Nolan Can Read

scifi

December 18, 2023

System Collapse

By Martha Wells

Murderbot continues to be a delight, maybe a bit more on the Real side with this one but still at the core the classic Murderbot running around, saving lives, struggling with Emotions, getting shot a few times. While quite enjoyable,...

July 19, 2023

Bangkok Wakes to Rain

By Pitchaya Sudbanthad

I didn’t really know what to expect going into this, and I was quite pleasantly surprised. A clean and compelling novel of a somewhat experimental structure falls in and out of history, giving us brief moments in interconnected lives spanning...

July 03, 2023

The Dawnhounds

By Sascha Stronach

Good fun! Pirates and mushrooms and sci-fi murder-mystery-leads-to-worldending-political-mystery, and they kiss in the end. Didn’t really like the bit where I have to wait a while for the next book to come around, but if you do not find those...

May 20, 2023

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

By Stuart Turton

Fun & funky pursuit of a killer and pursuite of the killt, whodunnit and also just whatdunandwen, little bit of Christie and a little bit of Groundhog day, and a little bit of (frankly, somewhat cumbersome) sci-fi oddity. That frame...

January 26, 2023

Bleeding Edge

By Thomas Pynchon

Quick (for Pynchon) fun (for Pynchon) jaunt through conspiratorial world of fresh-from-the-dot-com-collapse Silicon Alley, NYC; a modern take on film noir but like in books and also with computer stuff. A good mess to untangle with some snazzy characters and...