Author Archives: Ramona Llull

L X Beckett O.R.S. A post-apocalyptic, green world, cyberpunk-y adventures of Rubi, activist / adventurer, as she unpacks a possible conspiracy regarding Luce, a kind of social celebrity / avatar, and the government. Sort of Autonomous by way of Diamond Age and maybe When Gravity Fails. Told through multiple third person perspectives. How much didContinue reading “Gamechanger (The Bounceback Book 1)”

Jodi Taylor O.R.S. The adventures of the B squad of The Time Police, an organisation dedicated to patrolling the highways of time travel ensuring that things don’t get snarled. Kind of endearingly British–not unlike Slough House meets Jasper Fforde’s nursery rhyme crime books. Told through multiple third person perspectives. How much did you like itContinue reading “Hard Time”

Max Barry O.R.S. Felicity Staples, intrepid reporter, gets in the middle of a down-the-rabbit-hole chase across multiverse, trying to stop a serial killer from killing the titular Madison May over and over again. Kind of About Time meets Sliding Doors meets The One (The Jet Li movie.). Told in third person from multiple perspectives. HowContinue reading “The 22 Murders of Madison May”

Seanan McGuire O.R.S. A little prophetic “Great Works” mad scientists apocalyptic meets psychic twins meets Gaiman-type gore and magic and mad scientists-in-a-cult set in contemporary times. Told from multiple third person perspectives. How much did you like it overall? I liked it! It was a great relief to be in the hands of a strongContinue reading “Middlegame”

Nicole Kornher-Stace O.R.S. A post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel centered around Mallory, a gamer/subsistence worker, in a world where corporations rule, scarcity exists, everyone plays a kind of videogame with social elements, and there are superpowered soldier celebrities who have in-game personas. So basically a kind of Hunger Games meets Ready Player One. Told through the perspectiveContinue reading “Firebreak”

C.B.Lee O.R.S. Not Your Villain follows Bells, a secondary character of Not Your Sidekick, the first of this series, as he navigates his secret identity, his superpower of shifting his appearance, and his crush, his bff’s, against the backdrop of the discoveries of the first book that the supervillains aren’t all bad. Told from Bells’Continue reading “Not Your Villain”

Stina Leicht O.R.S. A space opera-esque, Hans Solo rogue adventure featuring an artificial general intelligence, a space captain, and a few other characters, involved in a kind of defense of space alien vs. humans xeno-colonial struggle. It is told through multiple third person perspectives How much did you like it overall? I had a prettyContinue reading “Persephone Station”

Leonard Richardson O.R.S. An absurdist galactic romp featuring multiple characters in a somewhat dystopian, corporate-capitalist empire war involving biological warfare, humour, and creative alien species. Told through multiple third person perspectives How much did you like it overall? Situation Normal is a confusing book in many ways. It has all the hallmarks of great sci-fiContinue reading “Situation Normal”

O.R.S. A coming of age space palace drama involving a reluctant princess betrothed to make peace and then ends up wrecking things, very light fantasy elements, and politics by way of Dickens.  The story is narrated from multiple third person omniscient perspectives How much did you like it overall? This is a very good book,Continue reading “How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse”

ORS: Set in a neo-Seoul, future heist/smuggler cyberdude, Julius Dax, is hired to steal some code, which turns out to be more than he bargained for.  It’s told across three perspectives. I love cyberpunk, and therefore am inclined to give even somewhat subpar cyberpunk, like Shadowrun novelisations, a look.  Sad to say, Repo Virtual fallsContinue reading “Repo Virtual by Corey J White”