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Elizabeth Moon: Remnant Population (Paperback, 2003, Del Rey) 4 stars

For forty years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia's home. On this planet far away in …

A bit different

4 stars

Having a scifi story from the perspective of an elderly woman was surprising. It works though: I thoroughly enjoyed the curmudgeonly internal monologue. The story is a slow burn, but that suits it, and in a way the story is not the point. Ofelia is the point.

reviewed On the Beach by Nevil Shute

Nevil Shute: On the Beach (Hardcover, 1967, William Morrow & Company, Brand: William Morrow n Co, William Morrow & Co) 4 stars

A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as …

Touching

4 stars

Content warning Mild spoilers