joachim@lire.boitam.eu commented on Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Tigana is a 1990 fantasy novel by Canadian writer Guy Gavriel Kay. The novel is …
Haven’t had the mental bandwidth to read it since April, but I don’t want to abandon a book by Kay
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joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated Lies of the Ajungo: 4 stars
Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi
They say there is no water in the City of Lies. They say there are no heroes in the City …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed Loki's Ring by Stina Leicht
Gita Chithra embarks on a mission through space to save the robot she loves as …
Not unpleasant, with some good ideas, but trying too hard
3 stars
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated Translation State: 5 stars
Translation State by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch)
Qven was created to be a Presger translator. The pride of their Clade, they always had a clear path before …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed Counting Casualties by Yoon Ha Lee
Commander Niaja vrau Erezeng is up against an enemy that doesn’t just destroy all the …
Evocative and dramatic
5 stars
I love how Yoon Ha Lee manages to do so much in a sf setting.
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated The City Inside: 5 stars
The City Inside by Samit Basu
“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”
Joey is a Reality Controller in …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu finished reading The City Inside by Samit Basu
“They'd known the end times were coming but hadn’t known they’d be multiple choice.”
Joey …
Finished this novel by @samitbasu@mastodon.social on the backdrop of Indian PM Narendra Modi visiting Macron for Bastille Day celebrations. Fitting, really, when in France there's talks of generalized surveillance of the population (like the ability for the police to unlock your phone to record people).
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated Unnatural Magic: 4 stars
Unnatural Magic by C. M. Waggoner
Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu finished reading Unnatural Magic by C. M. Waggoner
Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men …
A fun and engaging read, with an interesting magic system.
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated Witch King: 5 stars
Witch King by Martha Wells
Kai-Enna is the Witch King, though he hasn’t always been, and he hasn’t even always been Kai-Enna!
After being murdered, …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu started reading The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration …
Heard a lot of good things from this book!
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed River of stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men …
A beautiful tale, with engaging secondary characters
5 stars
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated City of Last Chances: 4 stars
City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Arthur C. Clarke winner and Sunday Times bestseller Adrian Tchaikovsky's triumphant return to fantasy with a darkly inventive portrait of …
joachim@lire.boitam.eu reviewed Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh (The Company Wars, #1)
Downbelow Station is a science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh, published in …
A bit slow at times, but good payoff at the end
4 stars
joachim@lire.boitam.eu rated l’usage du thé: 4 stars
l’usage du thé by Lucie Azema
La route des thés oscille entre nomadisme et sédentarité, elle est faite d’étapes, comme autant de points d’attache dans un …