Category: Science Fiction

Title: Impossible Times Series (One Word Kill, Limited Wish, Dispel Illusion) Author: Mark Lawrence Date Purchased: 2/17/2020 Price Paid: $6.33 (total) Date Finished: 1/6/2022 Rating: 3/5 In an effort to make things a little more manageable I’m going to start reviewing books that are a series in one post instead of three different posts. It’s too much for me to keep track of and I […]

Title: Recursion Author: Blake Crouch Date Purchased: 11/29/2019 Price Paid: $3.17 Date Finished: 10/20/2021 Rating: 3/5 I’ve come to think of Blake Crouch as an author that will write some fairly decent sci-fi that will often have some sort of twist or left turn that the reader doesn’t see coming. I’ve read his “Pines” trilogy, and previously read Dark Matter for this blog. I’ve enjoyed […]

Title: The Punch Escrow Author: Tal Klien Date Purchased: 8/31/2018 Price Paid: $2.11 Date Finished: 7/22/2021Rating: 4.5/5 Wow. Lots of science fiction lately. So much so that I just checked to see when the next fantasy novel pops up. I guess I was better about reading the fantasy I purchased than the science fiction. I mean. I wasn’t good about reading any of it, but […]

Title: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Author: Philip K. Dick Date Purchased: 7/31/2018 Price Paid: $2.11 Date Finished: 7/11/2021Rating: 3/5 I struggle with old science fiction. When I was a teenager it was a lot easier to read the old “classics”, but I think a lot of that can be credited to lack of exposure. I hadn’t really read a lot of the genre, […]

Title: Dust Author: Hugh Howey Date Purchased: 11/27/2017 Price Paid: $2.11 Date Finished: 6/20/2021Rating: 3.5/5 I have always disliked dystopian stories, but it wasn’t until recently that I really started to dig into the “why” behind my stance. It obviously varies from story to story, but it typically boils down to this: the real world can be a giant bag of shit, where hope can […]

Title: Shift Author: Hugh Howey Date Purchased: 11/27/2017 Price Paid: $2.11Date Finished: 6/13/2021Rating: 3/5 In previous reviews I’ve spoken about how challenging it can be to write the middle book of a trilogy. You’re trying to balance the momentum of the first book with new advancement of a story. It’s not always done well, and I’m surprised some trilogies even see a book three with […]