Martín
@ezraingram.bsky.social
I make games and have good work life balance. I know, it seems impossible, but it's true.
However, here —in the big bluesky— I try to post book micro-reviews. Mostly SF&F but other stuff too, from time to time.
However, here —in the big bluesky— I try to post book micro-reviews. Mostly SF&F but other stuff too, from time to time.
The Wandering Inn — 7/10 I have a lot to say about this one so it will be a multi-part post. Let's get these out the way: #readme #fantasy #quickreview #bookreview
September 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The Wandering Inn — 7/10 I have a lot to say about this one so it will be a multi-part post. Let's get these out the way: #readme #fantasy #quickreview #bookreview
Charlie Kirk didn't do anything but divide us, and he's still dividing us, and it sucks.
September 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Charlie Kirk didn't do anything but divide us, and he's still dividing us, and it sucks.
For every website out there, you need to put bluesky as a share icon (and ideally remove eX-twitter)! Anyway, here is a good piece from Emmy Award winning Andor writer Dan Gilroy:
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
‘Andor’ Writer Dan Gilroy On Disney Suspending Jimmy Kimmel & Hollywood Facing “Venomous Evil”: “This Isn’t A Skirmish. It’s A Siege” – Guest Column
'Andor' Writer Dan Gilroy On Trump's Jimmy Kimmel Pressure Campaign: "Artists Are Censored First Because They Fear Us Most" -- Guest Column
deadline.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
For every website out there, you need to put bluesky as a share icon (and ideally remove eX-twitter)! Anyway, here is a good piece from Emmy Award winning Andor writer Dan Gilroy:
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
deadline.com/2025/09/ando...
So... What is the current state of freedom of speech in America? Let's ask Jimmy Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
So... What is the current state of freedom of speech in America? Let's ask Jimmy Kimmel.
A Desolation Called Peace - 9/10 It's rare a second book is roughly equivalent to the first. But this, like A Memory Called Empire, is a poly- #scifi story worthy of Herbert. Wonderful characters, great world building, and interesting insights into the nature of language. #readme #quickreview
September 17, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A Desolation Called Peace - 9/10 It's rare a second book is roughly equivalent to the first. But this, like A Memory Called Empire, is a poly- #scifi story worthy of Herbert. Wonderful characters, great world building, and interesting insights into the nature of language. #readme #quickreview
So, you've developed a product using all the benefits of being a not for profit and NOW you want to be a for profit company... Still, for the good of humanity.
That's not transparent at all. You should be filled with righteous outrage that lots of people don't want you doing that 🙄
That's not transparent at all. You should be filled with righteous outrage that lots of people don't want you doing that 🙄
September 15, 2025 at 7:36 AM
So, you've developed a product using all the benefits of being a not for profit and NOW you want to be a for profit company... Still, for the good of humanity.
That's not transparent at all. You should be filled with righteous outrage that lots of people don't want you doing that 🙄
That's not transparent at all. You should be filled with righteous outrage that lots of people don't want you doing that 🙄
The Prodigy genius in Alien Earth misattributed to Asimov a quote from Clarke "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Was that a mistake or to show that the character isn't as smart as he thinks he is? If the latter, it's a pretty deep cut to communicate that. #scifi
Was that a mistake or to show that the character isn't as smart as he thinks he is? If the latter, it's a pretty deep cut to communicate that. #scifi
September 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Prodigy genius in Alien Earth misattributed to Asimov a quote from Clarke "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Was that a mistake or to show that the character isn't as smart as he thinks he is? If the latter, it's a pretty deep cut to communicate that. #scifi
Was that a mistake or to show that the character isn't as smart as he thinks he is? If the latter, it's a pretty deep cut to communicate that. #scifi
Dungeon Crawler Carl — 8/10 this is a blast and a half, reminds me of the Hard Luck Hank series but decidedly #LitRPG. Just a trashy fun time that will leave you wanting more. AND, there is more! #readme #quickreview #bookreview #scifi #fantasy
August 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dungeon Crawler Carl — 8/10 this is a blast and a half, reminds me of the Hard Luck Hank series but decidedly #LitRPG. Just a trashy fun time that will leave you wanting more. AND, there is more! #readme #quickreview #bookreview #scifi #fantasy
The Test — 9/10 Short and intense, a wonderful #scifi morality novella. It reminded me of an episode of Star Trek #TNG #spoileralert when Wesley fails the starfleet entrance exam, only better thought out. If you know the episode you'll get what I mean. #readme #quickreview #bookreview
July 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Test — 9/10 Short and intense, a wonderful #scifi morality novella. It reminded me of an episode of Star Trek #TNG #spoileralert when Wesley fails the starfleet entrance exam, only better thought out. If you know the episode you'll get what I mean. #readme #quickreview #bookreview
The Book That Wouldn't Burn — 8/10 A wonderful story with excellent world building and interesting characters. I love me some humanism and this book is chock-full with a late presence theme of "the other as self." excellent #fantasy with a touch of #scifi #readme #quickreview #bookreview
July 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The Book That Wouldn't Burn — 8/10 A wonderful story with excellent world building and interesting characters. I love me some humanism and this book is chock-full with a late presence theme of "the other as self." excellent #fantasy with a touch of #scifi #readme #quickreview #bookreview
Nation 6/10 — I want to like Terry Pratchett's work. I remember finding The Long Earth interesting. This book is good, but not any better than Mort and I was told by many that this is his very best novel. It did make me laugh a few times. #readme don't take my word for it #scifi #quickreview
July 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nation 6/10 — I want to like Terry Pratchett's work. I remember finding The Long Earth interesting. This book is good, but not any better than Mort and I was told by many that this is his very best novel. It did make me laugh a few times. #readme don't take my word for it #scifi #quickreview
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O — 6/10 it's fun, with some good character work and a great premise. However, it suffers from some detailed drill-downs Stephenson is notorious for and the way the story is told, through letters and secret docs, hurts the pacing in the middle #quickreview #readme #scifi
June 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O — 6/10 it's fun, with some good character work and a great premise. However, it suffers from some detailed drill-downs Stephenson is notorious for and the way the story is told, through letters and secret docs, hurts the pacing in the middle #quickreview #readme #scifi
The Library at Mount Char 9/10 — my biggest gripe is that there isn't more fiction (or creative writing) from the author Scott Hawkins. Yo Scott where the books at? It's a widely casual tone for such a dark... #fantasy? #scifi? It's somewhere in-btwn. Really a pleasure to read #quickreview #readme
June 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The Library at Mount Char 9/10 — my biggest gripe is that there isn't more fiction (or creative writing) from the author Scott Hawkins. Yo Scott where the books at? It's a widely casual tone for such a dark... #fantasy? #scifi? It's somewhere in-btwn. Really a pleasure to read #quickreview #readme
A Master of Djinn 6/10 — Good plot, decent world building and character work. Certainly a nice change from western european-esk swords and sorcery #fantasy. A bit predictable and the prose are okay, but overall fun, certainly interesting from a political standpoint #quickreview #readme #bookreview
May 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A Master of Djinn 6/10 — Good plot, decent world building and character work. Certainly a nice change from western european-esk swords and sorcery #fantasy. A bit predictable and the prose are okay, but overall fun, certainly interesting from a political standpoint #quickreview #readme #bookreview
You can vote to call it whatever you want, I'm never going to call it that.
May 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
You can vote to call it whatever you want, I'm never going to call it that.
The Outcast Mage 7/10 - I started an unfinished series and have found myself hungry for more. @annabelcwrites.bsky.social did a great job with her first novel. Compelling characters and an interesting magic system. A few minor rough bits where characters fail to communicate. #fantasy #readme
April 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Outcast Mage 7/10 - I started an unfinished series and have found myself hungry for more. @annabelcwrites.bsky.social did a great job with her first novel. Compelling characters and an interesting magic system. A few minor rough bits where characters fail to communicate. #fantasy #readme
The Memory Police 7/10 — A profound and poignant novel, probably an order of magnitude more relevant today than when it was written in the 90s. It was so grim I found it hard to get through, it could have made the same point well and been shorter. It was already short #readme #quickreview #scifi
April 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Memory Police 7/10 — A profound and poignant novel, probably an order of magnitude more relevant today than when it was written in the 90s. It was so grim I found it hard to get through, it could have made the same point well and been shorter. It was already short #readme #quickreview #scifi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold 8/10 — It's a book about time travel and communication. It made me cry several times, which is unusual for me. While sad, it's also full of hope and good vibes #readme #quickreview #bookreview #fantasy #scifi
April 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Before the Coffee Gets Cold 8/10 — It's a book about time travel and communication. It made me cry several times, which is unusual for me. While sad, it's also full of hope and good vibes #readme #quickreview #bookreview #fantasy #scifi
Howl's Moving Castle 8/10 — People say that @travisbaldree.bsky.social pioneered a new genre with cozy #fantasy, but books like this have been around for some time. This one is great! I'm glad I have loved the film for many years because this is a more complete story #readme #quickreview #bookreview
April 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Howl's Moving Castle 8/10 — People say that @travisbaldree.bsky.social pioneered a new genre with cozy #fantasy, but books like this have been around for some time. This one is great! I'm glad I have loved the film for many years because this is a more complete story #readme #quickreview #bookreview
The Left Hand of Darkness 8/10 — It is as much a speculative anthropological study as a novel. But in the end it is about strangers becoming friends and relationships becoming deeper through trials shared. #readme #scifi #quickreview #bookreview
April 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The Left Hand of Darkness 8/10 — It is as much a speculative anthropological study as a novel. But in the end it is about strangers becoming friends and relationships becoming deeper through trials shared. #readme #scifi #quickreview #bookreview
I feel like Musk never read The Fountainhead, or if he did he took away the wrong lessons. #readmore #readingisfundamental
March 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I feel like Musk never read The Fountainhead, or if he did he took away the wrong lessons. #readmore #readingisfundamental
The House in the Cerulean Sea 5/10 — It would get a 6, but it was hard to get into. I understood what the author was doing and why but it dragged early. Still, I'm glad I didn't abandon it, the book was cute, and had a good message. All and all a #readme #quickreview #bookreview #fantasy
March 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The House in the Cerulean Sea 5/10 — It would get a 6, but it was hard to get into. I understood what the author was doing and why but it dragged early. Still, I'm glad I didn't abandon it, the book was cute, and had a good message. All and all a #readme #quickreview #bookreview #fantasy
Half a Soul 6/10 — A lovely little cozy novel about a woman who has half her soul stolen by a fairy and thus appears to have high functioning, but severe, autism. It is quite funny though and had some character work I really dug. #readme #bookreview #fantasy #quickreview #cozy
March 22, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Half a Soul 6/10 — A lovely little cozy novel about a woman who has half her soul stolen by a fairy and thus appears to have high functioning, but severe, autism. It is quite funny though and had some character work I really dug. #readme #bookreview #fantasy #quickreview #cozy