u/Ardgarius

Solar Federation by S E Mulholland

I read the authors other novel Blindspot prior to this so this wasn't what I expected. Very climate fiction oriented, with one storyline about a young girl from Tajikistan going to university "5 minutes into the future" and the second storyline is some centuries from now. I generally avoid climate fiction as I find it a bit depressing, however this novel was really really good, super well thought out from an ecology viewpoint. How the effects of human society would be felt even centuries and millennia after it's disappearence. My favorite part was towards the end when a "unsympathetic military AI" takes control of a group of humans through their implants to break a mutiny. The AI is unsympathetic because it doesn't care about what happens to the humans it controls. Some lovely body horror. I definitely recommend this book

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u/Ardgarius — 3 days ago
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Picked this up on a whim from the library and devoured it over the course of a few days. Starts slow but ramps up the pace and ends with a very exciting climatic battle. Extremely well researched in virtually all aspects of the universe, there are multiple scenes of discussing ethics, technology, as well as excellent character development all throughout. Without becoming boring or too technical. I was reminded of L E Modesitt novels, especially Adiamante.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51200184-blindspot

There's a synopsis at the link.

u/Ardgarius — 11 days ago