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The Quantum War by Derek Künsken – A Review for #SciFiMonth

By John Folk-Williams

The Quantum War by Derek Kunsken #scifimonth

Derek Künsken’s The Quantum War, the third book in The Quantum Evolution series, continues the stories that blend exciting space adventure with probing speculations on the philosophical and religious implications of altering human evolution. At the heart of these novels, set in the 26th century, are new human species, especially the Homo quantus, endowed with […]

Filed Under: Great Series Read Project, SciFiMonth Tagged With: artificial intelligence, brain, consciousness, Derek Kunsken, evolution, genetic engineering, religion, sacrifice, sentient beings, Venus

5 Great Novels in My Lineup for #SciFiMonth

By John Folk-Williams

SciFiMonth 2021

November is here and it’s time for SciFiMonth, that great blog-along managed by Lisa of Dear Geek Place and imyril of There’s Always Room for One More. If you want to sign up, they have set up a master schedule where you can enter whatever you plan to blog or tweet about. Check out Lisa’s […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction in Translation, SciFiMonth Tagged With: Ada Hoffman, Derek Kunsken, Essa Hansen, Mohamed Kheir, Nnedi Okorafor

10 Great SFF Books Coming This Fall

By John Folk-Williams

Here I am only half way through my short summer TBR list, and already I have 10 great SFF books lined up for the late summer and fall. This list includes mostly new volumes of some of the heavy hitter series of the last decade as well as a couple of stand-alones from writers who […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Fiction, Taking on My SciFi TBR Tagged With: Ada Palmer, Alastair Reynolds, Cat Rambo, Charles Stross, Derek Kunsken, Fonda Lee, Iain M. Banks, James S.A. Corey, Naomi Novik, Nnedi Okorafor

The Quantum Evolution by Derek Künsken: A Review

By John Folk-Williams

The Quantum Magician Book 1 of the Quantum Evolution by Derek Kunsken

Derek Künsken’s series, The Quantum Evolution, so far consisting of two novels (The Quantum Magician and The Quantum Garden) is a brilliant space opera that probes the depths of a future human nature engineered to produce new subspecies. And they are wild, at times repulsive, at times capable of incredible breakthroughs in knowledge or massive […]

Filed Under: Great Series Read Project, Space Opera Tagged With: alien life forms, Derek Kunsken, genetic engineering, quantum reaility, space opera, The Quantum Evolution, time travel, wormholes

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