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The Hysterical Hamster
The Overstory by Richard Powers (W. W. Norton Company)
An essential, vital novel.
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Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson (Tor Novellas)
A post climate-change novella that has a brilliant take on time travel. Loved it.
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Brief Thoughts On This Year’s Aurealis Award Nominees
This morning saw the announcement of the Aurealis Awards’ shortlist. I’m not going to publish the...
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Austral by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
Another terrific novel from an author who doesn’t get the recognition he deserves.
Read MoreThe Silent Invasion by James Bradley
James Bradley is a mate so it’s certainly possible that my thoughts about The Silent Invasion are biased. Except I know that’s not the case. I didn’t love the book because James wrote it, I loved the book...
Read MoreHystopia by David Means
“Hystopia” is the name Eugene Allen gives to his war novel, an attempt to work through the trauma he experienced during the Vietnam War. But before we even begin “Hystopia”, the reader is provided with a...
Read MoreI Am Providence by Nick Mamatas
I am Providence is a terrific novel. It’s a murder mystery set at a Lovecraft convention. This might sound cringeworthy at first, the sort of book open to all sorts of shitty stereotypes, but works beautifully because...
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 MoreMy Top 14 Books for 2015
This year I read 104 novel, 4 of which I didn’t finish. My two favourite novels of the year – that is two books you should read immediately if you haven’t already, were: A Brief History of Seven Killings by...
Read MoreBook Review: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
What’s It About Newly appointed Captain Breq – you may know her from the multi-award winning novel Ancillary Justice - has been given a warship, the Mercy of Kalr, and ordered by Anaander Mianaai, Lord of the Radch – or at...
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