Ell commented on Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Stories of Your Life and Others is a collection of short stories by American writer …
Wow, Understand was quite a ride!
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Ell rated Darius the Great is not okay: 5 stars
Darius the Great is not okay by Adib Khorram
Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He s …
Ell rated When the Tiger Came down the Mountain: 4 stars
When the Tiger Came down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ache with …
Ell rated The Fire Never Goes Out: 3 stars
Ell rated All Systems Red: 4 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
Ell rated Darius the Great Deserves Better: 5 stars
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram
Darius Kellner is having a bit of a year. Since his trip to Iran, a lot has changed. He's getting …
Ell rated Seven Surrenders: 4 stars
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #2)
"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to all. In which automation now …
Ell rated Artificial condition: 4 stars
Artificial condition by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it …
Ell rated Paladin's Hope: 4 stars
Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher (The Saint of Steel, #3)
Piper is a lich-doctor, a physician who works among the dead, determining causes of death for the city guard's investigations. …
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream.
There are some …
Ell rated Solutions and Other Problems: 4 stars
Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh
Allie Brosh returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays.
Solutions and Other Problems includes humorous stories …
Ell rated Phoenix Extravagant: 4 stars
Ell rated Winterkeep: 4 stars
Ell rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 4 stars
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …
Ell rated Winter's Orbit: 4 stars
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
While the Iskat Empire has long dominated the system through treaties and political alliances, several planets, including Thea, have begun …