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\nNewton’s Wake<\/a> – Ken Macleod
\n369 pages
\npublished in 2004\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nI was a bit worried after finishing Engine City<\/a><\/cite>, as it wasn’t up to Ken Macleod’s usual standards; it read as if he had to force himself to finish it. Fortunately, Newton’s Wake<\/cite> is much better, basically a space opera trilogy complete in one book.\n<\/p>\n

\nSingularity Sky – Charlie Stross<\/a>
\n313 pages
\npublished in 2003\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nSingularity Sky<\/cite> is a clever book masquerading as broad farce. Charlie Stross’
\nstarting point seems to have been “what if 1905 Tsarist Russia had experienced a full Vingean
\nSingularity”. Don’t expect the same density of ideas as in his short stories; this is an almost
\ntraditional space opera. Almost<\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

\nA Question of Blood<\/a> – Ian Rankin
\n440 pages
\npublished in 2003\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nContinuing the Scottish theme, this is the 14th Inspector Rebus<\/cite> series and one of the
\nbetter efforts. Rebus is a hardbitten, hard luck cop in Edinburgh, who this time gets called in to
\ninvestigate a school shooting. He’s also in trouble again, to great surprise, this time for possibly
\nbeing involved in the violent death of a small time crook who was harassing a friend.\n<\/p>\n

\nYear’s Best SF 7 – David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (editors)<\/a>
\n498 pages
\npublished in 2002\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nThe best short science fiction stories of 2001, according to the editors. Some good stories, but
\ntheir taste in science fiction is definately not mine. There’s a lot of chaff amongst the wheat.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Great Siege: Malta 1565 – Ernle Bradford<\/a>
\n256 pages, including notes and index
\npublished in 1961\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nHistory written as if it was an adventure story, this tells about the siege of Malta by the great
\nOttoman Emperor Soleyman. Ernle Bradford’s sympathies clearly lie with the besieged, the Knights of St. John, but he still manages to be objective. Worth a look if you can find it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Newton’s Wake – Ken Macleod 369 pages published in 2004 I was a bit worried after finishing Engine City, as it wasn’t up to Ken Macleod’s usual standards; it read as if he had to force himself to finish it. Fortunately, Newton’s Wake is much better, basically a space opera trilogy complete in one book. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-posts-interesting-only-to-me"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1000,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/1000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cloggie.org\/wissewords2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}