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Heating up a bit. Still at a strong jog. Easy going.

The Quantum Magician is a wild card book that someone recommended to me. Normally I’m stuck in the mid to late 20th century sci-fi. I’m really enjoying this, the differences, the new ideas, the unfamiliarity, the story telling. So far character development is two dimensional, this could change as I work my way through it.

LIFT OFF !
Must be into the final couple chapters and they finally get off planet Earth and into Space.
Me I’m hooked, line and sinker.
Bova is outstanding author. You really feel powerless in his grip of masterly prose.

Up to chapter 35 of 80
Usual Osman high quality
I love his short chapters and very gentle kind vulnerability.

Ben Bova does it again. Can’t help myself. Stayed up last night totally sucked in!
The story has now moved on from the Cold War espionage. It’s a classic all in rumble, everyone’s got their own agenda. We have power struggles, desperation, joy, misery, rampant enthusiasm, downright dissension, and of course Bova’s trademark complex love story. For those sci-fi fans - the aliens are coming. How good is that !

Just picked this up from a street library.
I did maths n physics at Uni so know all the tech side of E=mc2
Interestingly I had a whole big deep dive on this recently when reading another sci-fi book.
Will be very interesting for me.

Really getting into this now. My wind down book.
I’m fascinated by Bova’s writing skills.
Totally different in plot to Colony or Titan.
More like a Cold War Espionage story presently.

This is my book for flying as it’s small and light.
Totally absorbed me on last flight!
Great twists n turns.
Looking forward to next bash at The Lost Perception

Great little book for airplanes.
Old style thin paperback can slip into any bag.
So far so good.
Building up quite a sterling plot.

Hey been reading Hairy Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat.
If you like just plain fun, lots a laughs, swashbuckling sci-fi of the best sort, and great pen man ship ….. Stainless Steel Rat is for You!

I’ve read all these at least twice before.
Saw this Omnibus and could not resist.

I just love this. Bova is a totally addictive page turner. He’s got everything happening from science, politics, culture, equality, fun, and a good dose of love.

Boy how readable is this.
Haven’t read such a gloomy moody wonderfully poetic book like this in a while.

Slow start. Really picking up now. Brackett is a great storyteller.

Really enjoying this great page turner.

Hotting up.
Bova may not be the most brilliant of all authors. But he sure is the best page turner.

I listened to this whilst painting last night. Quick 1.5 hr long audiobook. Usual good quality Clark. Very typified by the two themes of racial segregation and female homosexuality. I’m enjoying it. The narrator Emokpae is fantastic.

I’m really interested and excited by Colony. I’m a science geek and I really like the hard sci-fi that Bova details. It’s got one of those multithreaded approaches to storytelling which was well. Not overwhelming. Sprinkled in with the sci-fi is action, drama, intrigue and a couple live stories.
How good is that!

It's great already ... Shute is fantastic!

Finished SPRING! Started to pick up and I was flipping through the pages. Will review.

Finally got out of the slow going sludge setting scene etc. pace is picking up and I’m starting to enjoy much more.