So got some big news about a little story. And some little news about a big social media network. I'll start with the former, since that is a lot more exciting. I have managed to get a new story published in someone else's publication. 'A Short Guide to Lost Literary Works' is a flash fiction …
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I did say I would talk about the Hugo Nominations when the nomination statists page was released, and well... here we are. Worldcon23 dropped the data at the last possible second and damn, there is some controversy. Click here for a link to the PDF if you want to follow along. If you aren't interested …
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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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, …
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 …
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 …
This year I have made my own book bingo card, with some challenges I want to complete. I’m going to put more effort into finishing these challenges than I did for last year’s one; not that there was anything wrong with the challenges last time, I’m just more motivated to set reading goals this year. …
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My 2016 Reading and Writing Wrap-Up Well 2016 is finished, but I’m going to buck the trend and not bag it out. Yes, some crappy things happened; Trump and Brexit the first two big things that come to mind, and a whole lot of celebrity deaths. But I think the cries of ‘worst year ever’ …
The Hunt for FOXP5: A Genomic Mystery Novel By Wallace Kaufman & David Deamer Published May 13th 2016 (Springer) Score: 6.5/10 Back in September, I made a post about the Humble Book Bundle. As happy as I was with the deal, I haven’t gotten around to reading any of those books until now. I started …
Ninefox Gambit By Yoon Ha Lee Published 14th June 2016 (Solaris) Score: 10/10 I wasn’t really expecting to love this book quite as much as I did. I’d seen it show up on new release lists for a while, but I just never felt that drawn in by the premise. Then after finishing The …
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