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Top Tier (4 to 5 stars)

Redshirts, by John Scalzi

5 out of 5 stars. Fast, filled to the brim with fun – and a healthy dose of mindfuck as well.

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Top Tier (4 to 5 stars)

Identity Crisis [Arbiter Trilogy #1], by Clayton Pulsipher

4 out of 5 stars. YA space opera that starts out on a totally different scale than it ends on.

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Good books (2.5 to 3.5)

Chilling Effect [Chilling Effect #1], by Valerie Valdes

3.5 out of 5 stars. Space Opera with a fresh setting that could do with a little more consistent world building.

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Good books (2.5 to 3.5)

The Terminal War [Carson Mach #3], by A.C. Hadfield

3.5 stars out of 5. Guilty pleasure for the space soap addict!

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Top Tier (4 to 5 stars)

Identifiable, by Julia Tvardovskaya

4.5 out of 5 stars. A cautionary tale, parts coming of age, parts social criticism.

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Top Tier (4 to 5 stars)

Activation Degradation, by Marina J. Lostetter

I’m a fan of Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries, so I was immediately curious when I read the blurb to this novel: The Murderbot Diaries makes first contact in this new, futuristic, standalone novel exploring sentience and artificial intelligence through the lenses of conflicted robot hero Unit Four, from Marina Lostetter […] This comparison was written […]

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Good books (2.5 to 3.5)

The Lost Voyager [Carson Mach #2], by A.C. Hadfield

3.5 out of 5 stars. Space opera for the junkie.

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Good books (2.5 to 3.5)

Into the Mist [Into the Mist #1], by P.C. Cast

3 out of 5 stars. Like a feminist manifesto turned into a B movie Roadtrip. But it’s a good B movie if you remember not to take it too seriously – read it like it’s pulp fiction!

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Good books (2.5 to 3.5)

Forgotten [The Forgotten #1], by M.R. Forbes

3 out of 5 stars. Sci-fi turning into a splatter – good entertainment if you like monster shooting action.

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Good books (2.5 to 3.5)

Revenger [Revenger #1], by Alastair Reynolds

3.5 out of 5 stars. A swashbuckling space pirate tale about revenge that tries to be a YA novel as well, but ends up being for the more adult audience.