Agent To The Stars
What if, instead of making first contact by arriving on the White House lawn and demanding to see the President, friendly TV-informed aliens decide they need a Hollywood agent to boost their image before they make proper contact.
A very readable and enjoyable book from Scalzi. It doesn’t quite hit the heights he reached later but still well worth reading.
The Gum Thief
Decent, slight, book.
Nice to read, not really setting the world on fire.
The Magicians
Incredibly well done adult fantasy that subverts the tropes of Magic School and Magical Fantasy Lands.
Really nicely hit a spot.
The Fuller Memorandum
Third Laundry novel. Bloody good
Time’s Eye
Alternative history/parallel world book, first of a trilogy.
OK
The Atrocity Archives
Generation A
Set in a world transformed by the disappearance of bees and a new drug called Solon.
The book follows a group of people who are mysteriously stung by bees.
Bloodsucking Fiends
Enjoyable, San Francisco set, romantic comedy. The twist being that the female lead is a newly fledged vampire.
Last Argument of Kings
Final book of the First Law Trilogy sees everything work out for the best in a most unsatisfactory way. People receive undeserved awards and undeserved punishments and the puppet masters are revealed.
Before They Are Hanged
Second of the First Law trilogy takes a group of heroes on a typical fantasy quest through the West in an atypyical way. Meanwhile in the North and South battles and sieges take place and we learn a wee bit more about the strings being pulled behind the scenes.
