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Legion by  by Brandon Sanderson
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If you thought a book written on a plane might be a bit rough around the edges - a few plot holes, perhaps, or precious little scene setting - think again, because when Brandon Sanderson does it, the result is nothing less than first class.

The celebrated author’s 2011...

Article by Alice Wybrew on 17th September 2015
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Legion of the Damned by  by Rob Sanders
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Berserker chaos marine chapter the World Eaters are blazing a path of destruction across the galaxy, following in the path of a weird, blood-red comet which holds portents of doom. The small cemetery world of Certus Minor is one such planet along this celestial bodies route and the Excoriators...

Article by Ant on 13th February 2012
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Legion: Skin Deep by  by Brandon Sanderson
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Legion: Skin Deep, the sequel to Brandon Sanderson’s 2012 novella Legion, sees one-man army Stephen Leeds recruited to find the body of a recently deceased scientist who had been experimenting with storing data in human cells. It’s crucial research and Leeds’ employer (Yol, an old...

Article by Alice Wybrew on 25th September 2015
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Lessons in Birdwatching by  by Honey Watson
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The science fiction genre is open to exploring alien worlds and alien ideas, but many times you find it is a very Terran feeling society being all human about things. It may be an android as the main character, but that android is following a classic crime noir style plot you could find on...

Article by Sam Tyler on 11th August 2023
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Lessons Learned by  by Martin Perry
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Lessons Learned follows on from the life-changing events of Gentle Reminders serialised right here on SFBook. Finding themselves without a Captain, Maur and the Jump Cannon crew try to adapt to their new roles and face some of their deadliest missions yet.

The Free Man group is still...

Article by Ant on 10th August 2012
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Lexicon by  by Max Barry
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Two years ago something happened in Broken Hill, something that killed thousands, the entire population of the small Australian mining town. Although everyone was encouraged to believe that some form of "environmental disaster" was the cause there are a few people who know what really happened....

Article by Ant on 21st June 2013
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Liege-Killer by  by Christopher Hinz
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Science Fiction does not have to be epic. It can tell a small story about a single person or family as they struggle against a strange new world, but sometimes you want to read a stonking great space opera where an individual's actions can alter...

Article by Sam Tyler on 2nd November 2021
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Lies, Inc. by  by Philip K Dick
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Lies, Inc. is a science fiction novel by the award winning author Philip K Dick. To control the aggressiveness of citizens living on top of one another in crowded file cabinets like anthills in overpopulated urban regions, Lies Incorporated uses computer software to keep people sublimely quiet....

Article by TC on 1st June 2002
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Light of the Jedi by  by Charles Soule
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The Universe of Star Wars is a vast one full of unexplored planets, characters and timelines but the will of The Force always seems to drag it back to the Skywalkers. The brand-new Star Wars: The High Republic is an attempt to write Star Wars free from the restraints of...

Article by Sam Tyler on 5th January 2021
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Lightstorm by  by Peter F Hamilton
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Lightstorm is part of the Young Adults Web Series of novels and has been written by Peter F Hamilton. Like MacLeods Cydonia, Lightstorm is part of Dolphins The Web series. All of the books take place in 2027 and the most of the books takes place online – in The Web. I’m not sure, but I...

Article by TC on 9th April 2002
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Limit of Vision by  by Linda Nagata
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Limit of Vision is a science fiction novel by Linda Nagata. Finally a Nagata novel is published in Europa and finally I get my hands on her latest book. Limit of Vision takes a look at an non-human intelligence and the some of the options we may have in out near future. About fifty years in...

Article by TC on 13th August 2002
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Little Brother by  by Cory Doctorow
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Little brother is a young adult science fiction novel written by Cory Doctorow. The novel has debuted at no 9 on the new york times bestseller list, spending 6 weeks in the top 10. The book has also won the 2009 White Pine award, is a finalist for both the Hugo Award and the 2009 Prometheus...

Article by Ant on 1st January 2010
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Lock In by  by John Scalzi
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These days Science Fiction is a crowded market. To 'make it' is a difficult and relative term. Each writer has their own journey to an audience and John Scalzi's has been an interesting one since Old Man's War was first serialised in 2002. His writing has a polish and shine to it that makes you...

Article by Allen Stroud on 13th January 2015
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Look to Windward by  by Iain M Banks
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To think that it has been nearly a year since I read any Banks last – not strange that I had to consume this one over a single weekend.

Sometimes a book is just so good, that it becomes hard to review properly, without reverting to long sentences overflowing with superlatives (which...

Article by TC on 1st August 2000
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Lord of Light by  by Roger Zelazny
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Lord of Light is a science fiction novel written by Roger Zelazny. Reading classics, isn't exactly what I would call a duty, but one should remember to pick up a classic once in a while and see why it became a classic. Some of them are actually quite good! I don't think that I've ever read any...

Article by TC on 1st May 2001
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Lord Valentines Castle is the first volume in the Marjipoor series by Robert Silverberg. The hardest thing about reviewing this book is to label it correctly. We are on a humanly colonised planet at least ten thousand years in the future. We share this world, of gigantic proportions, with...

Article by TC on 1st October 2001
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Lost Fleet: Dauntless by  by Jack Campbell
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Lost Fleet: Dauntless is the first in the military science fiction series by Jack Campbell. The Alliance has been fighting a losing battle with it's deadly enemy - the Syndic for over a century. Now its primary fleet is stranded deep in enemy territory. Their only hope is Captain John "Black...

Article by Ant on 22nd February 2011
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Lost Fleet: Victorious by  by Jack Campbell
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Lost Fleet: Victorious is the sixth and final volume in the Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell. Captain "Black Jack" Geary was cryogenically frozen for a hundred years before this final conflict gathered. Upon awakening he finds himself sucked back into a war he thought would long be over,...

Article by Ant on 7th June 2011
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Lost in Time by  by A G Riddle
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Time travel is fascinating, it is also some of the most fictional science fiction you will ever get. What has happened must have happened, lest you rip apart your universe in a paradox. The scientists in A. G. Riddle’s Lost in Time seem to have found a workaround as they send the worst...

Article by Sam Tyler on 7th September 2022
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Love Minus Eighty by  by Will McIntosh
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Will McIntosh writes love stories with high body counts. In terms of total death toll, he's probably killed all of humanity at least twice by now, yet each of his books is genuinely touching. In his first novel, Soft Apocalypse, his characters try to hold relationships together in the face of...

Article by Nate Hawthorne on 10th September 2014
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LoveDeath by  by Dan Simmons
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LoveDeath is a speculative fiction novel by the award winning author Dan Simmons. I met Simmons at a recent Danish book fair and had a small talk with him about the range of his published work and the problem of categorising books. Not being a very well read Simmons fan (The Hyperion Cantos and...

Article by TC on 1st April 2000
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Luna for the Lunies by  by Ira Nayman
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Review by Luis Villazon. Ira Nayman bills himself as the proprietor of the “Alternate Reality News Service”, a sort of Reuters for the multiverse. This collection of short stories is structured like a newspaper, with technology stories, crime reports, obituaries and advice columns supplied...

Article by Luis on 14th May 2012
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