Tag: sci-fi
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Review: Ancillary Justice (Paperback)
I approached this book with high hopes – it was very solidly recommended to me, and seemed conceptually interesting. I judge books almost wholly on their individual merit, not according to their perceived literary value; I get that Ancillary Justice was making a statement, and was recognised for that. Plus, with all those awards on the…
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Review: Sunshine State (Paperback)
I recently was required to read Sunshine State as part of my Creative Writing degree course at Kingston University; it being a post-apocalyptic novel sweetened the deal a fair bit! I was tasked with reading the novel primarily to observe an example of setting and world-building, and it is on this basis that I begin. The premise…
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Review: The Ultramarines Omnibus (Paperback)
I’d always been a little wary of the Warhammer franchise – to me, it always seemed to be focused around a pretty insular group of tabletop gaming nerds, and almost impenetrable, by the length and breadth of the lore, to the layman such as I. However, casting those stereotypes and preconceptions aside, I happily accepted…
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