the year in books [XIII]

This next flurry of books in my Reading Queue of 2020 is composed of science fiction. There are some classic heavy-hitters and a few off-the-wall Kindle Unlimited deals. Becky Chambers' The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet was a decent read. While it lacked action or intense plot, it excelled at world-building. At points it read like an LGBTQ+ propaganda piece, but given the author's identity politics, that isn't surprising. H.G. Well's The War of the Worlds was a good little book; though I struggled through his writing style, it offers a window into late 19th century England. The novels The Praxis, Rain of Fire: The Great War, and The Far Shore were Kindle Unlimited deals. I struggled through them, to be honest, but it's often that way with Kindle Unlimited. Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey was a reread (and of course it's a noteworthy sci-fi classic).