The God was right on them. The one accelerator canon the Magdans could bring around in time, now they had weapons control again, chewed a nasty scar… Read more “Epic Battle Scene: The Vulture God vs Raptorid”
Tag: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Haever’s Colvari Is Acting Pretty Shifty
A Colvari is a kind of bug-for-hire that can go through masses of data (gobbledy-gook) and snag the threads that are potentially useful to an employer. Haever,… Read more “Haever’s Colvari Is Acting Pretty Shifty”
Landing on a Planet (Populated by Bugs)
The bugs in question are the Hanni, same creatures as the Vulture God’s crew member Kittering. The planet is a “dry world” named Ittring. There are no… Read more “Landing on a Planet (Populated by Bugs)”
Sentence of the Day: Solace
She felt a spike of affection for him, angsty little spacer that he was. — Eyes of the void, p. 180 IS Idris Telemmier an angsty little… Read more “Sentence of the Day: Solace”
Kris Almier, Idris’s Dueling Lawyer
Love her. Maybe second only to Myrmidon Solace. Wait, what about Olli Timmo, feisty captain of the Vulture God? Self loves her, too! Whatever. This series has… Read more “Kris Almier, Idris’s Dueling Lawyer”
Myrmidon Solace, We Meet Again
From which dear blog readers may correctly deduce that self has reluctantly torn herself away from Steve Jobs and the glories of Apple design, and has re-entered… Read more “Myrmidon Solace, We Meet Again”
Quote of the Day, First Sunday of August 2022
Fortunately for dear blog readers, this quote is NOT by or about Steve Jobs! Self has decided that, since it’s taking her forever to get to the… Read more “Quote of the Day, First Sunday of August 2022”
Flashback Wednesday: Solace Fight Scene
From which you may gather that self has been obsessively re-reading Shards of Earth, by British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky (She is also still reading — and hugely… Read more “Flashback Wednesday: Solace Fight Scene”
Summer 2022: Reads
So far this summer, self has read 13 books. Six of those were Dr. Ruth Galloway mysteries (Thank you, Elly Griffiths!) Two were Gone novels. One was… Read more “Summer 2022: Reads”
Too Many Parallels
Self finished Shards of Earth after four days of staying-home-all-day and not-changing-out-of-pajamas, four days of asking herself HOLY COW is-this-the-best-space-opera-she-has-EVER-read–or-what and how–is-jug-eared-Idris-Telemmier-the-hottest-space-hero-of-all-time? FIVE STARS! Plague, self’s current… Read more “Too Many Parallels”