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Will Sargent

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I like books.

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reviewed Central Station by Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar: Central Station (2016, Tachyon Pub.) 3 stars

A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of …

Review of 'Central Station' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

The language is nice, and I especially like the way the characters all know and are comfortable with one another, but it's not so much a book as a series of vignettes. There's very little overarching plot -- instead, each character has a thread and a resolution that play out largely independently of one another.

Also, so many SF in-jokes. One robot church calls out the "Nine billion names of God" and there are sandworms mentioned.

reviewed The Werewolf Principle by Clifford D. Simak

Clifford D. Simak: The Werewolf Principle (Paperback, Carroll & Graf Pub) 3 stars

Andrew Blake is found in a space capsule on a distant planet and is brought …

Review of 'The Werewolf Principle' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

It's sympathetic and the alien perceptions are very well written, but the premise makes no sense, the plot makes no sense, and the ending makes no sense. Apart from that, it's great.

It is hilarious to read about description of "solar panels" and "machines you can talk to" everywhere, in a world where Siri / Amazon Echo exist...