I remember it being a good book but i never got around to writing a review when i read it, so, for now at least, it is assigned to “The Boneyard”.
Category: Sci-fi
Star Rebels — Anthology
Another anthology i picked up along the way.
A Tale of Two Ships — Audrey Faye
Carl Sagan’s Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe — C. Gockel
Blood Ties — Christine Pope
Passage Out — Anthea Sharp
Arcturus 5 — D.L. Dunbar
Treason’s Course — L.J. Cohen
Falling — Pippa DaCosta
Starfall Station — Lindsay Buroker
Luminescence — Patty Jansen
Glome — James Wells
Unfinished — Kendra C. Highley
#scifi #audreyfaye #cgockel #christinepope #antheasharp #dldunbar #ljcohen #pippadacosta #lindsayburoker #pattyjansen #jameswells #kendrachighley
Note to Self — Joseph Lallo
Another temporal sci-fi tale, which, like Temporal Contingency, Joseph does incredibly well — he just seems to have a way of avoiding the mind fucks that most sci-fi writers get you into with this sub-genre.
This short was originally available in the Orphans in the Black Anthology, then made available to Joseph’s Patreon subscribers and now also in the collection Paradoxes and Dragons.
Joseph’s Page
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Orphans in the Black — Anthology
An anthology that is no longer available on Kindle. Luckily, for me, it remains stored in my Kindle account so i can dip into it for a quick short when the mood takes me.
I’m sure you could find a second hand paperback on eBay if you want a copy, or click on the picture to go to the Amazon page and a second hand copy may appear on there also.
Includes
A Simple Thing — Amy J. Murphy
Note to Self — Joseph Lallo
Gravitational Pull — Christine Pope
Autoscopy — Matt Verish
Fog of War — Chris Reher
The Alien — Kay McSpadden
No Eye in Emily — Patty Jansen
Void Mage — Chris Fox
Lost Souls and Other Anomalies — Christopher Holliday
Spacer — J.A. Sutherland
Murphy’s Star — C. Gockel
Interference — Michelle Diener
Stowaway — Anthea Sharp
In the Clutch — LJ Cohen
Iron Lazarus — David Adams
Dreams in the Dust — Richard Tongue
Freedom? — M. R. Forbes
Combat Support — Lindsay Buroker
The Last Astronaut — Chris Dietzel
#scifi #amyjmurphy #josephrlallo #christinepope #mattverish #chrisreher #kaymcspadden #pattyjansen #chrisfox #christopherholliday #jasutherland #cgockel #michellediener #antheasharp #ljcohen #davidadams #richardtongue #mrforbes #lindsayburoker #chrisdietzel
Qualify — Vera Nazarian
The Ark — Patrick S Tomlinson
A rather enjoyable detective story set on a generation ship (which by their nature are always quite dystopian) carrying the last of humanity to a new planet after the Earth gets destroyed after finding itself in the path of a wandering black hole.
This was one of those books that i just flew through, which is always a good sign of how well something is written and how well it perks up my interest in it.
So yeah, all good, and there’s another two books to follow in the trilogy which i’m looking forward to.
The next book is Trident’s Forge.
Patrick’s Page
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Betrayal — Pippa DaCosta
I do love a good AI story — i hope this is as good as it looks.
Haven’t read any of Pippa’s stuff before, so i’m heading into a new experience with this. Will report back when i get around to reading it.
Pippa’s Page
#scifi #pippadacosta
Babel-17 — Samuel R. Delany
One of the most imaginative sci-fi novels i’ve ever read.
I only bought it because i was looking for a book i read about 30 years ago that i can’t remember the title of and thought this may have been it, but it wasn’t. But i’m certainly not disappointed to have picked up the wrong book.
There’s all kinds of sub-genres in sci-fi and i’m not really sure where this one would fit. It’s mostly a deep dive into linguistics, as in how words and language are used and the meanings they convey, and Samuel does a wonderful exploration throughout the book.
It also takes in the future body modification — some interesting things going in this book, and does bring to mind some amazing potential within current science for the future body mod industry. The real future is certainly going to be interesting.
Anyways, well worth a read, and definitely worth it’s place in the “SF Masterworks” series.
Samuel’s Page
#scifi #sfmasterworks #bodymods #samuelrdelany
Temporal Contingency — Joseph R. Lallo
Another great addition to this incredible series.
The 2 previous reviews for this series are here and here.
I’m not usually a fan of temporal sci-fi stuff as most of what’s out there tends to run completely up its own arse while leaving the reader with their heads well and truly shoved up their own — but this book doesn’t feel like that. Joseph plays some great temporal “get out of jail free cards” in this book that certainly made it all work for me and, best of all, prevented the aforementioned anal acrobatics.
And he’s really pushing the boat out with Ma on this one — that’s the beautiful woman on the cover. 
She’s definitely become my most favourite fictional AI and one of my most favourite fictional characters altogether.
Anyways, great stuff, and i really can’t wait for Indra Station. Sweeet!
Joseph’s Page
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The Big Sigma Collection: Volume 1 — Joseph R. Lallo
What a great collection.
Having really enjoyed Bypass Gemini i jumped straight into the rest of the books.
This collection also features 3 short stories that give more background to some characters in the main novels, which were really enjoyable to read.
I really can’t say enough about Joseph’s writing, i’m a total fan and totally hooked. Even though the known universe is about to end if nothing’s done, Joseph still manages to get lots of fun and shenanigans in the stories and makes it work so well.
Really good sci-fi as well. Pushing the boundaries but never overstepping.
And now all that’s left to do is read the last book in the series: Temporal Contingency.