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The Strange Case of Jane O

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Strange and beautiful, this engrossing tale cross-crosses time and space in the voice of two intimately-voiced first-person POV narrators. First we have Dr Henry Byrd, a psychiatrist with a traumatic past, who appears to have many secrets that may or may not intersect the world of his current patient…

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Vestige

πŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸ’« Reading this book is akin to taking a deep dive into a richly-fabricated speculative world, filled with interesting and intricate creatures, ideas and characters, and defined by an entirely new language. (Note: the author includes a very helpful glossary). Touching on many philosophical ideas and a whole host of…

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A River Divided

🌟🌟🌟🌟 A fascinating premise, which leads into an ambitious and sprawling narrative, spanning several continents and a whole host of challenging themes. Just how far should one ethically go in one’s effort to save the planet, and humankind, - as we know it to be now, and as we are…

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A Short Walk Through A Wide World

πŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸŒŸπŸ’« β€œThere are things on this earth that only exist because you have beheld them. If you weren’t there, they never would have been.” What would it take to encounter, up close and personal, and see, really see, the world around you - to appreciate the things you can comprehend,…

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The Other Valley

🌟🌟🌟🌟 A fascinating speculative premise and a read I absolutely could not put down for almost exactly the first half (Part1). Although this reader did find the pacing and characterization of the second half (Part 2) less rewarding, overall this is a stunning read - original, interesting and well worth…

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Sea of Tranquility

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Beautifully textured, this mind-altering speculative fiction story tells a tale of time, of humanity, and our never-ending search for meaning and understanding, amidst our existential quest to live a β€œtranquil life in the face of death”. With impeccable finesse the author builds an intricate and mesmerizing world (actually, many…

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Elsewhere

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 As dazzling and beautiful as it is thoughtful and heart-wrenching, this speculative fiction narrative centers on the indescribable pain and beauty of motherhood, and the mysterious and horrifying related β€œaffliction” one small and isolated community has found themselves subject to. Somehow, some way, this unnamed town has developed a…

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Aurora

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 A harrowing look at all the things we take for granted, and how close we could be to a world without them. What happens when a solar event (a happening which occurs on a smaller scale, constantly) , translates into an Earth-bound geomagnetic storm - of a fierceness and…

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The Farm

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 An achingly poignant, speculative look at Motherhood, perhaps the ultimate in narcissism, or could it be the exact opposite - a no-holds-barred absorption of identity, choice, and being, into the single-minded pursuit of the well-being and nurturance of another. With mounting insight, the author examines the choices we make…

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Off Target

🌟🌟🌟🌟 1/2 β€œNature has no moral code. No ethical qualms about collateral damage.It’s about survival: of yourself and your progeny.That’s it”. Or is it? A crisply-paced and an incredibly compelling read, this book will keep you reading late into the night, as these terribly-flawed but not-improbable characters decide and act…

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