Rating: Recommended
Kutath – C.J. Cherryh
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We get the end of the Faded Sun Trilogy, with Kutath and the fate of the mri, Regul and humans in the balance. Though only the mri are bound to this single arid old world of Kutath. Duncan fully inhabits his mri learnings and humans get to see the real face of the Regul.
Shon’jir – C.J. Cherryh
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Back into the Dark the mri go following their holy relic that holds the path back to their real home world. There have been over 80 darks each lasting multiple generations and between each dark there has been service in war, many lasting thousands of years. We now get to reckon with just how old
Kesrith – C.J. Cherryh
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This is the first book in one of my favourites series of all time. For many years I read my tattered paperback copy which contained all three volumes to start each year over the holidays. In book one we meet our characters. The mri are a race of humanoid warriors who were contracted into fighting
The Web Beneath the Waves – Samanth Subramanian
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Samanth Subramanian gives readers a look at the relatively obscure world of undersea internet infrastructure which has remained largely the same since they started laying cables for telegraph traffic. In many cases it’s still the same companies contracted to lay the cables as did the job for the last 50 years. What struck me was
All Systems Red – Martha Wells
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I’d heard about this series for a while but didn’t really know what it was about until I watched the Apple TV season and it was excellent there. So I put the book on hold at my library and got it yesterday and it did not disappoint. We follow Murderbot as he realizes he has
At the Trough – Laurent Carbonneau
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At The Trough continues my curiosity at Canadian focused looks at the economy, and ties in with Corporate Control from a few weeks back. Here Laurent Carbonneau looks at the Canadian corporate welfare industry that was started with the founding of our country as we gave money to build railroads that mostly profited the investors
The Ascendants – Jazza Brooks
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This is the debut novel from Jazza Brooks, better known for his YouTube art channel, which is where I found this book during his build of the main evil in the book a gidaanawe. We start on a mining planet serving the Edictum who in turn serve the will of the Zenitharch, a mystical force
Rogers v Rogers – Alexandra Posadzki
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This is a story of one of the biggest telecom companies in Canada, Rogers Communications, and the family behind it. While the subtitle leads you to believe that we’re going to hear about the sordid drama between family members during a merger with Shaw Communications and a CEO ousting, that’s a very small part of
Corporate Control – Nora Loreto
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Much like Dark PR I see in this government subsidizing industries that really aren’t good for the people that live in the country, the people that government is supposed to be serving. From choosing free trade over the protected economy in the late 80’s to selling off the Crown Corporations to business that now make
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution – Louise Perry
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This is October’s book club book. Join the free email list to get all the content. Perry’s main argument is that while the sexual revolution liberated women from some of the taboo’s of sex outside of marriage, it also brought many issues for women participating in sex. She argues, convincingly to me, that the sexual
