A captivating Romanian science fiction novel about survival, rediscovery and humanity’s determination to reclaim a world transformed by a devastating ice age. 📝 First Impressions One of the things I appreciate most about science fiction is its ability to take…
An ambitious and deeply moving science fiction novel in which an extraordinary journey through space becomes an intimate exploration of love, separation and the fragility of human connection. 📝 First Impressions Every once in a while, I come across a…
📝 First Impressions Jurassic Park has a fascinating premise: humanity has developed the technology to bring dinosaurs back to life, and a wealthy businessman decides to turn that scientific achievement into a profitable theme park. It sounds like the perfect…
📝 First Impressions What happens when a soldier is created rather than born? When someone enters the world already possessing the physical abilities of an adult, but without the memories, experiences and personal history that usually shape a human identity?…
📝 First Impressions War is often described in terms of victories, defeats, strategy and sacrifice. But what happens when the soldiers fighting that war become strangers to the very civilisation they are supposed to protect? First published in 1974, The…
📝 First Impressions Rocannon’s World is one of those books that feels much larger than its size. Ursula K. Le Guin takes the basic shape of a space adventure and fills it with questions about politics, culture, power and the…
📝 First Impressions I read Old Man’s War almost breathlessly. From the very first pages, John Scalzi pulled me into a future where old age is not necessarily the end of adventure — it can be the beginning of an…
📝 First Impressions I went into Abatia #1: Începutul unei odisei expecting the artwork to do much of the storytelling. The issue is drawn in very dark tones, and there is a lot of empty space on the page. That…
📝 First Impressions I read The 100 before the television series premiered, so I first met this story through Kass Morgan’s book, without the show shaping my expectations. I later watched every season, which gave me a second version of…
📝 First Impressions Robopocalypse grabbed me from the start with its fast pace and documentary-like structure. Told through a series of accounts and records, it feels like piecing together a war story from the people who lived through it. The…
📝 First Impressions I came to The Ghost from the Grand Banks expecting a deep-sea adventure, something along the lines of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. The title had me imagining mysteries hidden beneath the waves, so discovering that…
📝 First Impressions Reading Vegetal by Dănuț Ungureanu and Marian Truță brought back a world I recognised: the Romanian village, with its familiar habits, conversations and everyday life. The descriptions of the people and their surroundings made me think of…