Travels, Telepathy, and Tadpoles This isn’t going to be like my normal blog posts. I have a number of things I want to talk about, but nothing I really want to spend an entire blog post about. So, strap in for a dose of reviews, advertisement, ramblings, and tadpoles. First of all, I should mention …
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2016 Hugo Award Winners
2016 Hugo Award Winners I got to watch my first ever Hugo Award Ceremony this morning. I enjoyed Pat Cadigan as the host, and whilst not all the winners were my first picks (which is to be expected in such a diverse fandom) I don’t think there were any undeserving winners. I also feel …
Review – The Many Selves of Katherine North
The Many Selves of Katherine North By Emma Geen Published June 7th 2016 Score: 8 Was looking for a newly published book to read, and once I read the blurb for this book I went straight to Amazon and bought it. I had to interrupt this novel in order to get through the novellas …
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2016 Hugo Awards: Novellas
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 …
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 …
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