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I‘m starting to feel almost a little uncomfortable with how all the spec fic I‘m reading has eerie concordance with the realities of the current moment. This is essentially a first contact story but there‘s a lot of things to unpack about personal autonomy and symbiosis with the environment.

An idealistic group leaves Earth behind to found a colony based on principles of peace. They face challenges and hardships as they struggle to survive, including contact with a sentient plant that may want to control them and with the remnants of a past civilization, but the most serious threats come from within. I picked this up after it was mentioned in The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger--I'll definitely read the next book in the series!

I‘m surprised to see a low rating for this here, I thought it was a solid interesting scifi.

A group of Earth Humans who fled a dying planet find themselves on a very far away world. Their plan is to leave all of humanity‘s bad traits on Earth, and live in harmony with nature on their new home. Then the plants begin to show fast adaptation, even sentience, and things get complicated.

This spans several generations. I really liked it.

I enjoyed the final installment of the Noumena series. Honestly, the book felt strangely apropos with its mixture of bleak with a slight smidge of hope. Maybe I was just projecting onto it? 🤷‍♀️ Anyway, it was a pleasurable read 😊

I don't know what I was expecting but it wasn't this. This was a discussion of cognitive theory and sentience as it relates to the human condition disguised as a first contact novel with vampires?!

Wow. Funny and yet poignant and touching at times. First Contact done right!

This is John Scalzi's first "practice" novel, later revised for publication. While it has vivid characters and features Scalzi's trademark originality and wit, it also feels less polished than his later work. It's also very briefly kind of mean to Keanu Reeves (why???) A fun read for Scalzi fans, but I wouldn't recommend it if you are new to this author--it is definitely not his best.

Agent to the Stars is a ridiculous book, and it was tons of fun. Apparently, Scalzi wrote it to see if he could actually write a novel. Wil Wheaton does a great job narrating it. 1979 is my #audiowalk book. I‘m not invested so far. I like McDermid, the time period interests me, but so far it seems to be about financial crime and tax evasion, and that bores me. I hope I‘m wrong.

I‘m simply not capable of resisting something with this title…and so far it does not disappoint. Great story and amazing, gloriously colorful art.