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{|class-"wikitable" cellpadding="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE--> <!-- Graves -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|{Frontpage[[image:194927201X.jpg|linkisbn=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/194927201X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|=title==[[Lakes of Mars by |author=Merritt Graves]]=|rating== [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] summary=After his entire family is killed in a shuttle crash, one that he was piloting no less, Aaron Sheridan enlists in the Martian Fleet, fully expecting to die in the ongoing Rim War. Instead, he winds up on Corinth Station, the Fleet's command school. At first, he is apathetic towards the brutality and scheming of the students and staff, but after standing up for his only friend, he becomes a target for the dreaded Caelus Erik, the most feared cadet on Corinth. Scared that any further actions will put others on his flight team at risk, Aaron shuts himself off from everyone. But, when he discovers that the staff on Corinth have a motive other than training officers, he begins to realise that risking his all might be the safest thing he can do... [[Lakes of Mars by Merritt Graves|Full Review]]}}<!--Merritt Graves -->{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|1949272028[[image:1949272028.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1949272028/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Sunlight 24| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[Sunlight 24 by Merritt Graves]]|rating=== 4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category: Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] summary=In 2031, genetic engineering and robotics is changing the world at an unprecedented rate, with a regimen known as Revision making people stronger, faster and smarter than ever before. Baseline humanity is slowly being rendered obsolete, with people like 16-year-old Dorian Waters being left by the wayside as these new superhumans dominate the workforce. Without Revision, Dorian can't go to University and can't get a job. And so begins Dorian's slow spiral of self-destruction, robbing houses with his best friend Ethan to pay for his Revision, all the time desperately trying to keep this activity secret from his family. But, with his psychopathic brother already suspicious of him and the police gaining ground, Dorian slowly begins to realise that he's going to have to risk everything to stay ahead...[[Sunlight 24 by Merritt Graves|Full Review]]}}<!-- Peter F Hamilton -->{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|1447281357[[image:1447281357.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1447281357/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Salvation Lost| style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|==author=[[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton]]==|rating=4 [[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction]] |summary=Humanity is at a turning point. After Feriton Kane's investigation uncovers the supposedly benign Olyix's plan to harvest humanity in the name of their god, the entire human race prepares to fight back. But when the Olyix's harvesting ships appear and start heading towards Earth, and Olyix-derived technology begins preparing them for transportation, humanity realises that they are vastly outnumbered and outgunned. Some people to flee, taking to the stars in an effort to hide from their aggressors, even though only a small percentage of humanity would survive. But others choose to fight them head-on. As humanity comes face-to-face with the largest ever threat to their existence, old grudges will have to be put aside to focus on obliterating this enemy. Even if it means planning for a future than that none of them will ever live to see...[[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton|Full Review]]}}<!-- Megan E O'Keefe -->{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|0356512223[[image:0356512223.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356512223/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Velocity Weapon| styleauthor="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Velocity Weapon by Megan E O'Keefe]]==|rating= [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction]] |summary=After her gunship is destroyed in a battle, Sanda Greeve expects to wake up in a friendly medical ward, fully healed and ready to get back into the fight. However, instead , she wakes up a quarter of a millenia later, missing a leg, aboard an enemy starship called The Light of Berossus (or "Bero", as the starship's rather grumpy AI prefers to call himself). Bero tells Sanda that the war is long over, and that the entire population of the system is dead. The only option, it seems, is to travel to the nearest star system. But, as the starship makes preparations for its decades-long voyage across the stars, it becomes clear to Sanda that something else is going on... [[Velocity Weapon by Megan E O'Keefe|Full Review]]}}<!-- Vaughn -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|{{Frontpage[[image:0751568228.jpg|linkisbn=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751568228/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | styletitle="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Across the Void by |author=S K Vaughn]]|rating===4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] summary=Sea epics? So 20th century. Try a space epic. [[Across the Void by S K Vaughn|Full Review]]}}<!-- Chiang -->{{Frontpage|-| styleisbn="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|1529014484[[image:1529014484.jpg|linktitle=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529014484/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]Exhalation   | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|author===[[Exhalation by Ted Chiang]]==|rating=5 [[image:5star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] summary=Over the past twenty-eight years , Ted Chiang has published fifteen science fiction short stories, these magnificent stories have won twenty-seven major science fiction awards so if you are a science fiction fan it is likely that you have already come across some of the work by Ted Chiang. If you haven't than then take this opportunity to do so now. Trust me; your imagination will be grateful. [[Exhalation by Ted Chiang|Full Review]]}}<!-- Martine -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|{{Frontpage[[image:1529001579.jpg|linkisbn=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529001579/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|title===[[A Memory Called Empire by |author=Arkady Martine]]|rating=== [[image:4.5star.jpg5|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] summary=The problem with Martine's fiction debut is that she makes the two commonest errors in SF writing: she tries to be too clever and she wants her fictional languages to be complex and rich and errs on the side of making them unpronounceable by most readers. I can see why she does both, but it's a disappointment because they're the blocks against which the brilliance of the book stumbles. }}Move on to [[A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine|Full ReviewNewest Short Story Reviews]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE --> |}