that no one can hear the whispers
they’ve lit the world so bright
that no one can see in the dark
they’ve told so many lies
that no one knows the truth now
they’ve ruined all of nature
and told us to play in the park
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
#scifi #patrickstomlinson
Uprising — Anthology
It got thrown into my path somewhere along the way and i couldn’t resist that cover. So i had a look at what it was about and just had to buy it.
12 writers writing 12 stories over 2382 pages is good value for 99p, but the catch is that they’re all prequels or, first books in, a series. But that’s not too bad as it gives me a cheap way of trying out a few writers that maybe i wouldn’t have done and you never know what you may find. The Given is certainly a gem and i’m really enjoying that series immensely.
Sadly, i don’t think it’s available any more.
The Sigma Surrogate — JT Lawrence
The Given — Colby R. Rice
Hedon — Jason Werbeloff
The Girl in the City — Philip Harris
Watcher — AJ Eversley
The Jacq of Spades — Patricia Loofbourrow
The Bottle Stopper — Angeline Trevena
CHEATC0DE — Michael Campling
The Legacy — Melissa Delport
Chasing Filthy Lucre — Jarrett Rush
Once More Into Darkness — D. Michael Withrow
Feed 1 — Nicole Grotepas
#scifi #jasonwerbeloff #ajversley #michaelcampling #angelinetrevena #melissadelport #jarrettrush #dmichaelwithrow #jtlawrence #patricialoofbourrow #philipharris #nicolegrotepas #colbyrrice
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
On Anarchism – Noam Chomsky
In all my years i’ve never gotten around to reading any of Noam’s stuff, so when a load of his books got put on offer for 99p i thought i’d give this a go at some time in the future, paid my pennies and threw it on ‘The Pile’.
You never know, i just may learn something i didn’t know i didn’t know.
Noam’s Page
#philosophy #noamchomsky
Abandon — Blake Crouch
Having totally loved having my head done in by ‘Dark Matter’ i immediately added Blake to my writers list in ‘Bookbub’ and, lo and behold, this popped up as a 99p deal and so the pile grew by one more book.
Blake’s Page
#blakecrouch
A Song of Ice and Fire — George R. R. Martin
I read this in 2014 thinking it wouldn’t be too long before the rest of the books were finished — oh, naivety becomes me. 
All i have to say is… ‘It better be worth the wait, George!’
Hopefully, now the TV series is in the can he’ll get on with finishing the books.
A Game of Thrones – 1996
A Clash of Kings – 1999
A Storm of Swords – 2000
A Feast for Crows – 2005
A Dance with Dragons – 2011
George’s Page
#fantasy #georgerrmartin
The Book of Deacon Anthology — Joseph R. Lallo
It’s been quite a few years since i read this — and, i might add, i immensely enjoyed it.
Since then Joseph has added quite a few novels and shorts to the series and you can find the whole series by clicking there.
The Rise of the Red Shadow
Entwell Origins: Ayna
The Book of Deacon
The Great Convergence
The Battle of Verril
Jade
The Stump and the Spire
Joseph’s Page
#fantasy #josephrlallo
Mr Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore — Robin Sloan
I read this quite some time ago, before i began writing a reviews, which is unfortunate but such is life. Anyways, since then i’ve read and reviewed ‘Ajax Penumbra: 1969’, which introduces the book store from a totally different perspective and gives a lot of background to ’24 Hour’. So i’d like to read this again one day straight after 1969, but i want to forget it all first and then start afresh.
It’s definitely a good book, that much i can remember.
Robin’s Page
#scifi #robinsloan
The Doors of Perception: And Heaven and Hell — Aldous Huxley
One day i’ll get around to reading this again, it’s been nearly 30 years and it just popped up in Kindle Daily Deals for 99p so i couldn’t turn it down.
I’m hoping to digitally rebuild my Aldous Huxley collection that i used to have years ago in real books – maybe when i’ve got a load i’ll have a good Huxley binge, but until then they can sit and gather some digital dust.
Aldous’ Page
#philosophy #aldoushuxley
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