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Books Read: The Practice, The Horizon and The Chain by Sofia Samatar
I read this not because a single person recommended it but because everyone I spoke to, including...
Read MoreWho Should Win The Hugo Award For Best Novel
As a reminder here are the nominees (you’ll note that they’re a little different to the nominees that were originally announced with Marko Kloos deciding to pull his novel for consideration. More props to him)....
Read MoreAnd The Winner of The World Fantasy Award is…
… Sofia Samatar with Stranger in Olondria. In my round-up of the award I picked Neil Gaiman as the winner and I’m glad to have been proven wrong. Stranger in Olondria is wonderful novel, with lush prose and a...
Read MoreSo Who Is Going To Win The World Fantasy Award? (Best Novel)
The World Fantasy Award will be announced later this month at the coincidentally named World Fantasy convention. The Best Novel nominees for the award are: Richard Bowes, Dust Devil on a Quiet Street (Lethe Press) Marie Brennan,...
Read MoreMy Hugo Nominees For Best Novel
January is here and people are talking about their Hugo nominations. As has become tradition I’m going to make a half assed attempt to tell you what I’ll be nominating. I’ll even have a wild crack at predicting...
Read MoreBook Review: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Here’s a description of the novel from the Small Beer website: Jevick, the pepper merchant’s son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home—but which his...
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