by Chelsea Vowel
★★★★½
Tag archives: science fiction
And Shall Machines Surrender
by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
★★★
All Systems Red
(The Murderbot Diaries #1)
by Martha Wells
★★★½
Utopias of the Third Kind
by Vandana Singh
★★★½
Robopocalypse
by Daniel H. Wilson
★★★★
Cyber Mage
by Saad Z. Hossain
I don’t recommend it unless you already found this world immersive. This one is more violent (the action scenes are skimmable). Male is default, women and girls are still introduced by their bodies and/or sexist insults. The title character is practically an incel, and a Mary Sue, … Read more
Atlas Alone
(Planetfall #4)
by Emma Newman
★★★★
After Atlas
(Planetfall #2)
by Emma Newman
★★★½
Planetfall
(Planetfall #1)
by Emma Newman
★★★★
Before Mars
(Planetfall #3)
by Emma Newman
★★★★
We Are Satellites
by Sarah Pinsker
★★★★
Remnant Population
by Elizabeth Moon
★★★½
Klara and the Sun
by Kazuo Ishiguro
★★★
The Calculating Stars
(Lady Astronaut #1)
by Mary Robinette Kowal
★★★
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
by Nisi Shawl (Editor)
- “The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex” by Tobias S. Buckell ★★★½
- “Deer Dancer” by Kathleen Alcalá ★★½
- “The Fine Print” by Chinelo Onwualu ★★½
- “unkind of mercy” by Alex Jennings ★★★½
- “The Freedom of the Shifting Sea” by Jaymee Goh ★★★
- “Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial
Homesick: Stories
by Nino Cipri
★★★
Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
by Ken Liu (Editor, Translator)
Short Stories
- “A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight” by Xia Jia ★★★¼
- “Tongtong’s Summer” by Xia Jia ★★★★¾
- “Night Journey of the Dragon-Horse” by Xia Jia ★★★
- “Call Girl” by Tang Fei ★★¼
- “The Circle” by Liu Cixin ★★★¼
- “Taking Care of God” by Liu Cixin ★★★★¾
The Space Between Worlds
by Micaiah Johnson
★★★★★
Everyone on the Moon Is Essential Personnel
by Julian K. Jarboe
★★½
Black No More
by George S. Schuyler
Unsubtle satire on the wages of whiteness, in pace with the ’30s in its portrayal of women