Richard

Some interesting thoughts on teleportation and identity, but it contains one of my pet peeves of science fiction: in the far future you will not know every 80s song and movie. We create media at an exponential rate, some things will survive the grinding of time, but 80s New Wave is not likely one of them.

I'm not going to lie, this one made me cry. A lot. Such beautiful characters and a long arc over the last few books sadly came to a close. I had to take a day off before I could finish it. This series was my favorite reading discovery of the year.

Powerful and thoughtful. Great science fiction and sadly all too accurate for the direction we are going as a a society.
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Probably my favorite of the series. The characters flesh out a bit more and it's just delightful. I'll probably reread this series every year or so.

Heart warming and funny murder mystery where a group of sexta and octogenarians solve the case. One of the best books I've read this year.

Cozy and kind of boring. Maybe a 3.5/5 depending on the mood. Not a whole lot going on in the book. Some of the alien species were interesting, but not most of the main characters. I would have preferred a single point of view to explore the fairly interesting universe created. They try to explore a number of themes, AI, ethics and others, but there are simply no consequences to anything that happens which makes most the themes explored seem pretty shallow. I don't mind smaller stories where the fate of the universe isn't hanging in the balance, but I never felt overly invested in any of the various crew. If you want a nice book on acceptance and being friends, with extremely low amounts of tension, this would be a great choice. I just wish it was a little more engaging.

I have no idea why I liked this one so much. Not much happens. There is no bad guy. There is almost no tension, and that's all gone right in the first few chapters. If the idea of someone telling you about their flee market finds and sales intrigues you, give this one a go. I recommend the audiobook, a great listen to just pass the time as you do the dishes or tidy up.

I don't review many books on here but this one is very special. Probably the best graphic novel I've read. It's a book about death, but by looking at death at various points in the main characters life, what it really does is call attention and celebrates life and all the little connections and moments we accrue.

One of my favorite books. I reread it every year. It's pretty much engineering porn.

600 pages of story crammed into 1000+ pages. The book suffers from the lack of an editor willing to cut out huge portions of unnecessary writing. Despite that I find the world he created fascinating and most of the characters interesting.

If Heinlein had written Ender's Game. Fun read while touching on a few philosophical points without being too heavy handed. Enjoyable quick read.

So funny while also being a great philosophical exploration of good and evil. One of my favorites.

20 years later it finally comes to an end. There were some rough patches along the way, but I will always cherish the world that was created both on the page and in my mind. It is not the end, but it is an end.

Main character is extremely unlikable. The world is almost interesting, but falls flat through the main characters eyes who can do no wrong. All women in this world are objects. Rape and slavery. No thank you.