Books I've Read
Recent Books
Terminal Peace
Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse #3. Very fun read! I read the author's note (at the end) first, a bit of spoiler, but not a big deal. Very moving, though!!
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..."Nusurans are the only known race to have invented contraceptives before the wheel"... -- Did I read this one of the other books?Quote:
"Are you out of your mind?"
"I don't understand the metaphor," said Johnny. "Krakau brains are internal, not external."Quote:
"It's called checkers."Quote:
"Second chances are for the weak."
He moved another piece. "King me."
"However, if that is your tradition..."Quote:
"I once saw a young varkaw pick a fight with a boulder."
"Who won?"
"It was a draw."Quote:
"It's probably examined your records as well."
"Our records are encrypted," said Kumar.
"It's a supercomputer the size of a moon," Monroe pointed out.Quote:
"Jesus H. Christ on an Oreo cookie," yelled Gabe. "What the hell just happened?"{Read:
11/2024
Terminal Uprising
(Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse, #2). Mops and the crew head to Earth. Really an enjoyable read!
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"I read a lot," she preened. "Nusuran war romances, mostly."
Wolf cringed. It was a popular genre, but they all ended with overwritten cross-species sex scenes. Her mouth went dry as she realized Cuaxil might have another motive for chatting up a bored human.Quote:
"...I've never fit in well with my peers. I find much more pleasure in arranging things so I can watch our enemies destroy themselves."
"Remind me to shoot you before this is over," Wolf snarled.Quote:
"Different religions had different traditions and rituals and symbols. Stars, crosses, candles, an apple with a bit missing..."Quote:
"Who are you?" she whispered. "What are you?"Quote:
"What if we fire at it together?" suggested Melvil. "It can't shoot us all."
"I'm pretty sure it can."Quote:
"Do you know what the Prodryans would do to this planet if we hadn't deterred them?"
Cate perked up. "I do."Read:
11/2024
The Shaman Of Karres
Co-author Dave Freer. The Witches of Karres #4. The captain and The Leewit head off one place to do something, Goth heads off to another, and everyone meets up eventually. The universe (or something) is saved, the lost are found, sad farewells are said, new skills are learned, and there we go again.
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"You're not going to put a little girl in jail, are you?" asked the Leewit, doing her best to look like a little girl, sweet and harmless...in a way that would have frightened Pausert into blocking his ears. But then, he knew her.Quote:
"The two of you look like stunned breadfish," said the Leewit in disgust. "And I'll have my rochat back, you pet thief."Read:
11/2024
Made To Order: Robots And Revolution.
Edited by Jonathan Strahan.
Almost all good to great stories. Fairy Tales For Robots...well, I quite reading it some thirty pages in, it just didn't work for me.
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also your display name literally has the word "killer" in it but i don't want to make any narrow-minded assumptions at the point -- From A Guide For Working Breeds which I just adored. Quote:
"You are, I think, running a level two-point...six, is it?"
"Two-point-eight," Ruby said.
"Well, then. Two-point-eight. How marvelous for you.'" -- From Polished Performance, which was very fun.Quote:
Countess Mavrille's breath fogged the glass. She frowned for an instant, then used her sleeve to buff it away. -- What a super ending, to Polished Performance!!! Read:
11/2024
The Sorceress Of Karres
With Dave Freer. The Witches of Karres #3.
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[Goth says to her sister] "...Look after the captain for me, Leewit..." -- It's the Leewit!!! The Leewit will emphatically correct anyone who forgets the "the". Quote:
"Who are you calling a bumbling idiot, ma'am?" demanded the bumbling idiot...Quote:
It looked like a trumpery bit of stuff to Goth. -- Heh he, "trumpery... Quote:
"I really don't think so," said Goth. She hadn't known before that frost could actually form on words.Read:
11/2024
Welcome To The Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
I liked the bookshop part, but the parts about feelings and stuff I couldn't get into.
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11/2024
The Universe Versus Alex Woods
A remarkable book about a boy name Alex who gets hit in the head by a meteorite. And that is just the start! A warm and loving story of two friends facing difficult times.
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The bathroom was so pokey that you could use the sink, the shower and the toilet all at the same time, though not without consequences.Quote:
"Forget about the methane?"Quote:
"Autobiography," I corrected
"What?"
"A biography is when you write someone else's story. When you write your own, its called an autobiography."
"Fuck you. Do you want a drink?"
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10/2024
Ghostdrift
(Finder Chronicles, #4). Fergus finds himself shipwrecked on a planet in an improbably place. Lots of nifty dialogue!
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"I can see why you're a man with a lot of very committed enemies. Well done..."Quote:
"Ah tauld ye ah didnae sneak any raisins on board, Ignatio, ye pest!"Quote:
"Hey!" Len protested. "You disrespectin' my groats?"Quote:
"Poof, like magic?"
"Well, sufficiently advanced technology, anyway..."
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"We do not annihilate. We garden,"[...]. "Take care that you have not become like weeds."Quote:
"Fine," he said at last. "I'm going to need some things. And when it fails spectacularly and I die in a horrible, excruciating, messy way, it'll all be on your heads."
"That's the spirit," [...] said, and punched him on the shoulder in encouragement.Read:
10/2024
Started Early, Took My Dog
Jackson Brodie, #4. Yet another confusing story. I THINK I got it figgured out at the end, but maybe not. The accusation at the funeral, wasn't that wrong?
I swear I've read this book before, but it's not on the list here. Huh.
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"Catullus," he said. -- It's just a name, isn't it? Quote:
Jackson felt a possessive pang. In his mind Jane was a one-man woman. -- I keep forgetting who Jane is!! Quote:
His head hurt but no more than you would expect if you had been kicked and punched in it, that is to say, a lot.Quote:
a Stanley knife -- See, I'm not the only one who says that!!! Read:
10/2024
The Scavenger Door
Finder Chronicles, #3. Ferris has to gather all the pieces and put them back together again.
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"Gravity to fifty percent, please," he asked, but both the apartment and the planet beneath it failed to oblige.Quote:
...toads in tiny pointed hats.Quote:
"...For starters, exactly who am I watching?"
"Me," Fergus said.
"Well, I found you. Can I go home now?" Zacker asked.Quote:
"...Six hours each way in skip right now, and getting longer. Stupid moving planets..."Quote:
"Secret Space Police? I've never head of any like that!"
"Because it's secret," Fergus said.Quote:
"Isn't Nevada radioactive?"
"Only Las Vegas," Fergus replied.Quote:
"Pie does not know borders," he [Zacker] said.Read:
10/2024