Teaser Tuesday: “Burnt Worlds”

So this week I was reading Burnt Worlds, a science fiction novel by S.J. Madill, in which the spaceship Borealis tests out a new hyperspace jump drive by leaping 35,000 light years away from home, whereupon said jump drive promptly explodes, leaving the ship facing a multi-year journey to get back. Of course, they only packed enough supplies for a day trip. Whoops.

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Teaser Tuesday: “The Guns Above”

So this week I was reading The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis, a low-technology steampunk adventure where they fly around in zeppelins, but shoot at each other with muzzle-load muskets, cannons, and flintlock rifles. Because why not?

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Teaser Tuesday: Clifford D. Simak, “Way Station”

So this week (well, probably several weeks ago by the time this post appears) I was reading Way Station, a classic SF novel from the 1960s by Clifford D. Simak:

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Teaser Tuesday: “Perhaps the Stars”

So this week I was reading Perhaps the Stars, the final book of “Terra Ignota”:

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.
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Twofer Teaser Tuesday

So in the past few weeks I’ve read a couple of books where I decided to snip things for a Teaser Tuesday, even though, technically, on Teaser Tuesday, you’re supposed to take two sentences from whatever book you’re reading on that very day and use that as your teaser. But hey, you know how it is …

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Teaser Tuesday: “The Quantum Thief”

So this week I was reading The Quantum Thief, by Hannu Rajaniemi:

Holey angel wings, Batman! No, really, they’re full of holes.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Ice”

So this week I was reading Ice, by Anna Kavan:

Not The Snow Queen. Not the other Snow Queen, either. Or that one. Really, she’s not a queen at all. Just let it go.
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Teaser Tuesday: “Bandwidth”

So recently, I was reading a book called Bandwidth, by Eliot Peper:

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Teaser Tuesday: “Robopocalypse”

So this week I was reading Robopocalypse, by Daniel H. Wilson, a book about the aftermath of the impending robot/AI uprising, which maybe you’ve heard people worrying about lately.

🎵 Welcome to the Uncanny Valley, we got humanoids … 🎵
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Teaser Tuesday: “Redemption Ark” (Still!)

So this week I’ve had a couple of other (non-work-, non-writing-, non-cat-, and non-dog-related) projects keeping me a little busy, so once again it’s back-to-back Teaser Tuesdays! And it’s also still Redemption Ark, by Alastair Reynolds, on account of this is a pretty long book, although not nearly as long as some others I’ve read.

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