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Gene’s 2025 Year in Books
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The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends #1):
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Belly of Salt: A Sci-Fi Space Opera of Military Mechs, Survival, and Rebellion
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| This sci-fi novella tell the story of two characters on another world, whose lives – I assume - inter-twine. One is a poor young man (Iskander), looking for work as a ‘lifter’, the other a young woman (Eva) signed up for a special military unit, with ...more | |
"This started off so good and yet.... AND YET.... the idea that a bog monster would immediately be able to identify an abusive familial relationship when she has no concept of friendship, let alone family, and is constantly being like 'your abusive mo"
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Lyssa Medana's review
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Of Yellow Shirts and Little Green Men (The Norwich Chronicles Book 1):
"This is a fantastic story that is labelled as a comedy on Amazon, but it’s much more than that. The main character, Tom, is a recently unemployed academic, drifting through life, indecisive and aimless. In the best traditions of Tom Holt and Douglas "
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| I have read another of Ray Gregory’s books – a set of short stories – and I was impressed. He can clearly write fiction, at least, of the short variety. This book, however, is something different. It’s not fiction (entirely, though there is fiction i ...more | |
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| The Epilogue Event is the first in a series of books, set in the UK, about an AI ‘plague’ that is mysteriously taking control of people. Our hero, Peter Finch, turns out to have special powers that enable him to counter the plague’s effects, and he e ...more | |
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Of Yellow Shirts and Little Green Men (The Norwich Chronicles Book 1):
"“Of Yellow Shirts and Little Green Men” by Gene Rowe is an unexpected gem that offers readers a wonderfully unique and thoroughly enjoyable experience. This unconventional and hilariously entertaining novel brims with quirky, unforgettable characters"
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| ‘Fire and Stones’ is a time travel adventure, following a man who goes to a park for a meeting, only to find the meeting point eerily empty, and suddenly, he’s in the presence of pre-historic creatures. There is a fairly lengthy opening act, involvin ...more | |
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| ‘Japanese Robots’ is a sci-fi novel (or perhaps, set of linked short stories) about robots in trouble that need legal representation. The linking character is Gary Legal, a sympathetic lawyer who helps out AI/robots in a succession of stories. I thin ...more | |
