I'm seemingly on a bit of a science fiction kick at the moment, having gone through a number of audiobooks and audio drama podcasts, all with a sci-fi bent. This... read more
I went into this thinking it would be a slam dunk. I'd enjoyed books by LG Estrella previously, and a humorous sci-fi sounded like a done deal, but multiple times... read more
I read this book on my Kindle some years ago now and remember enjoying it immensely, though, for the life of me, I could remember very little beyond what is... read more
From the summary, this book sounded like something I'd like. Dystopian science fiction which, I'll admit, I can be rather picky about but do enjoy. I based my decision this... read more
Saffron Savage, red-haired animal shit-shoveler extraordinaire, lives with her crushed dreams of looking after exotic animals on a backwater world at the ass-end of the galaxy. The zoo owners don't... read more
Vicarious, by Rhett C Bruno, is kind of like The Truman Show if it were set a few hundred years in the future, and everybody on the show had no... read more
I think the cover of this one grabbed my attention the most, because the blurb doesn't quite capture the true strangeness that unfolds within its pages. Just something about that... read more
Have you ever had one of those moments where you have to step back and think, "What the hell did I just listen to?" Well, The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem... read more
If I've got my timeline right, this is set after the events of book one - The Star Fraction, and before book two - The Stone Canal, and nicely fills... read more
Sand, by Hugh Howey, is a book I first read when it came out many years ago now on Kindle. I'd been a fan of Howey's since stumbling on his... read more
Space Academy Dropouts by C.T. Phipps and Michael Suttkus is a fun sci-fi adventure that combines high stakes and lowbrow humour all rounded off with a cast of diverse, mostly... read more
Given this is book three of the series, I won't get too bogged down in the details, so this review will be short and sweet. First up, I need to... read more