New York 2140 By Kim Stanley Robinson Published March 14th 2017 (Orbit) Score: 8 2312 is the only other book by Kim Stanley Robinson that I have read (a scandal, I know!) and I loved it so much I had to grab this one too. New York 2140 is about well, New York in …
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2017 Hugo Award Finalists
2017 Hugo Award Finalists Wow, the Finalists for the 2017 Hugos have been announced. It seems like I’ve only just finished nominating. This is the biggest ballot on record, with 108 Finalists in total. Part of the reason this ballot is so much bigger is because there are six finalists in every category instead of …
Review – Two Girls
Two Girls By Justin Sirois Published 15/3/17 (Kindle Press) Score: 7/10 I came across this book on the Kindle Scout program. After reading an excerpt, I nominated it for publication and when it was published, I got an advanced copy. From the excerpt, I didn’t think I was going to get anything awesome that …
2016 Novellas, Novelettes and Short Stories
Novellas, Novelettes and Short Stories Maybe this post is a bit late. I’ve been quiet lately because I wanted to catch up on some of the best short fiction from last year, and if I stopped to write a review of each story I’d quickly lose all my reading time. And also, I’ve been …
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Review – Lovecraft Country
Lovecraft Country By Matt Ruff Published 16/2/16 Score: 9 I ordered this book from the states and even made a post about receiving it a couple of weeks ago. I was super excited to read Lovecraft Country and can now say that it didn’t disappoint. This story is part pulp horror/science fiction, part social commentary, …
Book Delivery
I Got a Book in the Mail! I get most of my books through the amazon kindle store. As much as I like physical books, I have limited space. Besides, moving house four times in recent years has made ebooks seem very appealing; I don’t have any problems carrying them. But now that I can …
Review – The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem By Cixin Liu (Translated by Ken Liu) Published 11/11/2014 (First English translation, originally published 2007) Score: 9/10 I’m a bit late to the party here. This book has already sold over a million copies in China, and the hype for the English translation was massive back in 2014. It then went on …
Worldcon75 and the Hugo Awards
Nominations for the 2017 Hugo Award are open now. The Hugos are the biggest awards in the Science Fiction and Fantasy world, and are given out each year at the World Science Fiction Convention. Awards are given in dozens of categories, and honour everything from novels to short stories to comics to movies. The awards …
Review – Fate of Perfection
Fate of Perfection By K. F. Breene Published January 1st 2017 (47North) Score: 2.5/10 (Did Not Finish) Normally if I don’t finish a book, I don’t give it a rating or a review. It seems unfair to voice such a negative opinion on a story I didn’t finish. It’s like I’m not giving it …
Review – Neuromancer
Neuromancer By William Gibson Published July 1st 1984 Score: 8 There have been a few books recently that I’ve described as requiring a lot of work on the reader’s part. Ninefox Gambit and the Imperial Radch series come to mind right away. These books have complex ideas and really strange worlds that aren’t explicitly …
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