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{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15" <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE--> <!-- Graves -->168369094X|-| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!|author=Ian Doescher[[image:194927201X.jpg|linkrating=http://www4.amazon.co.uk/dp/194927201X/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Humour| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-alignA long time ago, in a publishing house far away, [[:Category: left;"Ian Doescher|===[[Lakes of Mars by Merritt Gravessomeone]]=== [[image:4.5starthought it wonderfully wacky to rewrite the story of Star Wars in Shakespearean pentameter, colliding two entirely different genres and styles in such a clever way they seemed perfectly suited.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} It was then duly repeated for all the other films in the main Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] After his entire family is killed in a shuttle crashWars cycle, and clearly someone's buffing their quills ready for Episode Nine, the title of which became public knowledge the day before I write. In the hiatus, one that he was piloting no lesshowever, Aaron Sheridan enlists in the Martian Fleet, fully expecting effort has been made to die in see if the ongoing Rim War. Insteadsame shtick works with other texts, he winds up and to riff on Corinth Station, the Fleet's command schoolother seemingly unlikely source materials in iambs. At first, he is apathetic towards And could we have anything more suitably unsuitable-seeming than Back to the brutality and scheming Future, with its tales of the students and stafftime travel, but after standing up for his only friendbullying, he becomes a target for the dreaded Caelus Erik, the most feared cadet on Corinth. Scared that any further actions will put others on and parent/child strife like no other?}}{{Frontpage|isbn=194927201X|title=Lakes of Mars|author=Merritt Graves|rating=4.5|genre=Science Fiction|summary=After his flight team at riskentire family is killed in a shuttle crash, one that he was piloting no less, Aaron shuts himself off from everyone. But, when he discovers that Sheridan enlists in the staff on Corinth have a motive other than training officersMartian Fleet, he begins fully expecting to realise that risking his all might be die in the ongoing Rim War. Instead, he winds up on Corinth Station, the safest thing he can doFleet's command school... [[Lakes At first, he is apathetic towards the brutality and scheming of Mars by Merritt Graves|Full Review]] <!--Merritt Graves -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1949272028the 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.jpg|link=http://wwwScared that any further actions will put others on his flight team at risk, Aaron shuts himself off from everyone.amazon.co.uk/dp/1949272028/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] 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...}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"1949272028| ==title=[[Sunlight 24 by |author=Merritt Graves]]|rating=== 4[[image:4star.jpg|linkgenre=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category: Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] In 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|-isbn=1447281357| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"Salvation Lost|author=Peter F Hamilton[[image:1447281357.jpg|linkrating=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1447281357/ref4|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Science Fiction| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton]]=== [[image:4starHumanity 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.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction]] Humanity is at a turning pointBut 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. After Feriton Kane's investigation uncovers Some people to flee, taking to the supposedly benign Olyix's plan stars in an effort to harvest humanity in the name of hide from their godaggressors, the entire human race prepares even though only a small percentage of humanity would survive. But others choose to fight backthem head-on. But when As humanity comes face-to-face with the Olyix's harvesting ships appear and start heading towards Earthlargest ever threat to their existence, and Olyix-derived technology begins preparing them for transportation, humanity realises that they are vastly outnumbered and outgunned. Some people old grudges will have to flee, taking be put aside to the stars in an effort to hide from their aggressors, even though only focus on obliterating this enemy. Even if it means planning for a small percentage future that none of humanity would survivethem will ever live to see.. 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}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0356512223|title=Velocity Weapon|author=Megan E O'Keefe|rating=4. Even if it means planning for 5|genre=Science Fiction|summary=After her gunship is destroyed in a future than none of them will ever live battle, Sanda Greeve expects to wake up in a friendly medical ward, fully healed and ready to seeget back into the fight...[[Salvation Lost by Peter F Hamilton|Full Review]] <!-- Megan E OHowever, 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'Keefe -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:0356512223s 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.jpg|link=http://wwwThe only option, it seems, is to travel to the nearest star system.amazon.co.uk/dp/0356512223/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbagBut, as the starship makes preparations for its decades-21]]long voyage across the stars, it becomes clear to Sanda that something else is going on... }} {{Frontpage| styleisbn="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"0751568228|title=Across the Void|author=S K Vaughn|rating=4|genre=[[Velocity Weapon by Megan E O'Keefe]]=== Science Fiction[[image:4.5star.jpg|linksummary=Category:Sea epics? So 20th century. Try a space epic.}}{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Frontpage|isbn=1529014484|title=Exhalation |author=Ted Chiang|rating=5|genre=Science Fiction]] After her gunship is destroyed in a battle|summary=Over the past twenty-eight years, Sanda Greeve expects to wake up in a friendly medical wardTed Chiang has published fifteen science fiction short stories, fully healed and ready to get back into 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 fightwork by Ted Chiang. 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;"|[[image:0751568228.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0751568228/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Across the Void by S K Vaughn]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] Sea epics? So 20th century. Try a space epic. [[Across the Void by S K Vaughn|Full Review]] <!-- Chiang -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1529014484.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529014484/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Exhalation by Ted Chiang]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]], [[:Category:Short Stories|Short Stories]] 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 take this opportunity to do so now. Trust me; your imagination will be grateful. [[Exhalation by Ted Chiang|Full Review]] <!-- Doescher -->|-| style=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''|[[image:168369094X.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/168369094X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''|===[[William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future! by Ian Doescher]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Humour|Humour]], [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] A long time ago, in a publishing house far away, [[:Category:Ian Doescher|someone]] thought it wonderfully wacky to rewrite the story of Star Wars in Shakespearean pentameter, colliding two entirely different genres and styles in such a clever way they seemed perfectly suited. It was then duly repeated for all the other films in the main Star Wars cycle, and clearly someone's buffing their quills ready for Episode Nine, the title of which became public knowledge the day before I write. In the hiatus, however, the effort has been made to see if the same shtick works with other texts, and to riff on other seemingly unlikely source materials in iambs. And could we have anything more suitably unsuitable-seeming than Back to the Future, with its tales of time travel, bullying, and parent/child strife like no other? [[William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future! by Ian Doescher|Full Review]] <!-- Martine -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:1529001579.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1529001579/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]] 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. [[A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine|Full Review]] <!-- Lingane -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:B07NV8NY4Y.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NV8NY4Y/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[The Rose, the Night, and the Mirror by Mark Lingane]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Science Fiction|Science Fiction]]  Julian's family are getting pretty fed up with his perma-student status. They feel that the maths PHD candidate should start earning some money. To that end, they have managed to find him a job tutoring the children of a highly regarded politician. Julian bowls up at their strange, austere mansion with little in the way of expectation. Victor, the politician is not at home. But Esis, his wife, is. A beautiful but isolated woman, Esis shows little interest in her children and not much more in Julian. She directs him towards his room, the library in which he will teach the children, and the kitchen, whose chefbot If you haven't then take this opportunity to do so now. Trust me; your imagination will provide him with foodbe grateful. [[The Rose, the Night, and the Mirror by Mark Lingane|Full Review]]  <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->}}