optimist_prime rated Space Opera: 2 stars
Catherynne M. Valente: Space Opera (2018)
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Space Opera is a 2018 science fiction novel by Catherynne Valente, about a galactic version of the Eurovision Song Contest. …
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optimist_prime rated Edge of Eternity: 2 stars
Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett, John Lee
Conclusion of Follett's Century Trilogy, set during the Cold War.
optimist_prime rated Midnight Robber: 4 stars
optimist_prime rated The Left Hand of Darkness: 4 stars
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
"One of my favorite novels is The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K Le Guin. For more than 40 …
optimist_prime rated Altai: 3 stars
optimist_prime rated Q: 5 stars
Q by Luther Blissett
optimist_prime rated Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1): 4 stars
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) by Anne McCaffrey
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a …
optimist_prime rated So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish: 4 stars
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams (Trilogy of Five #4)
Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams...
There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in …
optimist_prime rated A Closed and Common Orbit: 5 stars
Becky Chambers: A Closed and Common Orbit (Hardcover, 2016, HODDER & STOUGHTON)
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #2)
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very …
optimist_prime rated The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet: 4 stars
Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (EBook, 2015, Hodder & Stoughton)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1)
Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family …
optimist_prime rated Children of Blood and Bone: 4 stars
Tomi Adeyemi: Children of Blood and Bone (2019, Thorndike Press Large Print)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie's Reaper …
optimist_prime rated Wonder Engine, The: 4 stars
optimist_prime rated Clockwork Boys: 4 stars
Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher (Clocktaur War, #1)
A paladin, an assassin, a forger, and a scholar ride out of town. It’s not the start of a joke, …
optimist_prime rated Impostor Syndrome (The Arcadia Project Book 3): 5 stars
Impostor Syndrome (The Arcadia Project Book 3) by Mishell Baker
In the third book of the Nebula Award-nominated Arcadia Project series, which New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire called …
optimist_prime rated Excession (Culture, #5): 4 stars
Excession (Culture, #5) by Iain M. Banks
Two and a half millennia ago, the artifact appeared in a remote corner of space, beside a trillion-year-old dying sun …