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Book Review: Mal Goes to War by Edward Ashton
Our Protagonist in Edward Ashton’s Mal Goes to War finds himself stranded behind enemy lines, when he decides to investigate an ongoing war between “Humanist” and “Federalist” factions. Mal is an AI, (Silico-American to you) and has little interest in the civil war the “monkeys” are engaged in. (Except for how it affects “infospace” where…
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Book Review: The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson
I found The Serpent and the Wolf to be a difficult read. It’s a fantasy romance and those are usually difficult for me to engage with. You have to really sell me on the developing relationship, and make me love the characters to the point where I am invested in the relationship. If I don’t…
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Update With Reading Lists
At this time of the year, I usually experience a panicked rush to get everything together so that I can renew Social Security and my housing voucher. This year, I thought I had everything together, but there was a slight miscommunication about the renewal paper work I mailed to my housing specialist. (It was resolved,…
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Book Review: The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee
I was wary yet intrigued by The Mountain Crown–mostly because of my general reaction to The Gaslight Dogs, which was brilliant but also a frustrating and emotionally devastating read. (As one would expect about a book about imperialism, entitlement and colonialism. Note: It was very well-written, and basically turned the White Savior concept inside out…
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