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Robbie A

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A software developer who loves fantasy and science fiction.

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reviewed The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, #1) by Tui T. Sutherland

Tui T. Sutherland: The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, #1) No rating

Review of 'The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire, #1)' on 'Storygraph'

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If I was younger, I would have been all about this book, but now it just feels way too much for kids. I can't take the dragon characters seriously. I'm not totally sure why not, but it just doesn't sit right with me.

reviewed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (A Bantam spectra book)

Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash (1992, Bantam Books)

Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named …

Review of 'Snow Crash' on 'Storygraph'

This story had an interesting cyberpunk world, an engaging concept, cool characters, and great writing, so I loved it. I did have a few pet peeves about it, like the fact that anyone who works with code in any way (i.e. programmers/developers) are all always referred to as "hackers" and the idea that all "hackers" have an intrinsic subconscious understanding of binary code, which is definitely not the case. Plus the underage objectification and sex thing with YT wasn't cool—at least it was kept to a minimum, I guess?

Other than that, this was an awesome and very enjoyable story that I would recommend to anyone who likes futuristic fiction.

reviewed Jurassic Park: A Novel by Michael Crichton

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Michael Crichton, Michael Crichton: Jurassic Park: A Novel (2012, Ballantine Books)

Jurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. A cautionary tale …

Review of 'Jurassic Park: A Novel' on 'Storygraph'

This book was amazing. The research and ideas that went into it made it so interesting and enjoyable, and I just can not recommend it enough.

reviewed Theonite by M. L. Wang

M. L. Wang: Theonite (Paperback, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform)

Review of 'Theonite' on 'Storygraph'

The storytelling in the Theonite series has been excellent so far, and I'm really looking forward to the next book! The concepts of race and caste are eased into view in this book, and the glimpse of ideas for how the world would look without a white conqueror history was hugely interesting to me.

I'd definitely recommend this book to someone who wants a fun, interesting, and deep new fantasy world to dive into. It does rely on the first book in the series, [b:Theonite: Planet Adyn|30077795|Theonite Planet Adyn|M.L. Wang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462236482s/30077795.jpg|50497034], but that's also worth reading to get a handle on the main characters and some basic concepts brought more fully to light in this book.