Slyphic rated Old Man's War: 4 stars
Old Man's War by John Scalzi (Old Man's War, #1)
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife’s grave. Then he joined the army.
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Slyphic rated The Forever War (The Forever War Series Book 1): 4 stars
The Forever War (The Forever War Series Book 1) by Joe Haldeman
"The legendary novel of extraterrestrial war in an uncaring universe comes to comics, in a stunningly realized vision of Joe …
Ringworld by Larry Niven (S.F.Masterworks S.)
Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
A mysterious disaster has stricken the midwestern American city of Bellona, and its aftereffects are disturbing: a city block burns …
Slyphic rated The Fall of Hyperion: 4 stars
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos (2))
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. …
Slyphic rated Going Postal: 4 stars
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #33)
Suddenly, condemned arch-swindler Moist von Lipwig found himself with a noose around his neck and dropping through a trapdoor into …
Slyphic rated Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2): 4 stars
Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2) by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (33))
The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like . . . well, not at all like a government office. The mail …
Slyphic rated The Light Fantastic: 3 stars
The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
THE LIGHT FANTASTIC is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the Discworld series. It was published …
Slyphic rated Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1): 2 stars
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) by Iain M. Banks, Iain Banks (A Culture novel)
Consider Phlebas, first published in 1987, is a space opera novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks. It is the …
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other …
Slyphic rated The Diamond Age: 4 stars
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Decades into our future, a stone’s throw from the ancient city of Shanghai, a brilliant nanotechnologist named John Percival Hackworth …
Slyphic rated Accelerando: 5 stars
Accelerando by Charles Stross
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings …
Slyphic rated Count Zero: 3 stars
Count Zero by William F. Gibson
Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for …
Slyphic rated Snow Crash: 5 stars
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. …