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ebook sale!
My sci-fi series is now on sale for #IndieApril! 99c each! 🥳
It’s got close siblings, adventures in the wild, found family, flying cars, an evil king, slow burn romance, different POVs and lots of animals! 👀
And book one was an SPSFC semi-finalist! 😊
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Review of Any Minor World by Craig Schaefer
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For Roy Mackey — a recovering addict who makes his living as an unlicensed PI and occasional muscle for hire — tracking down a dead writer’s final manuscript should be a walk in the park. Too bad his client is a phony, the dead writer is a thief, and shadowy men are watching his every move. All clues lead to a canceled pulp-adventure comic, The Midnight Jury, and its mousy, reclusive…
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SPSFC 2 Promo
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Today our judges review Benjamin J. Roberts' A Star Named Vega for the 1st annual Self-Published Science Fiction Contest (SPSFC)! 🐉
#fantasy-faction#self-published science fiction contest#SPSFC#science fiction#book review#reading#booklr#books and libraries#self publishing#Benjamin J. Roberts#A Star Named Vega#graffiti#YA#sci fi#cyberpunk#self published
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Not a huge competition or awards person. Being an author is about getting books to readers and hoping they enjoy it, but I'm pumped I chose to enter #SPSFC a second time and picked a very different book.
Intergalactic Bastard is a super cool book that's struggled to find the right audience and I'm glad it's moving on in the SPSFC.
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The big round-1 review hub
I know I haven't finished all my reviews yet, but considering I have at least done a few of them and the first round is pretty much over, I thought I would make it easier to access.
This list will be ordered by the score I personally gave to each book. Obviously this doesn't represent the rest of the team, or our semi-finalists would be a little different! Opinions got very mixed after our top book, and there wasn't much between contenders for my personal second place. I'll continue adding links to reviews as I publish them. (Due to eye strain, I was unable to read any of the senlin net books to contribute in that respect.)
See here to read how I score books in this competition. NMS means it wasn't my style and I stopped reading before the end (aiming for the required 30% mark if I could). DNF is the same but less 'on the fence'. (The final chunk of DNFs and NMSs are in no particular order on the list below.) Remember, 5 is average, not bad!
And now with no further ado:
A Slice of Mars - 9/10
The Sphere: A Journey in Time - 8/10
The Dent in the Universe - 8/10
GENEFIRE - 8/10
Orphan Planet - 7.5/10
New Yesterday - 7.5/10
God of Small Affairs - 6.5/10
Dial G for Gravity - 6.5/10
Siren's Call - 6.5/10
The Ceph: Reborn - 6/10
Icon-Violet - NMS
The Arrow of Time - 6/10
Explorers of Rinth - 5.5/10
To Climates Unknown - 5/10
The Soldiers' Perspective - NMS
Arter - DNF
Star Language - NMS
The Rat's Nest - DNF
Replika: Sky's Mission - NMS
Zero Gravity - DNF
Escalation - DNF
The Brangus Rebellion - DNF
Orbem Novis - NMS
Chrom Y Returns - DNF
Magenta Skies: Rise of the Beserkers - DNF
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EEEEK!! Just got my acceptance letter for #SPSFC3 from @theSPSFC! I’m so proud of Kong and In The Slip for getting through ❤️ congratulations to everyone else celebrating right now 🎉🎉
Full list 2023 entrants here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3PTXZFF4RPOH0?ref_=wl_share
#SPSFC#hugh howey#reading science fiction#science fiction#lgbtq 🏳️🌈#wibbly wobbly timey wimey#like Loki if Loki had actually done some bi stuff instead of alluding to it in one throwaway comment#books#reading#bookworm#book reading#booklr#booklover#booksbooksbooks#bookphile#SF#reading sci-if#sci fi books#sci fi
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If you haven't read my DUCKETT & DYER: DICKS FOR HIRE series of #scifi #mystery #comedy novels, I commend you on your good taste and excellent decision-making skills!
Yes, I'm still using the graphic below despite it being an #SPSFC finalist, an Indie Ink Awards Finalist, and an Indie Fantasy Fund Awardee.
Why? BECAUSE I'M LAZY.
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I.O. Adler, @i.o.adler is one of the 300 participants in the SPSFC-2 competition! With 10 judges who will determine 1 Winner! Go for it, Gerhard! 🥰 https://www.instagram.com/p/CmRdC2pIRzF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: 7/17/22
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: 7/17/22
NEWS
Pixel Scroll 7/16/22 Files, Scrolls, Pixels From The Sea
SECOND ANNUAL SPSFC CONTEST TAKING SUBMISSIONS. Here’s the link for authors to submit their books to the next Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. (2) KEEPING UP. Lincoln Michel on sf epics at Esquire: “Genre-Bending Books: Everything Everywhere All in One
Pixel Scroll 7/15/22 The Pixels Come From The Scrollwork Out
VILLAINS…
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come join the indie book community discord 🧡📚
invite in my profile linktree here 🌲💌
#indiebookspotlight#indie books#bookspotlight#indie authors#indie book spotlight#book spotlight#books#authors#spfbo#spsfc#bbnya#sfincs#writing#reading#novels#booktwt#reviewers#book reviewers
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Review of Sunset by Arshad Ahsanuddin
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An unlikely savior emerges to prevent the advent of mass destruction and genocide descending on the world…By DayLos Angeles, 2040. When the terrorist known as Medusa threatens to kill millions with a stolen nuclear bomb, Nick Jameson makes a fateful decision. He reveals himself on global television as a Daywalker – a vampire with a soul. To save Los Angeles, Nick exposes not only his own…
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Today our judges review G. M. Nair's Duckett & Dyer: Dicks for Hire for the 1st annual Self-Published Science Fiction Contest (SPSFC)! 🐉
#fantasy-faction#self-published science fiction contest#SPSFC#G. M. Nair#Duckett & Dyer#science fiction#time travel#book review#reading#multiverse#booklr#books and libraries#self publishing
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Check Out This Awesome Indie Book Sale
Check out this awesome #IndieApril sale from now until April 3rd! #indieauthor #scifi #scifibooks #sff
Greetings all and happy April. No, not April Fool’s, okay? Here’s an awesome indie book sale going on right now featuring a ton of sci-fi and fantasy books, including books from SPSFC and SPFBO.
This sale is only from April 1st until April 3rd, so get it while you can here.
Happy #IndieApril all.
Click Here for the Mega Sale
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Word count: ~70,300
Cover: A neat cover with a pretty palette, this one gives the right vibes while staying quite simple. It has something to do with planets, it has a colonisation attempt (possibly failed) and it's probably funny. Did I completely blank the fact that it was part of a series until I got to the end and wondered? Why yes, yes I did.
Blurb: 'They needed some help. They woke up the wrong guy.
'The colony ship, Odyssey Earth, is on a 17-year voyage across the galaxy to a new home. And Jordan Booth is exactly where he wanted to be – tucked up in hypersleep, with nothing to worry about until planetfall.
'However, Captain Juno Washington has other ideas. She’s got a quirky ship’s AI, Reeves, and a crew of loners and oddballs, but what she doesn’t have is anyone to look out for the Odyssey Earth’s six ship-born teenagers.
'When Jordan is revived and given the job, he’s far from happy about it. Then again, nor are the kids. Tight-knit, whip-smart, resilient – the last thing they need is a chaperone, and they make sure he knows it.
'After an unexpected change of course, everyone needs to join forces if they’re going to survive. But Jordan is out of his comfort zone – and the teenagers are in no mood to listen. Still, if they pull together and stop squabbling, they might all just make it.
'Yeah, right. Good luck with that.'
I do love the premise of Orphan Planet, and had I come across its blurb in the wild, I may have been tempted to give it a read for the novelty. (I'll be honest, the only thing putting me off would have been the prospect of encountering teenage drama, which I avoid like the plague, but thankfully the usual cringe was not present here.)
Vote to continue at 30%: Yes
Content: In my reviews, I often commit the sin of forgetting to note down all the things I like about a book and ending up with an embarrassingly long list of complaints even when I liked it. The fact that this review is quite short, then, should serve as an indication of how much I enjoyed it (or perhaps more accurately, how inoffensive I found it).
This was a pretty easy read, with light humour here and there and an interesting opening with the main character preparing to go on a colony ship. I found the fact that it switched back and forth between times at the beginning of chapters annoying at first, but settled into it. It was sometimes a bit reminiscent of William Shatner in its use of commas, and missed a few semi-colons, but was otherwise well written.
I was very amused, when it reached the part where the teacher got defrosted, to find out that the shipborn kids he would be looking after existed because the birth control didn't work and none of the mission-essential crew had the time (or necessarily skills) to look after them. The situation tickled me. And the series of videos from their old teacher that introduced them was quite poignant. It was one of those things that, on the surface, look like they should be an info dump, and probably are, but they work well.
Those videos formed a sort of primer for getting to know the kids, both for the teacher and for me as a reader. Admittedly it could be difficult at times. There were a lot of conversations where many people spoke without speech tags. Giving the benefit of the doubt, I think it was to show that the teacher didn't yet know which kid was which, or to consolidate all their speech into 'the noise of the group in general'. I found it a little annoying. I was also confused in places where question marks got used for rhetorical questions and I had to do a double take.
Spoilers for the last part of the book below.
When they accidentally landed on the wrong planet and had to trek across its surface in search of rescue, everything really came alive. The character interactions were great, and I loved seeing the little family (sarcastic AI included) forming. I did find it a little sad, as well, though, with no prospect of a rescue in sight, and therefore only the outlook of drawn-out deaths. I found myself wishing there had been some last-minute glimmer of hope in the final lines. When I discovered there was a sequel, I found my wish answered, of course, and the ending wasn't quite so sad. But on its own, it certainly gave that bittersweet impression.
Overall, Orphan Planet is an enjoyable read with great characters. While it doesn't do anything wildly out-there or leave a massive impression, I definitely recommend it.
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