Weekly Sci Fi Diary | March 7th 2025

it's not my favorite of his Standalone books I think it's probably House of sons

I enjoyed the dynamic between Bella and her onetime best friend and chief Engineers fet I thought that was well done both are flawed and both acting in what they believe to be the best interest of all and there are no easy answers so I liked it's hard Science Fiction it's a big dumb object Tale in the traditions of Ring World Rama and probably orbitsville with a side order of first Contact and like most of the Alistar Reynolds audio books pushing ice is narrated by a chap called John Lee who unfortunately has a rather dry delivery maybe that suits the rock hard nature of the writing but it can be a bit unengaging a little bit easy to tune out of if you're not concentrating 100% but overall I enjoyed it's good it's not my favorite of his Standalone books I think it's probably House of sons but it holds up it's it's a well worth of read if you haven't read it

there is a lot going on and perhaps that's a minor failure a trap for Young Players let's say this being Chris becket's first novel I blew through it in no time at all it's a quick reader and I enjoyed it very much indeed

it's really good and I'm really enjoying Michael Chon's writing

I'm somewhere between about third and half the way through I might finish that this weekend or it might leak into the following week I think so far so good I'm enjoying it

I found the book to be a Charming mix of the human and the quotidian and the hard signs that willhelm brings to the tale the characters are compelling and I thought that her Pros is wonderful