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Bay Area programmer guy. Lifelong comic book reader, also a big fan of comic strips and webcomics. In prose I mostly read science fiction with a smattering of fantasy, horror, mystery and the occasional nonfiction book. My cats help.
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Michael Rawdon rated The million: 3 stars
Karl Schroeder: The million (2018)
The million by Karl Schroeder
"Every thirty years, ten billion visitors overrun Earth during one month of madness: partying, polluting, and brawling. In between, the …
Michael Rawdon rated The show that never ends: 3 stars
Michael Rawdon rated The Labyrinth Index: 4 stars
The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #9)
"The arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape fo human affairs across the world, and the United Kingdom …
Becoming Superman: A Writer's Journey from Poverty to Hollywood with Stops Along the Way at Murder, Madness, Mayhem, Movie Stars, Cults, Slums, Sociopaths, and War Crimes by J. Michael Straczynski
For four decades, J. Michael Straczynski has been one of the most successful writers in Hollywood, one of the few …
Michael Rawdon rated The Nightmare Stacks: 4 stars
The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross (The Laundry Files)
"The Laundry Files' 'fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, mundane office comedy and Lovecraftian horror' (SFX) continues as Hugo Award-winning author …
Michael Rawdon rated Exit Strategy: 4 stars
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries #4)
Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it respect must be …
Michael Rawdon rated Rogue Protocol: 4 stars
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Sci-fi’s favorite antisocial A.I. is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayCris Corporation is floundering, and more …
Michael Rawdon rated Play Optimal Poker: 5 stars
Michael Rawdon rated The Calculating Stars: 2 stars
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut, #1)
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated much of the east coast …
Michael Rawdon rated Alternate routes: 3 stars
Tim Powers: Alternate routes (2018)
Alternate routes by Tim Powers
"Something weird is happening to the Los Angeles freeways--phantom cars, lanes from nowhere, and sometimes unmarked offramps that give glimpses …
Michael Rawdon rated Shadow Captain: 3 stars
Alastair Reynolds: Shadow Captain (2019, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
Shadow Captain by Alastair Reynolds
Bosa Sennen was a scourge of merchants and traders alike. A pirate who struck from the darkness, showed no mercy, …
Michael Rawdon rated All Systems Red: 4 stars
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
Michael Rawdon rated Nightflyers: 3 stars
George R. R. Martin: Nightflyers (Paperback, 1987, Tor Books)
Nightflyers by George R. R. Martin
The crew of the starship Nightflyer is heading into the outer reaches of known space in search of a legendary …