Book 2 of the Lightspeed Trilogy
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Moggie finished reading Beyond the Reach of Earth by Ken MacLeod
Moggie finished reading Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod
Book 1 of the Lightspeed Trilogy
Really enjoyed this trilogy. It reminds me somewhat of The Expanse, but the story is somewhat less convoluted and follows fewer characters. The plot revolves around the invention of faster-than-light travel, which gets independently discovered by at least four different people at different times, and has some peculiar side effects on time. It's also got a very interesting theme of panspermia with our solar system as the source template for life, spread onto many planets by an enigmatic entity billions of years old.
Moggie finished reading The Rivals by Jane Pek (Claudia Lin, #2)
This is a sequel to The Verifiers. I like its blend of mystery and science fiction with a dash of (mostly unfulfilled) romance, along with a side of sociopolitical commentary. The setting is either present day or very near future, so the science fiction aspect is speculation about what could be going on beneath the surface of the world we see. Nearly all of the important characters are women, and it's just presented as a given that they are whole people independent of any men.
Moggie finished reading The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women by Rosalie Gilbert
Moggie commented on Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
Really enjoyed the story, though I would have liked to see the relationship between the main characters developed more. They're polar opposites in most ways, which you'd expect would make them irritating to each other, yet there's very little conflict or even misunderstanding between them. And by the end, neither is the same person they were at the beginning. You'd think that would have some profound effects, but they just kind of shrug it off.
I do have some nitpicks with the science fiction aspect. For one, it's heavily implied that consciousness and perception are something separate from the physical body. But if that is so, how would it be possible for genetic modification to alter these things?
And why would there still be a job doing manual data entry in a society with such advanced tech?
Moggie finished reading Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
Rich socialite, inveterate flirt, and walking disaster Tennalhin Halkana can read minds. Tennal, like all neuromodified “readers,” is a security …
Moggie finished reading Murder With Fried Chicken And Waffles by A. L. Herbert
Moggie finished reading Way of the Bear by Anne Hillerman (Leaphorn & Chee #26)
Moggie started reading I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
Moggie finished reading We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Moggie finished reading Stealing Fire by Jo Graham
Loved this book, but I always have a soft spot for historical fiction set in the ancient world. I think it's basically a retelling, with a great deal of embellishment, of historical events involving people who really existed, though I don't know the history of that period (around 350-300 BCE) well enough to be sure.
Moggie started reading Stealing Fire by Jo Graham
Moggie finished reading Cirque du Slay by Rob Osler
Moggie replied to Phil in SF's status
That sounds ghastly.