Tangent Futures - Sci-Fi / Fantasy Book Review Poems #1

Ringworld (1970) Larry Niven

Bright, fun, sci-fi space romp
Heavy idea flow
A classic for good reasons

A Fire Born of Exile (2024) Aliette De Bodard

Skip stone prose too flimsy for
Good, expansive world
Romance, wish I liked it more

The I Inside (1985) Alan Dean Foster

Stupid, contrived plot and
Dull smug future man
Good prose saves it, but barely

Greek Myths (2021) Charlotte Higgins

Bougie, suburban Olympus
Lacks greek mythos swag
Strangely condescending