It has been about 23 days since my last post on this blog. Considering that this is Hugo Season, and that the Locus Award Finalists were announced last week, this is very weird for me. Now I could blame work for the break, or point out that I wrote a new short story during this …
Category: Somewhat Offtopic
6 Awesome Science Fiction Metal Songs
Time for something a little different. Let's talk about music. I just finished listening to the new Ayreon album Transitus and omg, mind blown. Not going to talk about that just now though, since a tie-in comic book was released alongside this album and I do not yet have my hands on that comic. Not …
The Three-Body Adaptation
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you may remember how much I love Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past series. Which is more commonly known both in English and Chinese as just The Three-Body Problem or Three-Body ( 三体, San ti) series. The main trilogy consists of The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, …
Lots of Awards: 2020 World Fantasy Award Finalists, Winners of the 2020 Locus Award, 2020 Cordwainer Smith Recovery Award, and even a bit about Dragons
I focus on the Hugo Awards a lot, but of course they aren't the only awards out there. I guess I like the Hugos because I can participate in them. I'd like to give a quick shout-out to some other award winners and nominees. First off, the Locus Awards. I covered the announcement of the …
Ayreon Live
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 …
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 …
Book Bingo Card 2020
Time to share the Book Bingo card I'll be trying to complete this year. As with my last card, this one was randomly generated from a list of over 200 different challenges. Here's what I got. Despite all that variety, I managed to get two tiles related to the Locus Awards. (Even better, I'd managed …
I went to Japan
…and I want to go back again as soon as I can. I loved everything over there, from the ancient shrines and palaces, to the modern world of Tokyo, with its shops and sky scrapers and giant robots. This was my first overseas trip, and I just saw so many amazing things. I'e been having …
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