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Month: September 2026

Ninefox Gambit–Yoon Ha Lee

After some tough, long, difficult reads over the last year, I decided to reward myself with a shorter, faster-paced book. I like military SF, and I like spaceships and space battles, and this book seemed like a good fit. It was. I very much enjoyed it, and it ended up being a lot deeper and developed into a much more interesting story as the plot moved along. The book starts with ground forces invading and…

WorldCon Anaheim 2026

WorldCon was last weekend, in the exotic far-away locale of Anaheim, a convenient 35 minute drive. My wife dropped me off at the hotel on Thursday morning, checked in early, and spent three nights. Was originally planning to stay through Monday morning but real world obligations (such as my wife’s knee surgery) got in the way. This was my first in-person con. I’ve attended the online Flights of Foundry every year, and am planning to…

The Dark Forest and Death’s End–Cixin Liu

I am very behind on my blogging. It took me a long time to get through these two books, but I watched the first season of the 3-body problem series and decided I should read the other two books. I read these from June to August and am just getting around to posting about it now as I’ve been quite busy with my real job. This was a challenging read. I’ve had a lot of…