Archangel

Archangel is a novel that could almost be considered fantasy, there are angels, who intercede with the god, Jovah, and guide the people. However there are many oblique references to technology. The interface between the Oracles and Jovah is screen with arcane symbols, and all humans are tracked by a …

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Don’t Bite The Sun

This is the first Four Bee book, combined with the sequel Drinking Sapphire Wine into the volume Biting the Sun.

An interesting point to note before before beginning this book is that it is written in the first person, and the main character is never named. No one even refers to …

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Against a Dark Background

Against a Dark Background is a novel about a woman who is a mercenary, an antiques hunter, and a noble. Sharrow’s family is no longer rich. Her grandfather Gorko amassed a fortune, and her father gambled it away. There is nothing left for her and her half-sister Breyguhn.

As the last …

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The Forever War

The Forever War was republished by Millennium books in 1999 as part of their SF Masterworks series, and this edition includes an authors note about the novel. Haldeman begins by saying that this edition is the definitive version, and that originally The Forever War was rejection by eighteen publishers before …

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The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit

The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit is the first book in Storm Constantine’s classic Wraeththu Trilogy, now collected into one volume. It is set not too far into the future, but there is very little reference to current geography, all place names are the Wraeththu names, with newly defined borders …

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