Illuminae

Illuminae

This book rocks. I love the way this book plays with technology and files, instead of a mouth of god telling us what is going on we are told by a person writing a report about a video and direct instant-messages logs. It gives the feeling of life and feeling from this book. Aidan is one of the best parts of this book, the way that Aidan thinks in a complex and sometimes literally roundabout (funny brit word) way. The best way it shows this is when Aidan is turned back on in the middle of a space war and watches one of the main characters fight the pursuing megacorp ship and Aidan describes this as ‘’like roses in his hands death blooms’’. The way that Aidan speaks moves from extremely like a robot to like a human. Later on in the book Aidan and one of the main characters work together to defeat the pursuing megacorp, Aidan and their dialogue is the best in the book. It shows how little it takes to be human and I do think Aidan cares and wants what is best for the crew of both ships. I have a deep love for AIs in media, and I think Aidan is the best I have seen so far, especially with the way we see Aidans thoughts, the glitches and programs launching to keep the crew safe and his obsession with being merciful really brings him to life.

Unknown 9: out of sigh

Urban explorer Blake Elrich is given tips on the strange happenings of the world and tries to find out what is really going on. I really like how this podcast is mixed as his partner Lazari is forgotten when you look away from her and her voice is strange when recorded. But Blake (such a bad name) does not forget her which is odd to me as they never explain why. Unknown 9: out of sight is part of a much bigger world of medea of books and i think there is a game coming out soon i hope to see references to the other medea I rank it as a solid C better then The heron

Desert gods

I listened to this during a break so I was desperate for any new podcast to listen to wall I played my games or did house work, and I started it when it was still at only 3 episodes now it is at 4 and at that time I thought that this podcast was dropped by its network. I was saddened by the idea that a good new podcast like this was dropped but now I know it's just in production. This story follows a boy trying to run from his desany and keeping his now father figure close to him. The voice acting of the main character is rather good, i am not a huge fan of most child characters as they tend to sound really bad but they did it well here and i hope to see more from them. Not finished but it gets a really solid 80% we will see if it can get 100% when it is finished

Valence

There are alot of things that I think hold it down from being a flagship podcast that everyone listens to. And those things seem to not hold others back from liking this. I am not saying that I do not like this podcast, I don't listen to podcasts I don't like. Before I tell you about the things I don't like about it I will sing its praises. Valence does rather well in making all of the action of its characters make sense i never did not understand what was going on in the story, the system of magic is fairly simple, the halo is rather genius, and not to side with the villain the halo has its positives, i feel that they did not take it to its natural end. I am guessing that maybe 25% of that world has magic if you push it, maybe 50% as they show it as a marginalized group. Now to speak on its down sides. The flow of their conversations are a bit stunted and does not sound natural, that is my main gripe with it other than the dog water pet names of the main characters. They speak on some interesting topics but to me it does not feel like they took it to its end. hug house productions has another show that i find interesting but will not be talking about as it has a lot of the same issues as Valence, every time i say it out loud i feel like i say the name wrong 

I think folks on tumblr will like this podcast 

the leaving

this is a tame book. nun of the formatting is something you have not seen before if you are into strangely formatted books but what it does do well is its use of its formatting. the basic plot of the book is that 6 kids go missing and 5 come back 11 years latter with no memory of the past but with knowledge and skill. we only follow 2 of the 5 kids that come back and the sister of the boy that did not come back. at first i was not a fan of not following all 5 but it makes sense not to as that much wound be to much to track. their is a part when Lucas shakes the hand of a brain scientist and does not what to let go and the first thing that hit me was oh this is going to have a gay sub plot but i was wrong he is just so lonely. the only parts of the book that use strange formatting is when we follow the the kids that came back their names are Lucas and Scarlett. lucas formatting has what reminds me of the life eqashon in the mister mirical comic whare it fills the pannel with darkside is, like a intrusive thoute. scarletts formatting is more like house of leaves ware the words shape to what is going on. i relly liked it. thare are certen parts that i do not like, i am not a big fan of romance but this does it pretty well. 

over all i think it is a solid 8/10 its worth your time if you like the idea of exploreing the idea of memory and human canexons 

i have typed the word book so much it does not look like a real word 

Me and au

At the time of my first listen I was on a huge LGBT+ romance kick. But as this podcast has a far bit to do with fanfics I thought that folks on here would love it. When I first listened to this podcast it was not finished but it is now long finished so it's great and I like it. I love the idea of your dad dying and to keep his house you have to send letters (which is so gay) and you fall in love with a lady that grows flowers in her greenhouse (i do that) and she does not know anything about tv or movies. It gets an A for its grade, it does all the things I love in a podcast.