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R J Theodore (1980–2023)

Autor de Flotsam (Peridot Shift)

10+ Obras 80 Miembros 16 Reseñas 1 Preferidas

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Obras de R J Theodore

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Etiquetado

Conocimiento común

Otros nombres
Jay, Rekka Korol
Fecha de nacimiento
1980-04-30
Fecha de fallecimiento
2023-07-18
Género
other
Causa de fallecimiento
cancer
Educación
Ringling College of Art and Design (Bx | Graphic design)
Ocupaciones
graphic designer
podcaster
writer
Organizaciones
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America / SFWA
Biografía breve
R J Theodore is an author, podcaster, and all around collector of creative endeavors and hobbies. She is the author of multiple books, with her debut self-published novella THE BANTAM released in 2018 and the first book in her Peridot Shift series FLOTSAM out from Parvus Press two months later.
When she’s not tinkering in her own worlds, she’s reading, doing illustration or design, playing video games, cooking, or when she can let herself be still, dozing on the couch.
She lives in New England with her partner, cats and too many ways to keep herself busy.
To find out more about her, from announcements and updates, to her writing process, social media, and even free short fiction, visit rjtheodore.com

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This series has a really interesting setting, and exactly how it got that way is something of a mystery that we learn more about over the course of the book. The setting reminds me a little bit of the Lady Blackbird RPG (no idea if that's a coincidence), with the airships traveling between islands and the heavy imperial presence. The protagonist and her crew are all really great characters, as is Scrimshaw the alien who they take on later. Talis is definitely a protagonist in the "means well but constantly keeps messing up" mold, but she grows a lot over the course of the story.

I love that the world of Peridot has multiple cultures and religions -- we got a close-up look at two of them, and I'm hoping we'll see more in the next couple books. And there are multiple queer main characters! And I love a scrappy pirate crew (although Talis really needs to step it up as a captain)! And then there's the ultra-powerful naked robot woman who is also kind of the soul of the planet? Cool!
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lavaturtle | 7 reseñas más. | Jan 26, 2024 |
Interesting setting, but lacking believably. A cloud world with a layer of crushed history from when the gods ripped it apart. Forbidden trinkets can be salvaged if you're quiet quick and able. Our tolerant captain is, with a crew mixed from the five races the gods created (reassuringly not based on standard fantasy tropes). She picks up one trinket too many, and discovers some of her deals aren't as clever as she thought. And then the arrival of aliens throws everything into the mix.

A very steampunk setting with hot air balloons of various designs being the main transport everywhere among few scattered floating 'lands' practicality seems to have been forgotten - basics like fuel etc. At the same time the author tries to keep a fingertip on physics, and it's probably better if they'd just abandoned all pretense at caring because none of it makes much sense. It's not clear how much power the gods have or had or what maintains it all - especially as some of that initial power seems to have been usurped into a being that doesn't quite have enough power to be a god themselves.… (más)
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reading_fox | 7 reseñas más. | Apr 7, 2022 |
This is the 3rd book in the Phantom Travelogues, chronologically, though it feels more like a 2.5. It takes place after the events of book 2, but is told via journal entries of a character other than Ehli. As Ehli and her cohorts travel through space looking for their homeworld, one of them decides to start keeping a journal to briefly document some of the planets they visit on their journey, complete with illustrations (by Theodore and in color!) It has a sort of traveling through space slice of life feel and I appreciate that it gives readers a look into different planets amid the galaxy Theodore created. Each entry is only a handful of pages, but there are still different societies and ways of life that readers get a taste of. I very much enjoyed it, but I'm also a sucker for anything with illustrations. I can't wait for more of the main story so I can find out what happens next!… (más)
 
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MillieHennessy | Mar 30, 2022 |
Ehli returns in a direct continuation of the first book in the series, Bantam - so don't read this until you've read that. In this book, we follow Ehli as she sets off into space, piloting her own ship, on a mission to find her people's home planet. She's joined by my new favorite character, BEETL. BEETL is an AI drone that came with the ship, much as Ehli did, and the only surviving drone after the events of book 1. I was immediately attached to BEETL because I love AIs/robots/drones/technology with personality. I was so invested in this lil guy! I enjoyed watching BEETL's development alongside Ehli's as the story moved on.

I can't wait to see where this series takes Ehli and BEETL, both in terms of character development, and in the version of outerspace Theodore has created.
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MillieHennessy | otra reseña | Mar 30, 2022 |

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Miembros
80
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Valoración
3.8
Reseñas
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ISBNs
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