Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Children of Time (2015), the first book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s CHILDREN OF TIME series, is an expansive and visionary epic that speculates about the future of humanity.
In the first chapter, we meet a scientist who has managed to extend her life so that she can create her own world. Her plan is to drop monkeys on a terraformed planet, let loose a virus that will uplift them, wait until they evolve, and then introduce herself as their god.
March 17th, 2020. Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Adrian Tchaikovsky | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
This is the third of four planned books in Libba Bray‘s THE DIVINERS series, set in New York in the 1920s, in which speakeasies, jazz and the Prohibition ruled the streets. The titular Diviners are a group of people from all walks of life that have one thing in common: preternatural gifts.
Evie is a radio personality that can glean psychic visions from handling certain objects. Memphis Campbell is a black poet and healer. Theta is a Zeigfeld girl who can start fires.
March 17th, 2020. Rebecca Fisher´s rating: 4.5 | Libba Bray | Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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