The book
Book title: Date Night on Union Station (EarthCent Ambassador Book 1)
Author: E. M. Foner
Book genre: Sci-fi, Humor, to me it is not Romance…
Finish date: 1 August 2017
Link to book: Amazon
My review
I saw this book and got drawn to it by its description. Although the cover image was a bit deceiving and might get you to get something else from the book (such as inter-species explicit relationships… or other stuff…). A sci-fi humor novel that involved dates and an earth politician, and an AI! I had a little expectation of what to come but I did not even get close to it!
Environment
The story takes place on a space station far away from Earth. Peace and coexistence is taking place between humans and other species, which is really a relieving thing. Residents of the station are peaceful and seem to only care … Read the rest “Book review: Date Night on Union Station (EarthCent Ambassador Book 1)”
The book
Book title: Roadside Picnic
Author: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Book genre: Sci-fi
Finish date: 10 July 2017
Link to book: Wikipedia (spoilers), Amazon
My review
Before going into the review, I want to tell you how I cam across this story… I came across a PC game called S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl (Steam, GOG, Wikipedia)… I owned the game DVD since 2008 but only was able to play in in 2014…
When I finished this game I felt some sort of a bond to it… Everything about this game was awesome (not talking about bugs…). So I started reading more about it and how it was made. I came to know that this was loosely based on the novel Roadside Picnic. And that was the point where I put this novel on my list, to finally read it and complete it on 10th … Read the rest “Book review: Roadside Picnic”