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The Black Lung Captain (2010, Gollancz) No rating

Darian Frey is down on his luck. He can barely keep his squabbling crew fed …

He was bulky, with hair sticking out everywhere, and he had offensively bad teeth in all shapes, sizes and angles. When Pinn rudely commented on them, Ucke informed the group that they were actualy a false set. Dentures. He'd made them himself from teeth he'd collected from a multitude of bar brawls.

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Ok, that's a hell of a flex

Cascade Failure (2024, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom) 4 stars

There are only three real powers in the universe: the corporate power of the Trust …

Cascade Failure

4 stars

Cascade Failure is an action-packed scifi novel about a ragtag spaceship crew of misfits that gets involved in Significant Events. It's snappy and engaging, but it's not heavy on horizon-expanding content - it feels a bit like a space-opera version of a Tales of the Ketty Jay novel

The Sleeping Car Porter (Paperback, 2022, Coach House Books) 4 stars

When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend …

The Sleeping Car Porter

4 stars

The Sleeping Car Porter is kind of an ensemble farce with subtle paranormal elements, experienced through a porter for a sleeping car on a transcontinental voyage across Canada.

The porter is a gay (or bi?) black man in Canada in the 1920s, and there's a strong focus on the various aggressions and disadvantages he's exposed to in light of that.

Weird and enjoyable.