There have been so many new books released these past three months, and it seems my reading has been too fast for my reviewing. I think going forward, I might try and do monthly mini reviews. The Revenant Gun By Yoon Ha Lee Published June 2018 Score: 10/10 I don’t think I can actually …
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A Late Update on the Hugo Awards
If you've been as interested in the Hugos as I am, you would have heard about the winners by now. If not, you can check them out here. As expected, N.K. Jemisin's The Stone Sky won the award for Best Novel, making Jemisin the first author ever to win the award three years in a row. She …
The 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel Finalists, As Pokemon.
Last year I gave myself a fun little project: to make a Pokémon theme team based off the finalists for the Hugo Award for the Best Novel. I did the same thing this year, though so far the team hasn’t had a lot of success when it comes to battles. Still, with the Hugo Winners …
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2018 Hugo Award for Best Novelette Finalists
Alright, I finished my Hugo reading just before voting closed, and now I present my thoughts on this year's novelettes. Whilst writing these reviews, I realised that I tend to not find novelettes as exciting or memorable as short stories and novellas. Or at least, I haven't come across as many novelettes that got to …
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2018 Hugo Award for Best Short Story Finalists
So sorry everyone, I seem to have gotten behind in my Hugo Award reading and reviewing. Maybe doing both the regular Hugos and the Retros was too much for me. Or maybe I can blame getting my wisdom teeth out. It sucks when life gets in the way of reading. Okay, I’ll be honest, there …
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2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella Finalists
I was thinking earlier this year that maybe I should cover other awards, after all, the Hugos aren't everything. But doing both the regular and retro Hugos this year has shown me why that is not a good idea; there is so much to review, and so many other things to read. Thankfully all the …
Review – The Uninvited
The Uninvited By Dorothy Macardle Published 1942 Score: 9/10 A ghost story set in England during the 1940s. It read like a period drama and as I started reading I really did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did. The writing is beautifully descriptive, the characters are amazing people to go …
Reviews: The Collapsing Empire and Six Wakes
The Collapsing Empire and Six Wakes Finished the two Hugo Nominees I haven't reviewed yet. I'd been meaning to read both of them earlier, but The Collapsing Empire I never got around to, and Six Wakes seems to have not made it to my country yet. Couldn't find it on the Australian Kindle store or in Australian shops. I …
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Review – Beyond This Horizon
Beyond This Horizon By Robert A. Heinlein (Writing as Anson McDonald) Published 1942 Score: 6.5 I’m still thinking about how I feel about this one. I have read Heinlein years ago and enjoyed stories like Time Enough for Love, Job: A Comedy of Justice, and Stranger in a Strange Land but the last Heinlein …
Review – The Darkness and the Light
The Darkness and the Light By Olaf Stapledon Published 1942 Score: 8 I’ll be reading the Retro Hugos this year. Or at least, all the ones I can find. Let’s start with The Darkness and the Light, an examination of two futures for humanity: one a utopia that has enough issues to remain interesting, …
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