I kept putting this off because it looked really good but there wasn't an ebook.

The cover

E.g. see on goodreads: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/34328664-a-conspiracy-of-truths It's so beautiful, it somehow conjures the exact feel of the book, of illustrated manuscripts (even though there aren't any, it evokes a monastic tradition)

The premise ( Read more... )

There is an emperor of the world. Like this modern, real world, except this guy magically underpins the very fabric of the universe. He took over, about 6000 years ago, overthrowing some other ruler about who little is known. He has powerful allies, beasts, planets, sometimes humans but not usually ( Read more... )

Worth the Candle is another loooong webfic, adjacent to several rationalist stories, but much less in-your-face about it ( Read more... )

Welcome to more random ebook reviews. This is by someone who also wrote a couple of books which were a bit more male-geek-wishfulfilment-y become-powerful-mage-by-munchkin'ing have lots of women throwing themselves at you, where I enjoyed some of the ideas, but cringed a lot at some of the bits. This had some of the downsides, but a lot of ( Read more... )

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I really enjoy anathem. I enjoy the premise of organisations devoted to pure thinking. I enjoy a book which plays with practical implications of weird philosophy. I enjoy the general hopeful attitude. But every time I read it I also find MORE AND MORE which makes me incredibly cheesed off:

( Rants )

I'm rereading Borderline in preparation for reading Phantom Pains ( Read more... )

I read the first book, Leviathan Wakes, a little while back, and recently got round to reading the second and third. Someone online said book #5 was really good, so we'll see what I think ( Read more... )

Caped anthology

A collection of superhero short stories. Not a must-read, but I found all were a good read in a different way.

Archivist Wasp, bookWhich was on the wiki of "potential hugo nominations" with a great title. I loved the basic setting, a post-apocalyptic world, where the protagonist is honoured/trapped as the archivist, ghost-hunter, ( Read more... )

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