I’m reading sci-fi at the moment, though I probably shouldn’t.
I’m Irish, and we’re not used to it.
When I was growing up, we had six television channels.
Four English ones, and two Irish wans.
In twenty years, the only sci-fi was Red Dwarf and Doctor Who.
Both on the English channels, of course.
After all, we Irish only recently started believing in the present.
Back in the eighties, we didn’t have roads; we had strips of potholes.
Condoms were prescription-only, and six of the island’s counties were somehow missing—
Whoa! Steady on there, now! – [ed.]
—so it’s no wonder we didn’t believe we’d soon be doing great things up in space.
But it’s now Anno 2026, and I’m ready for the future.
My first read of the year was Daugment by August Niehaus.
It’s a fast-paced sci-fi romp about a decorated military space commander whose mind gets transferred into an augmented dog’s body.
There’s no other way to foil his arch-enemy’s dastardly plan to take over the galaxy.
It’s a neat new twist on the talking animals idea, and the story brims with dogs, rebels, and a pleasure planet where you have no choice but to enjoy yourself…
I enjoyed reading a chapter—or two, or three—each night, so you might like it, too.
You can get Daugment here for free!
Chat soon,
Morgan
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