In an effort to catch up on some of the new releases, I wanted to focus on books that seemed to place climate change front and center. One of these is Thomas R. Weaver’s debut Artificial Wisdom. Unfortunately, while it does ask some interesting questions in latter parts of the book, the build up left…
Jason Pargin, also known as David Wong, is an author we reviewed a while back but haven’t returned to in some time. I recently got curious as to what he has been up to and found that he put out an entire trilogy while I wasn’t looking. Zoey Ashe is a dystopian cyberpunk trilogy about…
Continue reading ➞ Zoey Ashe – Gets Reviewed By The Quill To Live
Searching the internet to find older science fiction these days is tough. Endless lists with the same books, Goodreads constantly in a state of disrepair, and endless highly specific threads on Reddit make the search feel futile. I honestly don’t even know how I stumbled upon this book, but however I did, I’m glad I…
Continue reading ➞ This Alien Shore – A Most Engaging Cruise Through The Stars
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, by Samit Basu, is a captivating science fiction retelling of the classic Arabian tale of Aladdin. It is set in a futuristic cyberpunk city called Shantiport which was once a focus of culture, trade, and importance. Now the city has become a wasteland, a dumping zone for the universe, and a…
Continue reading ➞ The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport – Rubs You The Right Way
For some silly reason, I decided that this year was going to be the year of cyberpunk for me. And continuing in that vein, I figured I would pick up a newer book that almost lured me in several times before I realized my TBR was just too heavy. However, I was on a bookstore…
Continue reading ➞ Firebreak – Mitigating Corporate Chicanery
While I have read Snow Crash, a section of science fiction I've largely bypassed has been cyberpunk, and this year I've decided to remedy that. A major reason I stayed away from cyberpunk as a genre is I did not really care for the flashy aesthetics and the idea of hackers as heroes in cyberspace.…
