At the end of 2018, I had a choice to make. I could be responsible and keep saving my money, or I could go to Holland to see a metal concert. I chose to be responsible and have regretted it ever since. This week, I watched the DVD of the concert in question - Ayreon's Electric …
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The Nominees for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel, as Pokémon
Yup, I'm doing this Pokémon/Hugo Review mesh up again. Let's go. This year my ability to relate everything back to Pokémon was really tested, but I came through. This is my first theme team on the gen 8 games, but no new Pokémon appeared in this team. If you are wondering what the hell I'm …
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2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #2 Reviews
I got my second bingo on my card. It helped that two of these books were nominated for Hugos this year, so I had an added incentive to finish this line off quick. The Novelette square overlaps with my previous bingo, so it has already been reviewed. I copypasta'd the review from my last update, …
Murderbot Pop!
I collect Funko Pops. I've always been a big collector so no surprise there. A few of them have gotten into some of the photos I've shared, and I'd be happy to show off more if anyone is interested. Last year, as I finished off Martha Wells's Murderbot Diaries novellas, I thought to myself how …
Locus Award Finalists and Nebula Award Winners in 2020
The finalists for the 2020 Locus Awards have recently been announced, and last week the winners of the 2019 Nebula Awards were revealed. I usually only write about the Hugo Awards, but these two other big Speculative Fiction awards that deserve some love. I'll be pretty brief, since well, I'm a bit lazy lately. A …
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Welcome to R’lyeh
I wasn't planning to get Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I skipped New Leaf, and figured playing Wild World back in the day was enough for me. Despite my complete lack of interest in the game and my busy day-to-day life, I still ended up with it downloaded on my switch and my little Island of …
2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #1 Reviews
Technically this is my second update on my book bingo, but this is the first time I got a bingo on my card. I think this line got done first just because I never ended up reading any novels on it. I filled this line with two graphic novels, two novelettes, a novella and a …
2020 Hugo Nominees + 1945 Retro Hugo Nominees
The Hugo Award nominees for 2020 and the Retro Hugo Award nominees for 1945 have been announced today a while ago, and I'd like to talk briefly about them. This post will only focus on a few categories, so if you are interested in seeing the entire list of finalists, click here to see the …
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Plans For the Lockdown
So, Coronavirus is a thing, and my country has started going into lockdown. I'm not going to say too much more about that, because I'm sure your newsfeeds and social media accounts are as full of news about that as mine. My day job is in food production, so I'm an essential worker. Whilst I …
Book Bingo Progress 1
I've completed two challenges on my Book Bingo card, and thought that makes a good excuse for some reviews. What was interesting about both these books is that they've been on my To Read list for a while, but I didn't anticipate that they'd tick off challenges until I started. Get ready for reviews of …
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