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Mervi2012
Posted 2018-11-07 6:48 AM (#18408 - in reply to #16634)
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I finally read Genevieve Cogman's newest Invisible Library book: "The Lost Plot". This time Irene and her apprentice librarian Kai get tangled into dragon politics and are sent to a world that's similar to 1920s US with gangsters and prohibition in force. Another very enjoyable book in this series.

I also continued Juliet Marillier's Blackthorn and Grim series with the second book "The Tower of Thorns". Just like the first book, it's a lush fantasy inspired by fairy tales.

I finished Elizabeth Moon's Vatta's War series with "Command Decision" and "Victory conditions". They're a fine ending for the series.

I also started a fun steampunk series with "Romulus Buckle and the City of Founders" by Richard Ellis Preston Jr. It's quite over-the-top series with short chapters which tend to end in cliffhangers and plenty of POV characters.

I also read two Star Trek: TNG books which both ended up focusing on exploration. "Dyson Sphere" by Charles Pellegrino and George Zebrowski explores the Dyson Sphere from TNG's sixth season episode "Relics". It also has two interesting essays about Trek techology. Diane Duane's "Intellivore" is set outside Federation space and Enterpise is joined by two other Starfleet ships to find out who or what is preying on the local starships. Both have slowish plot but I ended up enjoying them quite a lot.

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