With this book, Asimov
created one of the most unique time-travel stories I have ever read.
Dismissing
almost all familiar tropes, he created an entire society that exists outside of
time, and a tale that involves, not altering any single historical event, but
custom-tailoring all of history.
The
hero, an “Eternal” named Andrew Harlan, changes and grows throughout this
engaging narrative, which is part intrigue, part love story; I found myself
making excuses to read “just one more chapter” before setting the book down.
Best of all, while the majority of the book is purely standalone, the
ending packs a wonderful wallop that ties The
End of Eternity into Asimov’s great Robot/Empire/Foundation universe. In
fact, this book could be counted as the genesis
of that fantastic future history saga.
A spellbinding novel set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s classic Galactic Empire series and Foundation series
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The Eternals, the ruling class of the Future, had the power of life and death not only over every human being but over the very centuries into which they were born. Past, Present, and Future could be created or destroyed at will.
You had to be special to become an Eternal. Andrew Harlan was special. Until he committed the one unforgivable sin—falling in love.
Fourth in the Wayfarers series but able to stand on
its own, Becky Chambers has created a space opera novel that is light on plot yet so beautifully character-driven that I didn’t care.
After a freak disaster,
five strangers — three visitors and two residents from four different species —
are stranded together on a “stopover” planet, and what follows are character
interactions that are so engaging that I hated to say goodbye when the book ended.
For the record, all of the Wayfarers
novels touched me this way. Each of them felt so real, with their own
strengths and faults that gave them credible weight.
If you enjoy thoughtful,
character-driven literature of any genre, I must recommend the entire Wayfarers series and The Galaxy and the Ground Within in particular.
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The stunning finale to the award-winning Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
When a freak technological failure halts traffic to and from the planet Gora, three strangers are thrown together unexpectedly, with seemingly nothing to do but wait.
Pei is a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, torn between her duty to her people, and her duty to herself.
Galaxy Cruise is the
first in a hilarious space opera series. Hart offers memorable characters and great world-building, with a charming plot and a lot of humor.
The hero, Captain Leo MacGavin, is the lone human surrounded by a
variety of aliens on the space-based cruise ship, the WTF Americano Grande. As with his other books, Hart’s humor made me
literally laugh out loud at times, while his story kept me guessing as to what
could possibly go wrong next.
The entire cast is equally quirky and endearing;
I especially loved the spider-like security chief, Marshmallow Hug Dilly Dilly
(“Dilly” for short). The Maiden Voyage
— the whole series, really — is engaging, entertaining, and, most of all, fun.
Leo MacGavin is not the brightest specimen of humanity. But when he inadvertently rescues a flirty alien heiress, he’s promoted from second-rate lounge entertainer to captain of the galaxy’s most sophisticated cruise ship.
Before he can flee in terror, a human-hating executive gives Leo an ultimatum—complete the vessel’s maiden voyage or mankind’s last colony will be turned into a sewage dump. To make matters worse, a militant cyborg is undermining his authority, a giant spider is terrifying the passengers, and a sentient plant keeps stealing all the beer.
College students Neil
Carpenter and Mark Hudson set out to create The
Triumvirate, a comic book about a vampire, a werewolf, and a zombie who
resist their evil natures and hunt their own kind.
When Neil learns hypnosis in
his psychology class, he proposes using it to enrich the characters — they
could hypnotize themselves into believing that they are the characters and then
exchange interviews. To test the idea, Neil assumes the identity of the vampire
— the wealthy and deeply religious Alistaire Bachman. The game begins.
A game that leads to a
whirlwind of confusion, murder, and impossibility.
