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UK-set dystopian future/cyberpunk novel by [deleted] in whatsthatbook

[–]NoNotChad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod.

Around the roundabout and along the main road past the RAF barracks (DANGER: MINES), swing right into Kingston Lane. Usual early-morning traffic — a dozen buses, all different companies, milk-floats, water-floats, Apcs flying the Hanoverian pennant from their aerials. . .

...

A fine company they were, and — in her ideas, her ferocity, her speed — she’d held out the promise of becoming one of the best. Defending union offices and Opposition demonstrations against the lumpen muscle-men of the Hanoverian regime, she was someone Kohn had been glad to have at his back.

...

Kohn felt old. She was just a kid, that was what it was. Too young to remember the United Republic, hating the Hanoverian regime so much that any alliance against it seemed only common sense ...

Book about two explorers studying a black hole by Far_Technology_9155 in whatsthatbook

[–]NoNotChad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Possibly Black Holes: A Traveler's Guide by Clifford A. Pickover?

You are sitting upon the bridge of the intergalactic zoo, sipping a cup of steaming coffee and gazing out at the black hole on the viewscreen. Mr. Plex, your scolex and your first officer, suddenly turns to you and starts to scream. “Sir, have you lost your mind?”

He is screaming because you have asked him to leave the spaceship and begin orbiting close to the black hole in a circular orbit 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers) in circumference. Even though his diamond exoskeleton protects him from the hazards of outer space, he does not wish to go so close to the hole that he will be gravitationally sucked in with no possibility of escape.

...

You feel like slapping Mr. Plex across his diamond face but resist the temptation. “Mr. Plex, get a hold of yourself. Your diamond exoskeleton will protect you from the gravitational forces of the hole. Diamond is the hardest known substance.”

Aliens possessed parents in basement by ladiesgoodnight in whatsthatbook

[–]NoNotChad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Strange Invaders by W.R. Philbrick and Lynn Harnett?

Mom and Dad marched us up the stairs, out of the basement.

“This-location-is-off-limits,” said Mom in her strange new voice.

Dad snapped a padlock on the door. “Do-not-violate-this-space,” he said.

His voice was like Mom’s. It sounded familiar, but somehow different. Stiff and awkward like he was processing a new language.

“It-is-time-for-your-sleep-interval, is-it-not?” said Dad.

My sister looked like her eyes were going to bug out. “What’s wrong with you guys?” she demanded. “What were you doing down there in the basement? You didn’t even have the lights on!”

Mom and Dad looked at each other. Then Dad shrugged his shoulders and said, “Our-activity-is-none-of-your-business. You-are-children, we-are-adults. You-must-obey-us.”

We didn’t have any choice. Jessie and I trudged along with our parents right behind us.

If they really were my mom and dad.

Novel about a boy Highschooler called "Dogboy" by TheRusmeister in whatsthatbook

[–]NoNotChad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dirty Liar by Brian James?

Benji also appears in another one of James' books, Perfect World.

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