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Dark Theory by Wick Welker

By John Folk-Williams

Dark Theory by Wick Welker

Wick Welker’s Dark Theory (the first volume of a series called Dark Law) poses basic questions about what it means to be human in a far-future poisoned world. The story begins in a junkyard where people have to scavenge the means of survival. Two young women, the generous-hearted Lucindi and the hardened and cynical Miree, […]

Filed Under: Indie SciFi, Reviews Tagged With: apocalypse, artificial intelligence, city, consciousness, cyborg, friendship, identity, memory, power, robots, ruined earth

Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson – A Review

By John Folk-Williams

Far from the Light of Heaven

In Far from the Light of Heaven, Tade Thompson, author of the Wormwood Trilogy, constructs a fine murder mystery on board a colony space ship in methodical detail. Step by step he introduces characters and settings, with just enough detail to bring each person to life and give each of their worlds its full reality. […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Afrofuturist, alien life forms, artificial intelligence, colonialism, colony ship, murder mystery, robots, spaceships, Tade Thompson

Taking on my SciFi TBR – Summer Wrap-Up

By John Folk-Williams

The Bone Ship's Wake

Well, I worked through this summer’s scifi TBR, adding a few more titles along the way, but not all of the novels and stories were quite right for me. I’ve already reviewed the four I really loved – books that changed me in some way. Those are Notes from the Burning Age, And What Can […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Fiction, Taking on My SciFi TBR Tagged With: adventure, David Brin, dragons, fantasy, Fonda Lee, qntm, rebirth, RJ Barker, robots, singularity, The Tide Child Trilogy

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