I remember the time I bought the first book in the Expanse series. It was in Tartu, in Tasku Center Rahva Raamat. I was looking for a sci-fi book series. I had done my research and all signs pointed to The Expanse. …
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The Wayfarers books by Becky Chambers
In 2018, I was on a European solo trip (as usual). So, I had a lot of time for reading on park benches between sightseeing. This is why […]
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Cage of Souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Sometimes life is just chaotic and exhausting and gets you stuck in a reading slump. There I was some time ago with a mountain of started books by […]
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Another two sci-fi books: Woman on the Edge of Time & An Unkindness of Ghosts
Two sci-fi novels by two women, written 40 years apart, with female protagonists. Two topics – slavery and feminism – explored through space and time travel. I think […]
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Two sci-fi books: Project Hail Mary + Sleeping Giants
I love sci-fi. Be it movies, TV shows or books. Some crazy imagination paired with real science just hits the right spots for me. So it is a […]
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William Gibson, the godfather of Cyberspace
Borrowing from Wikipedia: William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as […]
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The Star Wars book universe
I love Star Wars. Or to be precise, I like the original trilogy, I don’t care much for the prequels and the new ones are too much of […]
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The Humans by Matt Haig
Without knowing the premise of the book – an alien on a mission on Earth disguised as a human and being weird at it – I started reading […]