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I mainly read sci-fi, fantasy, some mystery, some suspense/horror and the occasional non-fiction.

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Roy Adams rated We Are Legion (We Are Bob): 4 stars

Dennis E. Taylor, Dennis Taylor: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Paperback, 2016, Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency)

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, Dennis Taylor

Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places …

Roy Adams rated I'm With the Bears: 4 stars

Roy Adams rated Pyramides: 4 stars

Terry Pratchett: Pyramides (French language, 2003, Presses Pocket)

Roy Adams rated Wyrd Sisters: 5 stars

Terry Pratchett: Wyrd Sisters (Paperback, 2000, Transworld)

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (6))

Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Maigrat have fairy godmother-dom thrust upon them.

Roy Adams rated Fractal Noise: 4 stars

Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini

Roy Adams rated Doomsday Book: 5 stars

Connie Willis: Doomsday Book (1993, Bantam Books)

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree. An award-winning …

Roy Adams reviewed Supernatural Noir

Good anthology overall

4 stars

Interesting and overall well written short story noir with supernatural themes. Since it is an anthology there is a mix of quality and strict adherence to "noir", but it was overall enjoyable to me. I read the anthology because it included a story by Elizabeth Bear (The Romance) and I really enjoy her writing. Her story was well written and interesting but a little less noir than some of the stories.

Roy Adams started reading The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Arnold Rampersad

Arnold Rampersad, David Roessel, Langston Hughes: The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Hardcover, 2008, Vintage Classics)

No rating

I bought this in June 2022 after reading Tired somewhere. I keep it on my nightstand and open it somewhat randomly every so often to read some poems. Most of the poems I read have an impact. Sometimes positive, sometimes negative and often a mix of both. All in all, this is a very good book to have in your life and near at hand to read.

Roy Adams rated Falling Bodies: 5 stars

Rebecca Roanhorse: Falling Bodies (EBook, 2023, Amazon Original Stories)

Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse (The Far Reaches, #3)

A young man caught between two disparate worlds searches for his place in the universe in a wrenching short story …

Roy Adams rated How It Unfolds: 5 stars

James S.A. Corey: How It Unfolds (EBook, 2023, ‎ Amazon Original Stories)

How It Unfolds by James S.A. Corey (The Far Reaches, #1)

An astronaut’s interstellar mission is a personal journey of a thousand second chances in an exhilarating short story by James …

Roy Adams rated Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach: 5 stars

Nnedi Okorafor: Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach (EBook, 2023, Amazon Original Stories)

Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach by Nnedi Okorafor (The Far Reaches, #5)

A revolutionary experiment in space opens a woman’s eyes to the meaning of solitude in a thought-provoking short story by …

Roy Adams rated The Long Game: 5 stars

Ann Leckie: The Long Game (EBook, 2023, Amazon Original Stories)

The Long Game by Ann Leckie (The Far Reaches, #4)

An inquisitive life-form finds there’s more to existence than they ever dreamed in an imaginative short story by New York …

Roy Adams rated Void: 5 stars

Void by Veronica Roth (The Far Reaches, #2)

Roy Adams reviewed Neon lotus by Marc Laidlaw (A Bantam Spectra book)

Interesting story of future Tibet

4 stars

Neon Lotus was an interesting story about future Tibet. I know very little about Tibetian Buddhism so I have no idea how accurate some of the plot might be.

Roy Adams reviewed The Unreasoning Mask (Overlook Sf&F Classics) by Philip José Farmer

Philip José Farmer: The Unreasoning Mask (Overlook Sf&F Classics) (Paperback, 2007, Overlook TP)

No rating

Couldn't finish

No rating

I read about 70% but could not finish this book. The story was odd but somewhat engaging until around halfway. Then for me it rapidly went downhill and wasn't worth finishing.

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor, Dennis Taylor

I'm With the Bears

Pyramides by Terry Pratchett

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (6))

Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse (The Far Reaches, #3)

How It Unfolds by James S.A. Corey (The Far Reaches, #1)

Just Out of Jupiter’s Reach by Nnedi Okorafor (The Far Reaches, #5)

The Long Game by Ann Leckie (The Far Reaches, #4)

Void by Veronica Roth (The Far Reaches, #2)