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leifur started reading Networking for Systems Administrators by Michael W Lucas
leifur wants to read Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally …
leifur started reading Stormsong by C. L. Polk
leifur wants to read Lying for Money by Dan Davies
leifur wants to read To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
At the turn of the twenty-second century, scientists make a breakthrough in human spaceflight. Through a revolutionary method known as …
leifur started reading Even Greater Mistakes by Charlie Jane Anders
leifur wants to read Debt: the first 5,000 years by David Graeber
Debt: the first 5,000 years by David Graeber
"Before there was money, there was debt. Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous …
leifur finished reading Witchmark by C. L. Polk
Witchmark by C. L. Polk
In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use …
leifur finished reading The Undertakers by Nicole Glover
leifur started reading Witchmark by C. L. Polk
leifur started reading The Undertakers by Nicole Glover
leifur started reading Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett
Interesting Times is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the seventeenth book in the Discworld series, set in …
leifur finished reading Mission: Critical by Jonathan Strahan
I think I heard about this anthology from an issue of Lightspeed. There are some great stories in here. The overall theme is when a mission or task goes wrong and the stakes are raised to a matter of survival. Think of the Apollo 13 flight or the film "Gravity" for example - although not all the stories in this collection are set in space. There are fifteen short stories in all.
There's an impressive variety - different kinds of plots, settings, narrative structures and so on, but each story fits with the theme.
Naturally, suspense is a common element here, and a lot of the stories feel like thrillers.
I think this took me a while because while I enjoy thrillers/suspense every so often, I maybe don't have the appetite for lots of thrillers back to back.