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This is a science fiction novel about a scientist making a huge discovery, having a bit of an accident with an experiment and having to survive on his wits alone. It paints a pretty accurate picture of what it is like to be a scientist today.

Rating: 3/5

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Glitter & Mayhem is an antology of stories about clubbing, partying, roller derby playing supernaturals of all sorts. It’s a diverse set of stories, and I found most of them both well written and interesting. Although I wasn’t really a party animal myself, and roller derby didn’t even exist in Sweden back then (and barely does now), I can still recognise parts of it.

All in all, I found most of the stories vibrant and fun.

Rating: 3.5/5

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Chaz wakes up in a space ship, and everything is wrong. That’s the start of this short story about space travel, faith and secrets. I really liked it, and want to know what happened next.

Rating: 4/5

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A good short story is hard to find, and in this collection, David delivers several excellent stories. I especially liked Tk’Tk’Tk’, The Ecology of Faerie and Rewind, but several of the others were good too. The least favourite for me is probably Fear of Widths.

The variation is great, from hard SF to the young adult faery story of The Ecology of Faerie. All in all, I would recommend this for pretty much anyone.

Rating: 4/5

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This novel is the story of several generations of people, the protagonists are women of the same family, first living on a generation ship and then on the destination planet. A lot of the book centers on the mother-daughter relationships, and how a decision in one generation can have far reaching consequences in the next one.

I found it interesting and enjoyable, some parts more than others (Sirra was my favourite character). The ending left room for a sequel, which I wouldn’t mind reading.

Rating: 3.5/5

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Skye Object 3270A is a (barely) fourteen year old girl in Silk, a city some way up on the space elevator over Deception Well. Together with her best friend Zia and two boys, she goes on an adventure that will change their lives forever.

Skye was discovered in an escape pod, in cryogenic suspension, at the age of two, and much of this book tells the story of her seeking for the truth to what happened to the ship the pod came from. I found the book both funny and exciting, although there were some parts that didn’t hold my interest as much. All in all, a good book, and I wouldn’t mind reading more from this author.

Rating: 3.5/5

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This is the second book about Worcester and Reeves, in a steampunk/P G Wodehouse crossover (the first being What Ho, Automaton).

Just like in the first book, Worcester is a bumbling english gentleman, and Reeves his trusted automaton. This time, the adventures involves reanimated corpses, explosives, and plot.

Overall, it was fast paced and funny, and the wit was dry even in the sewers.

Rating: 3.5/5

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This is a book of short stories. A good short story is hard to write, and hard to find, but in my opinion, Jaine Fenn has done very well here. All the stories are set in the same universe, and from reading the foreword by Alistair Reynolds (an author whose books I really like), there are also novels in this universe.

The fun (or frustrating, as the case may be) part with short stories is that there’s almost no room to explain the universe, so you’re dumped straight into the story without much background, and it really works for me in these stories. My ideas of what an Angel really were changed quite a bit while reading the stories, and now I want to find out more.

I will look for more books by Fenn, and I recommend these to any short fiction fan.

Rating: 4/5

Early reviewers copy.

This book has some interesting twists on the werewolf trope, but unfortunately, the main character never clicked for me. Her decisions regarding her boyfriend seemed very strange, considering that he’d turned her into a werewolf against her will.

The book livened up a bit after Daciana became a werewolf, unfortunately she was a bit of a cartoon villain.

All in all, not a book for me.

What Ho, Automaton!

With such a title, you would expect jolly Englishmen and their automatons, and that is exactly what you get. Set in a steampunk England of the Victorian era, the two main characters Reeves and Wooster (Reggie, not Bertie) sets out to find a missing debutante.

I found it funny and enjoyable, although some of the jokes were repeated a bit too often. If you like Wodehouse and steampunk, I’m sure you will love it.

Theo Gray’s Mad Science is a brilliant book filled with fun experiments, some of which can be safely repeated at home by anyone able to follow instructions. Some require a bit more experience, and some of them should only be done by trained chemists in a lab (or a bunker, or in the middle of a large field).

I really liked reading about all the experiments, it’s obvious that Theo enjoys doing them.

Random Magic is a fantasy book about the search for Alice in Wonderland, who has gone missing.

It is extremely whimsical and random, and full of allusions and references to…well, everything, really. And the kitchen sink. For me, this sometimes worked, but a lot of the time, especially in the first third of the book, I just felt that the author tried a bit too hard to cram in every single idea ever had by anyone.

In my opinion, there’s a good book in here waiting to get out. A good editor could probably work wonders here.

All in all, if you like really crazy antics and whimsy, you will probably enjoy it. If you don’t, you won’t.