2084 By Mason Engel Published June 2017 (Self Published) Score: 7.5 Engel credits the inspiration of this book to George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. As the title suggests, it’s a story more inspired by 1984 than Brave New World. 2084 could almost be considered a modern, YA re-imagining of 1984. …
2017 Hugo Award Results
Well, that was an adventure. The livestream for the Hugo Awards didn’t work, which was frustrating, but the text-based live coverage saved the day. The team running that were excellent. At one point a guy in the audience started livestreaming the event on Bilibili. The stream wasn’t very consistent for me, so, there was more …
Review – Alien Influences
Alien Influences By Kristine Kathryn Rusch Published 1994 Score: 7 This is a book that has been sitting on my bookcase for years. It is also the first novel by Rusch that I have ever read, though I have read many of her shorter works and enjoyed them. Alien Influences is a ‘fix-up’, a …
Less Than a Week to Go
Just a reminder that The Hugo Award Ceremony Will be held in just a few days time, and Worldcon has released details about the coverage of the award ceremony which can be read here. The winners will be announced on Friday the 11th August, and the ceremony will start at 19:30 local time. Which is …
Double Review – Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee and Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
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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The 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel Nominees, as Pokémon
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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Hugo Award Novella Finalists 2017
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 Bookcase is Under Attack!
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 …
Hugo Award Novelette Finalists 2017
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 …
Review – Too Like The Lightning
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 …
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