I’m currently rebuilding the website as the old one got totally messed up when i was playing around with things (no idea what happened).
So i thought that while it was a total clusterfuck mess of SQL, i would take the opportunity to give it a whole new life and everything.
So if you go clicking on things you might find that very strange things happen. Don’t moan, i know a lot of things are broken, i’m working on it, it takes time.
I’ve got tons of old posts and pages from three websites that i’m working through and will be gradually posting all the stuff i want to keep on here while fixing all the broken things as i go through, one post, one page, at a time.
On top of doing all that, i will, of course, be continuing to add more new content and my latest posts will always appear directly below.
Or, if you prefer, you can also follow me on Twitter and Pinterest where i put a link to all new posts.
Enjoy
Lily58 Keyboard Typing Progress 43.07 WPM
Yesterday was my final day with the Lily58, and my final tally was 43.07 wpm . . .
. . . because i got a new keyboard. Which i’ll show you in my next post.
Bye for now!!!
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Caliban’s War — James S. A. Corey
The second full length novel in “The Expanse” series. And what a novel it is.
The protomolecule has now taken over Venus and while it is now the most watched and analysed thing in the solar system, no one has any idea what is going on beneath Venus’ clouds.
Meanwhile, on Ganymede, a space monster attacks a whole load of UN and Martian marines, and leaves only one alive. Then all hell breaks loose between Earth and Mars and Ganymede gets laid to waste.
And while all this is going on someone is kidnapping children with a rare immune disorder.
And so the stage is set for a super long read.
All our favourite characters from the first series are back, and a few more really good new characters are thrown into the mix.
Super good, great writing, all round awesome sci-fi.
Next up is Gods of Risk.
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Leviathan Wakes — James S. A. Corey
After a few little novellas it’s been a joy to get into some real long distance reading: it’s a rather large book!
Great characters, superbly well written, non stop action, excellent dialogue (both internal and external); i really can’t fault this book.
Do remember to have a little break during this to read The Last Flight of the Cassandra.
And now i have the second huge tome, Caliban’s War, to dive straight into.
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The Last Flight of the Cassandra — James S. A. Corey
This story occurs immediately after Holden makes his announcement that the ice hauler was destroyed and a piece of tech with a Mars stamp on it was discovered.
The Cassandra is flying hand to mouth already and they realise that with the coming price fluctuations they won’t be able to continue flying. So they go off to an asteroid in a last attempt at turning a profit: finding something that could change everything for them.
A good little story that i would suggest reading as soon as the Holden announcement goes out, or, you could wait until the end of Leviathon Wakes and read it then.
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The Butcher of Anderson Station — James S. A. Corey
Another back story for one of the series main characters. This time it’s Fred Johnson’s turn as we look back at the events of Anderson Station and how they shape his future self.
Next book in the series is Leviathon Wakes, and it’s a big, big long one: it might be a while before my next review.
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The Churn — James S. A. Corey
Book 2 in The Expanse saga.
This time we’re back on Earth in a rather dystopian nightmare future Baltimore to meet one of the main story’s main protagonists.
A really good little tale and back story.
Next up is The Butcher of Anderson Station.
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Drive — James S. A. Corey
In the anthology, Edge of Infinity.
The first book in The Expanse. And so my next few months of reading begins.
This is the story of how they got the super fast drives for the space ships. Good stuff.
Next up in The Expanse reading list is The Churn.
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Understanding Space and Time — Alastair Reynolds
Available in the collection, Zima Blue and Other Stories.
Elton John inspires the last human to learn all about space and time.
This is obviously Alastair the physicist having some fun: quite an enjoyable novella.
Next up on Alastair’s timeline is Tiger Burning.
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Signal to Noise — Alastair Reynolds
Available in the collection, Zima Blue and Other Stories.
Alastair wrote a love story: awwwwwww.
And . . . . . . it’s rather good.
Although . . . . . . i’m not really a fan of all this parallel universe nonsense, because it is nonsense, just like flat earth nonsense.
But . . . . . . done right, like Alastair can, you can find some good stories in a parallel universe as long as you ignore all the nonsense bits.
All that aside . . . . . . next up in Alastair’s bibliographic timeline is The Six Directions of Space, which i’ll be eagerly devouring in the next week or so.
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Cardiff Afterlife — Alastair Reynolds
Available in the collection, Zima Blue and Other Stories.
Oh dear, just when i thought it was safe to read Alastair again he had to go and start writing parallel universe nonsense stories once more.
Oh please someone assure me that this is the last of Alastair’s delusions that parallel universe stories are any good, or that the theory holds any water at all. Seriously, it’s just utter twaddle.
Anyway, next up in Alastair’s publishings will be Terminal World, let’s hope that isn’t more parallel stuff twaddle nonsense.
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Fiction
. . .me thinks it’s a good time to re-read Asimov.
Nonfiction
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