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Khleedril<p>I think I just read the most pure science-fiction <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> book I've ever read: Fifth Planet by Fred and Geoffrey Hoyle. I loved it.</p><p>Brief review WITH SPOILERS:<br><a href="https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=fifth-planet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/</span><span class="invisible">?review=fifth-planet</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fredhoyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fredhoyle</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a></p>
Khleedril<p>Methuselah's Children, Robert Heinlein.</p><p>The propensity for old sci-fi to start out intelligent and then fall apart as it expands into an unrealistic universe is very evident here...</p><p>SPOILERS: <a href="https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=methuselah%CA%BCs-children" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/</span><span class="invisible">?review=methuselah%CA%BCs-children</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span><br><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> May13. Shameless self-promotion day. Let's boost away.</p><p><a href="https://khleedril.org/spark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">khleedril.org/spark</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/brokenspark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brokenspark</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a></p>
Khleedril<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nu/@BenjaminKlein" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BenjaminKlein</span></a></span> I loved Altered Carbon (only read the book, not seen the TV).</p><p>Moderate spoilers:<br><a href="https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=altered-carbon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/</span><span class="invisible">?review=altered-carbon</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/richardmorgan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>richardmorgan</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/alteredcarbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alteredcarbon</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> Revenge of the Mutant Algorithms: No Time to Speak.</p><p>This is a brilliant self-contained short fable containing the life and times, rise and fall, of a man fated to enjoy living sainthood in lonely confinement.</p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/11/revenge-of-the-mutant-algorithms-no-time-to-speak/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/11/reven</span><span class="invisible">ge-of-the-mutant-algorithms-no-time-to-speak/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/revengeofthemutantalgorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revengeofthemutantalgorithms</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Broken Spark<p>Broken Spark, Chapter 8 is now available to read or listen to at <a href="https://rdmp.org/spark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdmp.org/spark</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. The captain argues with his own self under the direction of the psychoanalysts to work out where the ship's problems really lie.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/brokenspark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brokenspark</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>Let the Spacemen Beware, by Poul Anderson, starts as the well-worn trope of astronauts discovering a planet full of over-happy people with no fears or competitive spirit, but the sinister truth turns out to be an interesting take.</p><p>A 9/10 from me.</p><p>The review contains spoilers which are labelled and shepherded towards the end.</p><p><a href="https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=let-the-spacemen-beware" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/</span><span class="invisible">?review=let-the-spacemen-beware</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/ScifiReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScifiReading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/PoulAnderson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoulAnderson</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/LetTheSpacemenBeware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetTheSpacemenBeware</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter is a true monument to The War of the Worlds, perfectly extending the story into a wider incursion by the Martians. 10/10 from me, it is a book I'm not going to forget.</p><p><a href="https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=the-massacre-of-mankind" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/</span><span class="invisible">?review=the-massacre-of-mankind</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/waroftheworlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waroftheworlds</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/themassacreofmankind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>themassacreofmankind</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/ScifiReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScifiReading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/stephenbaxter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stephenbaxter</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/BooksWorthReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksWorthReading</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>Broken Spark, Chapter 7 is now available to read or listen to at <a href="https://rdmp.org/spark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdmp.org/spark</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. The senior officers are doubling-down hard on their sub-commanders under the impression that they are misbehaving and the cause of jeopardy to the ship. But there is a nasty virus going round and the problems might actually be with the seniors themselves....</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/brokenspark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brokenspark</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
Khleedril<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> Revenge of the Mutant Algorithms. 4. The Guerilla Information team.</p><p>A story of retaliation against the overzealous surveillance state we live in today, where all politicians and policemen are subject to round-the-clock, in-your-face surveillance whose data are broadcast freely to everyone thanks to the efforts of a super-active data freedom movement. </p><p>1/5</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RevengeOfTheMutantAlgorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengeOfTheMutantAlgorithms</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/WritingMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingMonth</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>I've decided that the accumulation of reviews of on-line serializations I've done for Mastodon now constitutes a sufficient body of work that it deserves its own web site. Also, posterity, just in case....</p><p><a href="https://rdmp.org/serials" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdmp.org/serials</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/readinglog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readinglog</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
QuokkaMocha<p>Seen on SPSFC <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@spsfc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>spsfc</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WritersLift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersLift</span></a> If anyone is looking for a fabulous and epic sci-fi novel for their next read, may I recommend this - </p><p><a href="https://books2read.com/b/HeraldPetrel" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">books2read.com/b/HeraldPetrel</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mindly.social/@strangeseawolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>strangeseawolf</span></a></span> <br>Amazing characters, great LGBTQ+ representation, edge-of-the-seat reading. And if you get the hardcover version, I can say from personal experience - it is soooo pretty! Amazing illustrations. It's a steeper cost than the ebook or paperback but IMO its was worth it.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ScifiReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScifiReading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Edent</span></a></span> Revenge of the Mutant Algorithms: 3, Universal Soldier Bin.</p><p>Wildly imaginative extrapolation of lots of things wrong with the world of today, dressed up as futuristic Gothic horror and presented with some dreamlike incongruity.</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/NaNoWriMo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaNoWriMo</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/RevengeOfTheMutantAlgorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengeOfTheMutantAlgorithms</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/WritingMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingMonth</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>Broken Spark, Chapter 6 is now available to read or hear at <a href="https://rdmp.org/spark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdmp.org/spark</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. With insanity now starting to run rampant throughout the ship, a difficult conference must take place to decide a plan of action.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/brokenspark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brokenspark</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
flatplanet<p><a href="https://science.thewire.in/culture/books/elon-musk-robert-heinlein-neo-libertarian-fantasies/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.thewire.in/culture/boo</span><span class="invisible">ks/elon-musk-robert-heinlein-neo-libertarian-fantasies/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/RobertHeinlein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertHeinlein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ScifiReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScifiReading</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>Broken Spark, Chapter 5 is now available to read or listen at <a href="https://rdmp.org/spark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdmp.org/spark</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. The ailing ship, Spartacus' Ark, has made it to a service facility to deal with the ignominious problem of a software fault, but things go horribly wrong there.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/brokenspark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brokenspark</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a></p>
Khleedril<p>Gosh, The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut, is not the MasterWork I was expecting! Very outdated (book came out 1959) ideas about travellling around the Solar system and living on planets.</p><p>SPOILERS: <a href="https://rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/?review=the-sirens-of-titan" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rdmp.org/dale-mellor/bookblog/</span><span class="invisible">?review=the-sirens-of-titan</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifireading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifireading</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/kurtvonnegut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kurtvonnegut</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/sirensoftitan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sirensoftitan</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>Broken Spark, Chapter 4 is now up, with the Spartacus' Ark slowly going senile, and Captain Doulton losing his grip on things.</p><p>The audiobook is also available.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/ScifiReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScifiReading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/brokenspark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brokenspark</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://rdmp.org/spark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdmp.org/spark</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Broken Spark<p>Broken Spark, Chapter 3 is now live, in which Captain Doulton makes a rare excursion below decks and is dumbfounded by the indisciplined and shambolic corps of software engineers he comes across.</p><p>The chapter, as with the previous ones, is free to read. The author-voiced audiobook is also available.</p><p><a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> @bookstodon <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/ScifiReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScifiReading</span></a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/brokenspark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brokenspark</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://rdmp.org/spark" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rdmp.org/spark</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
B Thoreau 🛸<p>I finally read Ann Leckie's Translation State. Two thumbs up for Most Original Aliens. It was nice to read something that could surprise me. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ScifiReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScifiReading</span></a></p>
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