The Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
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Just as Freakonomics brought economics to life, so Storm in a Teacup brings physics into our daily...
Writing Science Fiction: What If...!
Graham Lawler and Lazette Gifford
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Who else wants to write science fiction? Written by professional writer (see www.lazette.net/) this...
All Those Vanished Engines
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Paul Park returns to science fiction after completing his impressive four-volume fantasy, A Princess...
News from Gardenia
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When Gavin Meckler's light aircraft encounters a mysterious cloud and crashes to earth, he discovers...
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND: THE COLLECTOR'S EDITION is visionary director Steven Spielberg's...
Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Awaken Me Darkly (Alien Huntress, #1) in Books
Jan 6, 2021
Well I loved this at the beginning. Mia was kick-arse, as were the rest of her team. I was interested in what was going on with the murders and finding out who was behind it...
I also loved the little glimpses we got at the start of Kyrin. He sounded equally seductive and bad-arse--which is a great combination.
I can't say I understood Mia's need to attack him all the time...but I guess she has some anger issues regarding aliens.
The murder plot became less interesting throughout the book as I just wanted to concentrate on the sexual tension between our main characters. There were some pretty steamy scenes between them...but also not enough for my liking.
There was a shock thrown in, which did surprise me.
The thing that stopped this from having four stars was the ending. I can't say I enjoyed it that much. It seemed to resolve itself far too quickly and I can't say I felt Mia's emotions at the time.
Josh Sadfie recommended 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) in Movies (curated)
David McK (3191 KP) rated Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1) in Books
May 8, 2021
Set after the events of the original trilogy, "Heir to the Empire" also introduces a host of new characters and soon-to-be-official aliens and planet names (it is here that Coruscant is first named, for example).
Reading the trilogy as a whole, though, you also have to wonder how much inside-info Zahn had on the whole Star Wars mythos: clones are (re)introduced here, the Clone Wars are given a larger role than their original throw-away reference and the role of the Jedi are expanded upon.
I know there's a lot of hostility towards spin-off books, but do yourself a favour and read this one! After all, the original material had to be good for their to BE a spin-off in the first place, and the quality of the first spin-off can often be determined by the quantity of books that followed it ...
