Again only six books read, all science fiction novels of one kind or another:
Hunting Party — Elizabeth Moon
Heris Serrano has just left the Regular Space Service for reasons and is now reduced to being the captain of the luxury space yacht of Lady Cecelia, who has been saddled with ferrying some of her own wayward family members to one of the Family’s private planets, for fox hunting season. Stuff happpens and foxes turn out not to be the only things being hunted…
Five-Twelfths of Heaven — Melissa Scott
In a far future where space ships are run on alchemical principles, havbing to seek out Purgatory inbetween Heaven and Hell to travel from system to system, one woman pilot fights for her freedom.
Sporting Chance — Elizabeth Moon
The sequel to Hunting Party, dealing with the fallout of the revelations of the previous story, which Lady Cecelia and Heris Serrano have to resolve. Another fun read, slightly better than it needed to be.
Inversions — Iain M. Banks
Read in remembrance of the passing of Iain M. Banks. This was his one true fantasy novel, though there are some “subtle” hints that this may in fact be set somewhere within the Culture series.
Adrift on the Sea of Rains — Ian Sales
In an alternate world where the Apollo project lasted much longer and was militarised, a handful of US astronauts are stranded on the Moon when World War III broke out in the early eighties. Now they need to get home.
God’s War — Kameron Hurley
I’m not quite sure yet what I think about Hurley’s debut novel. It’s been criticised for its pseudo-Islamic setting and I’m not quite comfortable with it myself, but there are hints of greatness in it nevertheless. An interesting debut.
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