Monday, March 11, 2024

read: the forbidden stars

The axiom were sadly not powerful and not so smart. Even Callie can outwit them. Especially the last part. 

It's nice to have a happy ending.
The technology suggested were pretty cool. Interstellar travel. Nano machines. Gravity generators. Bridge generators. VR immersion and so on. The romance was tacky. The situations somehow far too convenient e.g. the marriage to Michael, the AI generate Ashok.

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

read: the dreaming stars

The romance is starting to get weird but I guess it's true that you get lonely in deep space. Just not what I want to read about in a science fiction.

The whole treatment for Sébastien is weird. And the solution to win by playing a game. At least they made it realistic by having Callie lose the game.

The overthrow of the ruler and making him stop the terror drones and swarm is also a bit bizarre.

 Reading on to part 3 cos I'm curious about the blue eye.

Sunday, March 03, 2024

read: the wrong stars

By Tim Pratt

Interesting hypothesis about the Liars and Axiom. 

The romance between Elena and Callie made it weird and unnatural. But the story of a rescue and unearthing the mystery of the Liar race is dramatic enough to keep you reading.

Would be a very colorful movie.
On to part two cos I'm curious about the Axioms. I feel like they must be some sort of very weak race that is highly intellectual and therefore using brainwashing and technology and slaves to hide their inadequacy.

read: hail mary

Went back to reading science fiction and this enthralled me.

It's the details of the science (that I don't understand) that made it feel real. Anthrophage? Its parasitical conquest across the universe. 

The schoolteacher persona felt unbelievable to make it to space, nor was Rocky the other alien but it was all very entertaining.

Good read!
On to my next science fiction.

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

read: bad blood

About the silicon valley investment bubble.

All you need for success is not a viable product. All you need is a very charming leader with good connections and unscrupulous lawyers.

The money bought ruthlessness rather than ingenuity.

Friday, August 11, 2023

read: spare

It felt painful reading it.
A story of an entitled rich kid who refused to let go of his mommy, so eager to seek validation, and self-important, imagining feuds and conflicts and conspiracies. Self-righteous but weak-spined. 
The romance was sweet but felt too artificial. I don't believe Meg is perfect but maybe she's the strength he never had.

Saturday, June 10, 2023

read: Billy summers

Another non scary book by Stephen King
Enjoyable read albeit somewhat improbable character and plot
Not too sure where the ending was going with a new character introduced, but I guess it showed the humane side of Billy as he introduced more and more errors into his operation. 
Always great build up of a foreboding sense similar to his scary stories
Wonder what the significance of the portrait in the summer house was, it felt like it was going to amount to more but it remained simply a portrait.

Friday, June 02, 2023

read: fairy tale

By Stephen King 
So not your typical fairy tale but surprisingly loyal to those components: the hero, the beautiful princess, the evil, castles and strange creatures.

But cos it's Stephen King u get the huge bats and roaches, the foreboding gloom of a haunted house and maimed people. 

All in all a pleasant read. It seemed strange that half the book was dedicated to the set up (finding of the fairy tale land) and the hero was slightly unreal (although he did add that he was not perfect at parts). But it's a fairytale so you can ignore logical flaws.