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I think it's significant that this is the first book I have finished in a long time.

It's good, serious science fiction. With interesting thinking about where our algorithmically controlled social media future might be heading.

It's space war, but not like any space war story I've ever read. Definitely not "rah, rah, go humans!" stuff.

It's not one I'd recommend for every sci-fi fan. But if you're into Philip K. Dick or Harlan Ellison, this is worth a look.

It seems to me that it's not so much that Mordak is decent and not evil, it's that he values effectiveness over being evil for the sake of being evil.

I might have a slight preference for Tom Holt's books written under the name "KJ Parker", but I still really enjoy spending time in the worlds Tom Holt has given us under his own name.

The narrator and protagonist of this book is a "re-clone". He is the clone with memory prints of a mystery writer. Now he is a "thing" with no legal rights who resides in a library and his continued existence depends on people consulting him or checking him out from time to time.

With this sort of world-building, I would have expected some sort of sweeping tale where the hero starts a revolution so that people like him get legal rights.

But no. He just does the best he can with the situations that come his way in the constraints he has.

His limited worldview reminded me in a good way of Martha Wells Murderbot.

The narrator and protagonist of this book is a "re-clone". He is the clone with memory prints of a mystery writer. Now he is a "thing" with no legal rights who resides in a library and his continued existence depends on people consulting him or checking him out from time to time.

With this sort of world-building, I would have expected some sort of sweeping tale where the hero starts a revolution so that people like him get legal rights.

But no. He just does the best he can with the situations that come his way in the constraints he has.

His limited worldview reminded me in a good way of Martha Wells Murderbot.

Ms McGuire's Wayward Children series is incredible.

After two volumes, I wouldn't rank the October Daye series so highly. But if you're into tormented private investigators connected to the magical world and you've read all the books and stories about Harry Dresden, it's not bad.

Ms McGuire's Wayward Children series is incredible.

After two volumes, I wouldn't rank the October Daye series so highly. But if you're into tormented private investigators connected to the magical world and you've read all the books and stories about Harry Dresden, it's not bad.

I got tricked on this. I borrowed it as an eBook from the library. Just when it got going it was over. Because it's a short story.

But if you've started reading Yoon Ha Lee, you have to read everything.

Murderbot continues to be a delight. And an old friend comes back.

I've loved Mark Lawrence's other books so much that I now have to read all of them.

That said, I liked his others more. It might be because this one takes place mostly in underground caves and things seem pretty hopeless. I'm not a cave guy.

I've loved Mark Lawrence's other books so much that I now have to read all of them.

That said, I liked his others more. It might be because this one takes place mostly in underground caves and things seem pretty hopeless. I'm not a cave guy.

This is pretty good and it's fun to read a fantasy set in a myth system that I don't know anything about.

This was fun. If I ever go to Ikea again, I'm going to look for multiverse portals.

This was fun. If I ever go to Ikea again, I'm going to look for multiverse portals.

I liked Ali Wong's Netflix specials a lot.

And I am something of a student of standup comedy.

I learned some things from this book, but reading it was not as fun as watching Ms Wong perform.