Five words from the blurb: Mars, astronaut, alone, survival, rescue The Martian was on the “Best of 2014” list of […]
Posts under ‘Science Fiction’
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Audio Book)
Five words from the blurb: death, knowledge, life, before, mystery Harry August was born in 1919, but when he […]
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Five words from the blurb: missionary, leaving, wife, adventure, worlds The Book of Strange New Things is an impressive book. […]
Encounter with Tiber by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes
Five words from the blurb: Earth, species, starfaring, space, future I hadn’t heard of this book until I read about […]
The Shadow Speaker – Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Five words from the blurb: 2070, mysticism, West Africa, survival, magical Earlier this year Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu won the World Fantasy […]
Speed of Dark – Elizabeth Moon
I love reading books that feature autistic characters and so ordered Speed of Dark the moment Judith mentioned that it was one […]
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Note: All books on this blog are rated on a five star system according to how much I enjoyed them. The ratings are not an indication of writing quality nor how enjoyable you may find reading them.
I am notoriously fussy in my reading tastes, so the star rating will only help if you have a similar reading taste to mine. I tend to abandon books I am not enjoying. 
