Tag: sci-fi
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Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew showcases Stephen King’s storytelling flair, mixing horror, dark comedy, and sci-fi, offering unpredictable twists and chillingly relatable themes.
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Mickey 7
There’s something wonderfully grim about a future in which humanity has worked out how to colonise other planets but still can’t resist finding new ways to exploit the people
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Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary is a gripping sci-fi tale about a man’s journey of self-discovery, friendship, and solving a cosmic crisis.
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Cell
Stephen King’s Cell cleverly twists our phone obsession into horror, showing how chaos unfolds when technology goes wrong. It’s gripping!
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Logan’s Search
Logan’s Search, while still presenting thought-provoking themes on identity and society, feels repetitive and less impactful compared to earlier entries in the series, lacking fresh insights.
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Logan’s World
Logan’s World dives into life after the fall of a flawed society. It explores the complexities of newfound freedom, the struggle for individual choice, and the challenges of societal change.
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Logan’s Run
Logan’s Run explores a future where people die at 21, critiquing conformity, social control, and society’s obsession with youth and pleasure.
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A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is one of those books that has acquired a reputation so large that it’s difficult to separate it from everything that has grown up around it. The film, the controversy, the violence, and that image of Alex and his droogs have all become part of pop-culture. Coming back to the novel itself,…
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The Handmaid’s Tale
There are some books that become more unsettling every time you come back to them. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is definitely one of those. I first encountered it as a dystopian novel, a frightening vision of what might happen if a religious fundamentalist movement gained enough power to reshape American society. Reading it now,…
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Platform Decay
In “Platform Decay,” readers reunite with Murderbot in a focused adventure, showcasing its sarcastic nature and evolving relationships with humans amidst a deteriorating station. The novella format brings comfort and humour, enhancing the gripping narrative.