I’m sitting in a boba-tea shop sipping down some tapioca balls of goodness and I got to thinking about the book I finished reading last night: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. For those of you who’ve never read anything from Okorafor, Binti would be a splendid introduction. Published through Tor.com’s novella program, Binti is only about 50…

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October is here, and with it comes a slew of books I’ve been eagerly anticipating getting my hands on. If you’re looking for a new read to dive into, you could do worse than picking up one of these. Let’s not go beating any dead bushes (that’s your lovely mixed metaphor for the day), and…

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It’s rare I get hooked on a television show these days. The episodic nature depends so heavily on the intriguing interplay between micro and macro story arcs that all too often, at  some point, the plot-ball gets dropped and I lose interest. Conversely, I have a hard time getting into movies because they focus so…

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Yesterday I passed a landmark for the year: 100 books read. At the start of 2015 I set the goal of reading 2 books per week, but somehow I’ve managed to get a bit ahead of myself. Which is good, ’cause it means now I can put the books down, go out and actually have…

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It’s been a bit since my last review. Blame that on the fact that I’ve been reading a butt-load of non-fiction recently. Or on the fact that I just haven’t felt like posting any reviews on account of the fact that a lot of the books I’ve read in the last few months have given…

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I’m stuck at the dentist’s office, waiting for my gums to stop spurting gouts of blood long enough for the dentist to get back in there with her scalpal-ice-pick toothbrush thingee and finish the job. In the meantime, enjoy this absolutely scathing review of Adam Sandler’s new movie, PIXELS. To be fair, I haven’t seen the…

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I don’t like using the One Lazy Robot blog to tout my own books too much, but every now and then I get a review that makes me smile and I have the irresistible urge to share with ya’ll. This week I had two such reviews. First came a review for Parallel from loyal reader,…

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There’s not much I can say about Saga that hasn’t already been said by people with significantly sexier accents than me, but I’ll try. First thing you should know about Saga is that the writer, Brian K. Vaughan, is the same pen wielding fella that wrote Y: The Last Man. I can’t remember if I’ve…

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Hello, hello, hello, and welcome! Ok, settle down, you yahoos. Before we hop into today’s review of Michio Kaku’s new book, The Future of the Mind, I want to let you guys know that next month I’ll be opening up the One Lazy Robot Blog space to… you. Yes, you read that correctly. For those…

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I’m like the Grinch when it comes to giving out five star reviews. I’m stingy, but it’s for a reason. I reserve those magical five stars for books that are truly transcendent (whatever the hell that means). Typically this means the story has got to be on point, no dragging, no off-putting tangents that ultimately…

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