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A Review: Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

Title: Fault ToleranceSeries: Chilling Effect, #3Author: Valerie ValdesFormat: EbookGenre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Summary From the author of the critically acclaimed  Prime Deceptions  and  Chilling Effect , the hilarious new novel about the adventures of Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra. Nothing wrecks Captain Eva Innocente’s vacation plans quite like an… Continue reading A Review: Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

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A Review: Gravity is Heartless by Sarah Lahey

Title: Gravity is HeartlessAuthor: Sarah LaheyFormat: EbookGenre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Summary What will the world look like in thirty years’ time? How will humanity survive the oncoming effects of climate change? Set in the near future and inspired by the world around us, Gravity Is Heartless is a romantic adventure that imagines a world… Continue reading A Review: Gravity is Heartless by Sarah Lahey

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A Review: Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

Title: Prime DeceptionsSeries: Chilling Effect, #2Author: Valerie ValdesFormat: EbookGenre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Summary The lovably flawed crew of La Sirena Negra and their psychic cats return in this fast-paced and outrageously fun science-fiction novel, in which they confront past failures and face new threats in the far reaches of space from the author of… Continue reading A Review: Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

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A Review: The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist Series by Jenny Schwartz

Summary Astray Nora Devi is a xeno-archaeologist with a complicated past. She has buried more secrets than she’s dug up. Widowed in the recently ended twelve year war between Capitoline and Palantine, she now makes a living as an independent tagger in border space. Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal… Continue reading A Review: The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist Series by Jenny Schwartz

Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction, Technology

The Future of Technology: Predicting and Speculating on Technological Advancements Using Sci-Fi

The genre of science fiction relies significantly on the incorporation of technology. The genre is known for “anti-technological fantasies” and extreme extrapolations of technological possibility – portraying technology positively and negatively. Often, works highlight the importance of technology's ability to solve world problems or, on the other end of the scale, cause worldwide destruction. Technology… Continue reading The Future of Technology: Predicting and Speculating on Technological Advancements Using Sci-Fi

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A Review: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

Title: Chilling EffectSeries: Chilling Effect, #1Author: Valerie ValdesFormat: EbookGenre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Summary A hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure.Captain Eva Innocente and… Continue reading A Review: Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

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A Review: Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Series by Jenny Shwartz

Summary Her Robot Wolf Jaya Romanov is an independent star ship shaman. She studies the energy flows of the universe and—for a price—will harness them to her employer’s purpose. Wormholes are a whole lot safer to travel when a shaman guides the jump.Vulf Trent is a bounty hunter. It was that or join the family… Continue reading A Review: Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Series by Jenny Shwartz

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A Review: Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

Title: Persephone StationSeries: Persephone Station, #1Author: Stina LeichtFormat: EbookGenre: Science Fiction, Space Opera Summary Persephone Station, a seemingly backwater planet that has largely been ignored by the United Republic of Worlds, becomes the focus for the Serrao-Orlov Corporation as the planet has a few secrets the corporation tenaciously wants to exploit.Rosie—owner of Monk’s Bar, in… Continue reading A Review: Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

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A Review: Do You Dream of Terra Two? by Temi Oh

Title: Do You Dream of Terra-Two?Author: Temi OhFormat: AudioGenre: Science Fiction, space opera Summary When an Earth-like planet is discovered, a team of six teens, along with three veteran astronauts, embark on a twenty-year trip to set up a planet for human colonization—but find that space is more deadly than they ever could have imagined.… Continue reading A Review: Do You Dream of Terra Two? by Temi Oh