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Review of August Kitko and the Mechas from Space (The Starmetal Symphony #1) by Alex White

White's first Starmetal Symphony installment offers deadly deep-space robots, showcases the power of music, and illustrates how love can...

Review of A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot #1) by Becky Chambers

Chambers's slim book explores a man's search for meaning--and how a robot's simple questions about maintaining the status quo might open...

Review of Activation Degradation by Marina J. Lostetter

Lostetter's standalone science fiction is a story about robots, a ragtag space crew, friends like family, and reimagining one's place in...

Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason

In Eason's science fiction mystery, an unlikely pair who get on each other's nerves work together to determine who is responsible for a...

Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into

Science Fiction Faves I've been giving book talks lately about stories I've loved and upcoming titles I'm excited about, and I've seen...

Review of A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers #1) by Alex White

The first in Alex White's Salvagers space opera series offers diverse characters, strong women, a heist setup, and, ultimately, a ragtag...

Review of Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot #6) by Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry is full of more wonderfully grumpy Murderbot, flummoxed by humans' behavior and saving their skins at every turn. It's...

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/16/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Down Comes the Night, a young adult fantasy story featuring magical healing and warring kingdoms;...

Six Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI

The Robot Books I love a good artificial intelligence- or robot-focused story, and these six (plus, in several cases, their sequels)...

Review of Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel

ICYMI: I've been thinking lately about robot books and specifically about this great series by Neuvel, in which a girl stumbles upon...

Review of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls #1) by Hank Green

ICYMI: This is a gloriously oddball book with lots of heart featuring unorthodox friendships, the frightening power of social media, the...

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/31/21 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now Two of these books are largely about redemption, two focus on the twisted blessing-and-curse of technology, and...

Review of Machinehood by S.B. Divya

Space! Robots! Artificial intelligence! Divya has crafted strong female main protagonists who navigate the sometimes dark, always...

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