Novella Reviews Well, I didn't get to read all the novellas before voting closed. I couldn't read Slow Bullets and The Builders in time, partly because of my poor time management skills, and partly because J. K. Rowling distracted me with a new Harry Potter story. It was still great fun reading them all. All five are novellas …
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2016 Hugo Awards: Novelettes
Novelette Reviews Finally finished reading those in-between length stories, the novelettes. The Rabid Puppies almost got a clean sweep of this category. Two of their nominees (Flashpoint: Titan and What Price Humanity) were from an anthology called There Will Be War Vol.X, which also contains the short story Seven Kill Tiger. Given how much I disliked …
2016 Hugo Award Short Stories
Short Story Reviews I’m not going to get around to reading all the Hugo nominees. Considering just how many categories there were, that was never going to happen. But, there really isn’t any excuse not to read the short stories. Not only are they short, but some of them are available to read free online. …
Review – The Aeronaut’s Windlass
The Aeronaut’s Windlass (The Cinder Spires, book #1) Jim Butcher Published September 29th 2015 Score: 6/10 Warning: minor spoilers ahead Okay, the fact that this book only got nominated for the Hugo because it was on the Rabid Puppies slate meant I came in expecting not to like it that much. Which of course, …
Review – The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season (Broken Earth Trilogy, book #1) N.K. Jemisin Published August 4th 2015 Score: 10/10 It’s been a while since I’ve read fantasy. Strange really, since I got into fantasy before I got into Science Fiction. Obviously Harry Potter played a role in that, but the boy wizard’s adventures weren’t my only taste …
Review – Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Seveneves Neal Stephenson Published May 19 2015 Score: 8/10 Seveneves. Palindromes are awesome. So is this novel. In Seveneves, the world is ending. Not some vague time in the future, but in two years. And no, there will be no lucky survivors; the atmosphere is going to burn up, the oceans will evaporate and …
Review – Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy (and the rest of the Imperial Radch trilogy) Ann Leckie Published Oct 6 2015 Score: 9.5/10 The conclusion of Ann Leckie’s Imperial Radch trilogy. As the final book in the trilogy, I doubt it stands alone. Hard to tell since I’ve read all three, but I just cannot imagine being able to …
Review – The Chaplain’s War by Brad R. Torgersen
The Chaplain’s War Brad R. Torgersen Published Oct. 7 2014 Rating: 5.5/10 My last review before I start to look at Hugo nominees, and no, I didn't not intend to review Torgersen's book while talking about the Hugos, it just took longer to read than I envisioned. You may notice that I changed my …
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2016 Hugo Award Nominations
The 2016 Hugo Awards Today is the day. This is the first year I have been a member of Worldcon, and therefore the first year I am able to vote in the prestigious Hugo Awards. The Hugos were first held in 1953, and have come to be considered one of the most important awards …
Review – The Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft
The Shadow Out of Time H.P. Lovecraft Published June 1936 Stars: 4 I was thinking I’d avoid reviewing books that were purely horror or fantasy with no elements of science fiction. I might lesson that stance in the future, but for now I don’t have to. I came into this story expecting standard Lovecraft …
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Jayde Holmes 