Ocean of Storms --Christopher Mari & Jeremy K. Brown

Available 1 Dec 16

Fiction / Science Fiction

410 pages / 3443 KB

3 Stars

Legalities: I received a free electronic ARC from NetGalley.com.

The story was kind of fun. The expositional filler was not. I felt like they were using it to pad the word count.

It's been a while since I've read SF, and thought I'd give this a try. Although the beginning started with a bang, literally, there were a lot of areas that left me wondering. There were several areas where I could not suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy the story.

An airliner crashes in Hong Kong, in a street, and there is no conflagration?

A compound fracture is recognized in space, before the space suit is removed?

A chopper shows up at a dig site and instead of using the pad most dig sites have, they set down IN the site?

Thrillers are not my usual genre, and I made no effort to figure this one out, but well before the ending, I had it "solved." The fun part came when I realized I was right.

A good editor would have been a good investment.

Abducticon --Alma Alexander

Abducticon —by Alma Alexander

Fiction / Science Fiction

199 Pages / 573 KB

5 Stars

No, that is NOT a typo in the title.

If you've ever been to a Science Fiction/Fantasy convention, 'con' to most people, you will love this book. If you've ever been involved in a con, either in setting one up, working one, or as a guest, you will recognize every single person Ms. Alexander writes abut. Perhaps not every single episode that happens, as, well, the entire con and the hotel, complete with mundane guests, is hijacked by time-traveling androids and taken for a ride around the moon.

Wouldn't that be a con to end all cons? And the reactions from the gamers? Absolutely priceless! Everything you could possibly want in a con is in this book, up to and including the replicators.

If you like cons, you will absitively posolutely LOVE this book. This is truly one of the funniest SF books I've read in years. Job well done, Alma Alexander!

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