor Vinge

LIES AND PRIVATE LIVES

First Presentation — Aliette de Bodard
AfterShift Memories — David Ramirez
Spew – 1994 — Neal Stephenson
Private Life in Cyberspace — John Perry Barlow

BIG BROTHER, LITTLE BROTHER, VILLAGE

Elderjoy — Gregory Benford
Street Life in the Emerald City — Brenda Cooper
The Eyes Have It — Stephen W. Potts

NO PLACE TO HIDE

Preferences — Cat Rambo
Vectors — Stephen Gaskell
Public Domain — Scott Sigler
To See the Invisible Man – 1963 — Robert Silverberg
The Disconnected — Ramez Naam

LOOKING BACK … AND LOOKING UP

Eminence — Karl Schroeder
Sport – 2014 — Kathleen Ann Goonan
Elephant on Table — Bruce Sterling

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Extrasolar — Anthology

By 5t4n5

Extrasolar -- AnthologyAll copyright 2017 except stated.

Standalones

Holdfast — Alastair Reynolds
Shadows of Eternity — Gregory Benford
A Game of Three Generals — Aliette de Bodard
The Bartered Planet — Paul Di Filippo
Come Home — Terry Dowling
The Residue of Fire — Robert Reed
Thunderstone — Matthew Hughes
Journey to the Anomaly — Ian Watson
Canoe — Nancy Kress
The Planet Woman By M.V. Crawford — Lavie Tidhar
Arcturean Nocturne — Jack McDevitt
Life Signs — Paul McAuley
The Fall of the House of Kepler — Ian R. MacLeod
The Tale of the Alcubierre Horse — Kathleen Ann Goonan

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Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar — Maurice Leblanc

By 5t4n5

Lupin, Gentleman Burglar -- Maurice LeblancThis is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.

It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.

This book is quite a good find.   The mysterious Arsene Lupin is the ultimate rascal as he goes about relieving the rich and famous of France of their valuables: a joy to read about.

As to the typing experience, it’s a rather difficult book to type as it is full of French words and names, but a fun challenge and great typing practice.   So i present it to you totally recommended, both as a great read and also great typing practice: what’s not to like?

Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar -- Maurice Leblanc typing practice results

Maurice’s Page

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The Proof House — K. J. Parker

By 5t4n5

The Proof House -- K. J. ParkerThe trilogy comes to an end, and what an end it was.

It’s been a long journey with all kinds of shenanigans and twists and turns along the way, and i was never really aware of where the story was going and how it was ultimately going to conclude — which is a good thing.   So i won’t spoil it for anyone by giving away the ending.

Anyway, in the last book, we left off with all our favourite characters scattering to the four winds, and in this book we soon find them again getting up to their usual shenanigans.   Bardas has found himself another war with lots of killing, death and mayhem to get involved in, which, as usual is the centre piece of the story as it drags everyone else in.   So there’s plenty of great story telling to keep you rolling along until the end.

For me, this has been a great trilogy that i totally recommend if you enjoy good historical war fighting stuff with a nice dose of magical interference thrown in to stir things up and cause a fair bit of chaos.

K. J.’s Page

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1984 — George Orwell

By 5t4n5

1984 -- George OrwellThis is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.

It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.

Quite a good read, but so dystopian, and the ending wasn’t what i was hoping for.   It does remind me of just how lucky i am to live in a country where we have the freedoms that we do, and how important it is to ensure those freedoms aren’t eroded by anyone.   It is up to all of us to ensure that those freedoms are exercised sensibly, with consideration of other sentient beings and, ultimately, that the boundaries of those freedoms are continuously tested and where possible, extended.

So well worth a read or a type for everyone.

Not the easiest of books to type as it has sooooo many capitalised words, uncommon words, and also words that just don’t exist outside of this book: which while adding up to great typing practice, can be really frustrating at times.

1984 -- George Orwell typing practice results

George’s Page

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