Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee & Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer Published 2017 Score: 10/10 for Both After talking about this year’s Hugo nominees, I was excited to dive into not one, but two sequels to those books. First I read Raven Stratagem, the sequel to Ninefox Gambit, and then I immediately followed …
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Voting for the 2017 Hugo Awards is now closed. I have reviewed all the short fiction and talked about all the novels at some point on this blog, but I think it’s time to have a talk about all six nominees in the same place. And we’re going to look at these novels in what …
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I’ve now finished reading all the written fiction nominated for the 2017 Hugos. And I did it all before the voting deadline this time. Yay! This year was full of really strong stories, and the novellas were some of the best I think. Most I have read, or have been intending to read for a …
My house has been all cold and damp lately, which has led to some fungal invaders setting up camp. At first I thought they were just confined to the bathroom, but the last few days I've noticed it cropping up in other places too. One of those areas was my bookcase, so tonight I bit …
This was a really fun group of novelettes. Three fantasy stories, and three science fiction stories. Well, kinda three science fiction stories. Touring With the Alien and You'll Surely Drown Here if you Stay were both on my ballot, and I feel they've come up against worthy competition for the most part. I think it's interesting …
Too Like the Lightning By Ada Palmer Published 10/5/2016 (Tor Books) Score: 8 I didn’t really know what to make of this book at first. I saw this book everywhere last year, with a lot of people raving about it. I put it on my ‘to read’ list, but was a bit reluctant to …
Short Stories 2017 I Finally read all the short stories for this years Hugo Award. All but one of these stories can be read free online, and I would recommend all but one of the stories on this list. Only That Game we Played During the War was on my nomination ballot, but that isn't going to …
I know it’s unfair to lump two great series together for one review, but after reading both series back to back for the Hugo Awards, I was struck by how utterly different they were to each other. These two series are total polar opposites, and I thought it would fun to compare the different views …
Continue reading 三体 by Liu Cixin and Wayfarers by Becky Chambers
The Source By Ayreon Released 28th April 2017 (Mascot Label Group) Starring: James LaBrie, Simone Simons, Floor Jansen, Hansi Kürsch, Tobias Sammet, Tommy Karevik, Michael Mills, Russel Allen, Tommy Rogers and Zaher Zorgati Score: 9/10 I’m not going to make a habit of reviewing music. After all, just because readers are interested in the same books as me, doesn’t mean you’ll like …
A few weeks ago one of my friends was throwing away a rotating magazine rack. I decided to salvage it, and have now gained a home for a small part of my SF magazine collection. It makes a wonderful display; There's still a lot of issues in storage under my bed. For the magazine …
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