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Books Read: Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts is fucking awesome. It took me too long to realise this. I snubbed his work for...
Read MoreMy Top 10 Books (well 11, actually) for 2016
My blog might be 20 or so reviews behind my Facebook page but I thought I at least report on what were my favourite ten books for 2016 (with an eleventh just for luck and because it’s brilliant). But before I list my...
Read MoreWeek 13: Hugo Votes, Malignant Woods and Dudebros Attitudes
Books Read Uprooted by Naomi Novik Currently Reading Just Finished The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (1) Because the deadline for Hugo nominations will have come and gone by the time this post goes live, I thought I’d share my...
Read MoreAnd now The Kitschie nominees have been announced…
I love the Kitschie awards and I’ve waited with bated breath for this year’s Red and Golden Tentacle shortlists to be announced. (This year’s announcement was two weeks later than last year’s sending me...
Read MoreWeek 2: Hilarious Hijinks in Space and Immanuel Kant
Books Read Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie The Thing Itself by Adam Roberts Slade House by David Mitchell Currently Reading (R)evolution by PJ Manney (1) This week saw the passing of David Bowie and Alan Rickman, both from cancer...
Read MoreBook Review: Bete by Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts’ 15th novel, Bete, begins with a cow talking to a farmer just as the farmer is about to pull the trigger on a bolt gun. What seems like the beginning of a joke, or a fantasy novel involving talking animals, becomes...
Read MoreAnd the John W. Campbell Award finalists have been announced…
… I had no plans of reading the shortlist for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award until Jonathan Strahan pointed it out to me this morning. Here are the finalists: The Race by Nina Allan A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias...
Read MoreBook Review: Reach For Infinity edited by Jonathan Strahan
What’s It About It’s the third anthology in Jonathan’s Strahan’s Infinity series. This one collects 14 short stories from writers like Ellen Klages, Adam Roberts and Karen Lord. It focuses on humanity taking...
Read MoreSo, who should win this year’s Man Booker?
I’ve now read all six books nominated for this year’s Man Booker prize and it’s a strong list of novels. This is the first time I’ve read through an entire Man Booker shortlist so I can’t say with...
Read MoreHugo Commentary: Best Fan Writer (long post – tangents included)
As I understand it the World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) will be debating this year whether Best Graphic Story should survive as a category or be taken out and shot. There’s actually a number of good reasons why...
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