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Apr 11, 20213 min read
Necrogarden Review
Necrogarden (Book Two: NeuralTech Rising Series) Necrogarden, the second in Bryon Vaughn's trilogy, moves straight into the action as...
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Apr 11, 20211 min read
Australian and British Science Fiction Awards
Australian Science Fiction Awards The Aurealis Awards are an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror...
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Feb 10, 20213 min read
The Time Gatherer
Book Overview Coming of age as a time traveler isn’t easy. Young George St. James gets help from a magical medieval monk and a 23rd...
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Jan 28, 20211 min read
Ancillary Justice
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie is set thousands of years into the future when the Radch Empire is the primary galactic power of...
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Dec 21, 20201 min read
Machines Like Me
I'm a fan of Ian McEwan's fiction, so I was interested to see how he tackled the Science Fiction genre. As expected, his portrayal of...
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Nov 13, 20202 min read
Review Tour: Sentient
Blurb A century has passed and yes, the human race stumbled into evolutionary compromise. But it’s not the androids who are the victors....
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Nov 11, 20202 min read
The Ministry for the Future
The Ministry for the Future is established in 2025 as a response to an unfolding climate change catastrophe. A heatwave kills 20 million...
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Nov 9, 20204 min read
Review: The Rose
Book Overview A masterful, dystopian science fiction thriller of underground genetic experiments, telepathic evil greys, mysterious...
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Nov 3, 20204 min read
Blurb Blitz Tour: Centricity
Book Overview The world already ended once. Now it's up to an outgunned negotiator, a disavowed spy, and an immersion-addicted hacker to...
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Oct 6, 20204 min read
Virtual Book Tour: Neurogarden
Review Neurogarden, Bryon Vaughn’s imaginative debut novel, delves into the possible future of AI technology. The theme is a familiar...
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Oct 5, 20201 min read
The Best Evil Corporations in Sci-fi
I’m reviewing a new sci-fi novel, Neurogarden, that has the antagonist heading a secretive and corrupt corporation, NeuralTech. This is a...
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Sep 18, 20201 min read
Favourite SFF Mars Novels
Real life robotic explorations of Mars has been capturing the imagination of new generations just as science fiction novels about Mars...
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Sep 16, 20203 min read
Will Mars be Colonised?
I’m in the camp that believes we will colonize Mars. I’ll even make a prediction that a SpaceX/NASA collaboration will lead to the first...
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Aug 17, 20203 min read
Book Blast Tour: Dark Matter
Blurb Earth is dying. The only salvation for humanity is colonizing space, yet so far that has failed. The last hope for survival exists...
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Aug 7, 20201 min read
Review: A Memory Called Empire
This year’s 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel. It’s hard to believe this is a debut novel as Arkady Martine’s tale is an accomplished work...
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Jun 16, 20201 min read
Review: Children of Ruin
The sequel to Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time, begins with an Earth terraforming program ship sent to the stars, where it makes an...
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May 29, 20201 min read
Review: The Light Brigade
The Light Brigade is set in a future where corporate giants rule a broken down society that stretches the solar system. War has broken...
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May 27, 20201 min read
Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
January Scaller is raised as a ward of the wealthy Mr Locke, a member of the exclusive New England Archaeological Society, who employs...
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May 25, 20201 min read
Review: The City in the Middle of the Night
The story of this Hugo nominated novel takes place on the planet January, a sphere tidally locked to its star, creating two worlds, one...
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