pick(1955) This opener to Norton's "Solar Queen" series, following the adventures of an interplanetary trading ship, is one of my favorites from her. In this one, the crew make a risky gamble buying the trading rights to a newly-discovered planet sight-unseen. They are devastated to learn the trading rights are practically worthless -- and then the adventure begins.
pick(1999) Space station Jocasta is in a system under siege, though the besieging aliens are not clear about what they want. Just as Jocasta's commander devises a plan to sneak a drone out of the system, another ship sneaks *in*: an ancient 21st-century corpsicle ship that really shouldn't be there at all. And from there things get really weird, with murders, monsters, and interspecies politics. Good fun for the crowd that liked Babylon 5 or DS9.
Two books I bought today judged solely by their covers.
The Alien Way has a cover by my favourite sci fi artist, Bruce Pennington, so the contents are secondary, but for what it's worth, it's an alien invasion story which sounds like it could be pretty good.
A Book of the Sea beguiled me with that sailing ship, but the contents are not short stories, which I'd assumed, but extracts from longer works, which I tend not to like, but 🤷♂️
pickMy #BookSpin for September was a lot of fun. I could see it being made into a movie. I loved the Star Trek jokes/references. It was a great last book of #SciFiSummer for me (even though the reading challenge doesn't end until the 21st) and a great light-hearted start to #RIPXIX (even though I've already got a fair number of short stories under my belt for that reading challenge).
My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for September: Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Mrs. March by Virginia Feito. I'm especially looking forward to Mrs. March since I'm really behind on the Fantastic Strangelings Book Club books. Mrs. March was the pick for August 2022! #RIPXIX #SomethingWickedFall
99p on Kindle for anyone that likes a Greek myth type story
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Final entry to the trilogy. Science fantasy, beautifully written but I will admit the book seemed to last forever, with twists and turns toward the end. Enjoyed it nonetheless.
#ReadYourKindle
@CBee
Finished the second for this month but won't get to the third alas.
Keeper of the Keys was beautifully written and I'm be eager to finish the trilogy.
#ROLL100
@PuddleJumper
