Welcome to Litsy!

A human and and alien, each representing a rival multi-species consortium, court the ruler of a new alien species they are competing to bring in, and things get interesting.

I picked this up on a whim, and I'm glad I did. Unique, humorous, and full of heart, this book delivered more than I expected, from thoughtful questions about building relationships across cultures to AI translation software with a sarcastic streak. Definitely worth a read!

Checked out once and discarded. Someone loved it enough to share it. After 25 years, it's cared for again.

What … what … does this mean there‘s going to be another book or series… I need to know … the way this is written is addictive and I need to know if there‘s another book coming out or is out now … I‘m so glad I have more books by this author

4.5/5

Ceelander and Ste Etienne are forced to land on Shroud, a planet where the atmosphere is so think that no light makes it to the planets surface and life evolved to “see“ through ever louder radio waves. Escape is all but impossible, and they've attracted the attention of Shroud's many forms of life.

I couldn't put this book down. I loved everything about the journey across Shroud as well as the alien life that lives on Shroud.

#netgalley

This one was amazing.

65/100 Its been awhile since I've read any Frederik Pohl, I'd forgotten what a talented writer he was. This is a story of parallel worlds, of characters meeting various versions of themselves as the wall between the dimensions begins to falter. It is a little confusing at times, multiple POVs with the same name and all told in first person, but it's worth sticking with for the solid conclusion. 4 ⭐ #Read2025

In a distant future, humanity expands outward in an endless quest for resources that can be exploited, and individuals must justify their existence to merit food, oxygen and even consciousness. When an accident sends Juna and Mai to the surface of a wildly inhospitable moon targeted for resource extraction, they face a hostile environment and first contact with a life form unlike anything humanity has ever encountered. Fascinating.

#NetGalley #ARC #MountARC

Pub Day was 20 May 2025

Four people travel back in time to relive an important memory. When they are stuck in the past after their allotted hour has run out, they wonder whether they might be able to stay in the past and change the events that made them come back. Although the four people don't know each other it is soon clear that they might actually share the pivotal moment in their lives. ⬇️

#aardvark picks- grabbed another #camplitsy25 book!