Simon Bisson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Simon Bisson

Recent Reads: Wormhole. Eric Brown and Keith Brooke's novel is a cold case crime story, reaching across a century and light years. Who killed the billionaire's brother? Was it his wife, presumed dead far from home? Or could there be something more nefarious at play? Compelling.

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Recent Reads: Bea Wolf. Zach Weinersmith's illustrated (by Boulet) re-telling of the saga of Beowulf is a word-hurrying world-shaping wild tale that takes a story, turns it on its head as you read it out loud for the sheer joy of its language. An essential - and beautiful - read.

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Recent Reads: The Terraformers. Annalee Newitz's ecological SF is deeply political in the making of a world, where all the peoples are as important as the planet and where the bad guys are the property developers. Three romances to make a revolution and a metaphor for our cities.

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Recent Reads: Promises Stronger Than Darkness. Charlie Jane Anders wraps up her Unstoppable trilogy with a, well, with everything. A big story gets bigger, and risks become existential. At heart, it remains a story about friendship and trust, and how we build them. Recommended.

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Recent Reads: World Running Down. Al Hess' dystopian love story matches a trans man and an AI in an unfamiliar body, as they track newly sentient androids in the Utah desert. Their experiences explore the essence of dysphoria, using SF to deliver a powerful story. Recommended.

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Recent Reads: Eyes Of The Void. The second book in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Final Architecture series ramps up already high stakes. As moon-sized monsters deconstruct worlds, Idris Telemmier's talents make him a pawn. He only wants one thing: to find out what's under the universe.

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Recent Reads: Once & Future Vol 5 - The Wasteland. As Kieron Gillen's graphic saga comes to a climax, three kings come to London at Christmas. The matter of Britain collides with T S Eliot, and King Lear is released from his story prison. What is left, but to forget and be saved?

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Recent Reads: The Shattered Skies. John Birmingham's space opera continues; with a ragtag fleet trying to save the remnants of human space from the invading Sturm. And at the same time can they reshape society? A new Enlightenment vs Space Nazis. It's adventure all the way!

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A laugh out loud moment Ian McDonald's wonderful Hopeland: "Above her desk in her wood-and-glass office in the Eldfjallahús at Vonland, Raisa keeps a framed photograph of Elon Musk. Underneath, on a piece of A4 in 120 point Arial Black, are these words: Don’t be like Elon "

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This month's http://Tor.com ebook club book is Tamsyn Muir's Gideon The Ninth: a country house murder mystery with space necromancers. I loved it. https://ebookclub.tor.com/

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