No. I should not. I will probably die if I push myself to write that much. Besides, I finally got back to my long neglected story about telepathic tree fungi and am ready to write about the fight with the dragon. I don't want to shelve that for a month to do NaNoWrMo. On the …
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2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #3 Review
Wow, all but one of the books in this row (Briar Rose) I have already talked about in some way befort. So, yay, quick post full of copy and pasting. I have extended the other reviews a bit, added a few thoughts on the books now that it's been a while since I read them, …
6 Awesome Science Fiction Metal Songs
Time for something a little different. Let's talk about music. I just finished listening to the new Ayreon album Transitus and omg, mind blown. Not going to talk about that just now though, since a tie-in comic book was released alongside this album and I do not yet have my hands on that comic. Not …
Review: Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus by Chuck Tingle
Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus: An Adult Romance Novel by Chuck Tingle Published June 2020 Score: It's by Chuck Tingle This review needs a bit more context than normal. If you've never heard of Chuck Tingle before, then I assume that the title and the cover of this book have left …
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Review: City – Clifford D. Simak
+ Title: City by Clifford D. Simak Published 1952 Score: 9/10 I was telling my fiancé about this book, and then I realised I sounded crazy, which seemed like a good indicator that I should summerise and review it. The book City is a fix-up novel connecting a series of stories about the decline of …
The Three-Body Adaptation
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you may remember how much I love Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past series. Which is more commonly known both in English and Chinese as just The Three-Body Problem or Three-Body ( 三体, San ti) series. The main trilogy consists of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, …
Reedsy Weekly Writing Prompts
A few weeks ago I joined an online writing community called Reedsy. My goal was to participate in the site's weekly prompt contest. I've never considered myself good at short stories. I struggle with coming up with good ideas that don't require tons of worldbuilding, I struggle with deadlines, and I often lack the confidence …
Lots of Awards: 2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists, Winners of the 2020 Locus Award, 2020 Cordwainer Smith Recovery Award, and even a bit about Dragons
I focus on the Hugo Awards a lot, but of course they aren't the only awards out there. I guess I like the Hugos because I can participate in them. I'd like to give a quick shout-out to some other award winners and nominees. First off, the Locus Awards. I covered the announcement of the …
The Last Hugo Award 2020 Post: The Stats
So, I was looking at the stats on this year's Hugo Awards, and noticed some interesting things that I wish I'd thought to work into my main post about the ceremony. The big revelation is that Ann Leckie's fantasy novel The Raven Tower received enough votes to make it onto the ballot, but Leckie declined the nomination. …
2020 Hugo Award Winners Announced
I watched the Hugo Awards this morning. I do every year, but with Covid-19 things were quite a bit different this year. Obviously, there was not a live ceremony in Wellington as originally planned. The entire Worldcon this year was a virtual event, and this morning George R. R. Martin hosted the Hugo Award ceremony …
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