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The Tea Master and the Detective Aliette de Bodard (Subterranean Press)
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Read MoreWeek 18: More effing awards – but seriously I love them – and two books I liked but didn’t love
Books Read The Gracekeepers by Kirsty Logan The Night Clocks by Paul Meloy The Reflection by Hugo Wilcken Currently Reading In the Skin of a Monster by Kathryn Barker (1) This week my review of Tade Thompson’s...
Read MoreTwo Winners
The winners for both the Philip K. Dick and the British Science Fiction Awards have been announced. In the case of the PKD the award went to Ramez Naam for his book Apex. Marguerite Reed took home a special citation (I suppose...
Read MoreWeek 9: Clever Cliches, Awkward Sex Scenes and an Enjoyable Pot Boiler
Books Read Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald Currently Reading The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard (1) This has been a week of podcasts with one recorded and published on the weekend (Coode Street Roundtable episode...
Read MoreBSFA Shortlist – Best Novel
The British Science Fiction Association shortlist was announced on the weekend. As with last year I’ll be reading the five books nominated in the Best Novel category: Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson (Solaris) Mother...
Read MoreBook Review: Ragnarok and Roll by Keith R.A. DeCandido
I’ve snatched this description of the book from Amazon: Cassie Zukav has always been a bit of a weirdness magnet. Strange things always happened to her, even before she came to Key West for vacation and never left....
Read More13 random and rambling thoughts about the Hugo Awards and one HUGE THANK YOU!
The Hugo Awards were announced earlier today. The winners can be found here and the all important stats can be found here. In no particular order here are my thoughts on the results: Apparently I’m not allowed to blame...
Read MoreReviewing the Nebulas: The Novellas
OK, enough Hugo talk, let’s get back to them Nebula Awards and specifically the Novellas. Barry’s Tale by Lawrence M Schoen This is old-fashioned space opera adventure, featuring a traveling stage hypnotist and his...
Read MoreReviewing The Nebulas: The Short Stories
Although I’m not a member of SFWA(1), I thought I’d review a couple of the award categories starting with short fiction. Also, because I’m shit at story summaries, I’m going to be relying on online...
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