Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch
what if we could all be geniuses… for a few months as we die of germ warfare???
Tag: sci-fi
Light by M. John Harrison
i read a book i hoped to love while staying with just my baby on a boat
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
a three part post-apocalyptic novel that swings all the way back around to pre-apocalyptic
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse #1)
Leviathan Wakes is wall-to-wall fast paced excitement, and absolutely nothing else…
Nova by Samuel R. Delany
a fine novel that didn’t blow my mind like samuel delany usually do
The Ballad of Beta-2 & Empire Star by Samuel R Delany
a pair of early novellas that really delivers, especially one
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
1960s space opera about language as a weapon?
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
i think this was actally brilliant?
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
if the English state could clone the poor to harvest their organs, it would
City Of A Thousand Suns by Samuel R. Delany (The Fall of The Towers #3)
This is the concluding part of the trilogy the fall of the towers, the earlier two volumes of which I’veContinue Reading
Out of the Dead City by Samuel R. Delany (The Fall of The Towers #1)
my second summer samuel treat
The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delany
not the best next stop on my Samuel Delany journey, but this juvenilia is still a joy!
Audition by Pip Adam
i think i liked this a lot, but possibly i maybe just agreed with it a lot?
Provenance by Ann Leckie
unexpectedly not on holiday, I read something light
Dune 5: Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert
how u dune? ur dune very well if ur dune 5
Driftglass by Samuel R Delany
time passes but the present and the futures we imagine don’t
World Running Down by Al Hess
reading too much SF cuz im on a psychological downswing that wont end unless/until i change the material conditions of my life which i am trying to do
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
how would people act if they already knew how they were gonna act???
City of Illusions by Ursula K. Le Guin
phenomenal novel from a storytelling expert – essentially flawless??? (i loved it and im so depressed i take pleasure from nothing)
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
read a book abour time travel while on holiday (yes, that’s an elephant)
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune #4)
dune but not forgotten
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
a bleak future that looks a lot like the bleak past
A Spy In Time by Imraan Coovadia
a book that disproves a rule: this could have been longer!
Space Crone by Ursula K Le Guin
read a little guin
The Four Gated City by Doris Lessing (Children of Violence #5)
another doris lessing quintet concludes
Embassytown by China Mieville
i suppose this book is excellent?
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
med free and hating life lol 😜
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Trilogy ends with a whimper (I wanted a bang)
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
maybe walking blind into the desert is the bravest thing to do
Fireship/Mother and Child by Joan D. Vinge
a novella as boring as my life rn then a novella that’s good
Recursion by Blake Crouch
very fun, very trashy, contemporary time travel novel
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
August 1st, 2022, Tottenham Ok so I’ve let myself get behind on this by several weeks again & I’ve alsoContinue Reading
micropost – Planet of Exile by Ursula K Le Guin
an excellent novella from le guin
My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi
a failure of intent
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
a literary zombie novel. does it work? oh yes it works!
Bloodchild by Octavia E Butler
exceptionally good short story collection
MICROPOST: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
tiny review of a space opera that’s perfect for a holiday read
Ambergris by Jeff VanderMeer
a big book about mushrooms that are magic (not magic mushrooms)
Canopus by Dave Chisholm
quick read, a fun sci-fi psychological thriller!
Grievers by adrienne maree brown
great speculative fiction; scott visits quebec city
Dune by Frank Herbert
yes it’s a book for incels, but it’s not bad!!!
The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
a super engaging contemporary sci-fi novel that sacrifices characterisation for an excess of plot
Old Sci-Fi (Keyes, Wells, Pohl, Aldiss) & Mass Graves
they keep finding mass graves of children
Nnedi Okorafor
three genre books
Canopus in Argos: Archives by Doris Lessing
doris lessing’s sci-fi quintet
Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire by Doris Lessing
the final book in Doris Lessing’s sci-fi quintet
Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta by Doris Lessing
part one of lessing’s sci-fi quintet
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
forget the infamously sleazy page-and-a-half and enjoy!
Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler
an excellent short genre piece
The Seep by Chana Porter
very gen x “internet is bad” vibes
Triumph Of The Now 