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Alien planet with an uplifted mantis shrimp warrior and human explorer facing a living beanstalk consuming a spacecraft beneath ghostly digital faces.

Book Review: Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #4)

Clay | August 14

When Terraforming Turns Scientists Into Insane Gods It’s finally time to review the fourth book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series: Children[…]

A Victorian Time Traveller stands beside an ornate brass time machine overlooking the White Sphinx, Eloi ruins, shadowy Morlocks, and a distant red sun in H. G. Wells’ future Earth.

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Review

Clay | July 10

Does the H.G. Wells Sci-Fi Classic Hold Up? The 1960s film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine hooked me as a kid.[…]

A rogue SecUnit without a helmet protects Dr. Mensah inside a futuristic transit station while corporate security forces close in behind them.

Review of Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Clay | June 19

Avoiding Emotions and GrayCris It’s time for another installment of Martha Wells’ brilliantly fun series! Today, I’m finally diving into Exit Strategy (The[…]

Stone tablet with mysterious alien markings in a lush jungle on an alien planet, with a spacecraft, distant ruins, and a massive moonlit world in the sky, inspired by Echo by Jack McDevitt.

Throwback Thursday: Book Review: Echo by Jack McDevitt (Alex Benedict #5)

Clay | May 22

Throwback Thursday: Echo I know it has been a while since I have done a Throwback Thursday post. I have just been consumed[…]

A young girl and a mysterious teacher stand near a fractured colony on an alien world, with ravens overhead, a starship nearby, and a glowing buried machine beneath the landscape.

Review of Children of Memory (Children of Time #3) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Clay | May 8

The Most Star Trek Book in the Children of Time Series It is time for the third installment of the Children of Time[…]

Rogue Protocol featured image showing a rogue security android and companion robot inside a damaged space station with a swirling green and blue gas giant outside

Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) by Martha Wells

Clay | April 24

Reluctant Heroes and Robot Feelings It’s time once again for another Murderbot Diary review. And honestly? Spoiler alert: these novellas just keep getting[…]

Tall augmented security construct seen from behind in a crowded space station concourse, subtle blue cybernetic implants glowing under a dark jacket.

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells

Clay | March 6

Introvert in Space I loved All Systems Red so I have basically committed to reading the complete The Murderbot Diaries sci-fi novella series[…]

Bioluminescent alien octopus and advanced spacecraft orbiting a vast blue ocean planet, inspired by the science fiction novel Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Children of Ruin (Children of Time #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Clay | February 6

Exploring Alien Intelligence I loved Children of Time so much that picking up the sequel, Children of Ruin, was a no-brainer. This second[…]

Armored SecUnit “Murderbot” with a glowing red visor stands guard on a rugged alien world during a dangerous planetary survey.

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

Clay | January 2

All Systems Red Review: I Finally Caved and Read Murderbot My mother has been begging me to read The Murderbot Diaries for years.[…]

A large, intelligent spider confronts a lone astronaut on an alien terrain with webbing in the air and a lush Earth-like planet and spacecraft looming above — capturing the central tension of Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky review

Clayton | July 4

A Mind-Bending Sci-Fi Masterpiece Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky was recommended by a coworker and sounded interesting, so I picked it up[…]

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