So, I supported Gehenna & Hinnom Books during their kickstarter campaign last year and I subscribed to their Hinnom magazine through that. I was terribly excited to get my first issue and boy did it not disappoint. I have only read a few stories here and there from them previously, but I wasn't totally prepared for … Continue reading Review: Hinnom Magazine Issue #10
Month: May 2019
Writing as Work
So, I thought I had done a writing update almost three months ago, but apparently, I have not! I'm not sure that any of you truly care about these posts, but these are in a sense strictly for me to take stock, re-evaluate what's working, and to also update any of you that do care about … Continue reading Writing as Work
Review: Pimp My Airship
Aside from a stellar title, where can one start with Maurice Broaddus' PIMP MY AIRSHIP? Well, let's start with a synopsis: Enter Sleepy, who wants nothing more than to remain in his (relatively) comfy apartment, keep a low profile, smoke chiba, and spit fast rhymes at the local club. Yet, when the rascal, protester Knowledge … Continue reading Review: Pimp My Airship
Review: Broadswords & Blasters #6
It has been too long since I read another Broadswords & Blasters issue, so here is #6! There's something for everyone, from cowboys on mechanical horses to kaiju to experimental noir. Really have to hand it to editors Matthew & Cameron, they do a fantastic job! Enjoy! The Orge's Secret by Robert Walton Bogerd and his … Continue reading Review: Broadswords & Blasters #6
Review: Perihelion Summer
What would happen if a black hole entered our solar system? Even, if it didn't damage any of the existing planets, including Earth, would there still be ill effects? Well, Greg Egan's latest book, PERIHELION SUMMER, seeks to play out that extraordinary(and terrifying) scenario. We follow Matt, and his friends who have created a mobile … Continue reading Review: Perihelion Summer
Review: Blackfish City
Here is our second Nebula award finalist! BLACKFISH CITY by Sam J. Miller is set in the floating Qaanaaq, which lies within the Arctic circle, is a refuge amidst the fallen cities from an older age. Peoples from across the globe have come to this marvel of technology to find a new life in the … Continue reading Review: Blackfish City
Review: Space Opera
Our next Hugo novel finalist is here! SPACE OPERA by Catherynne M. Valente is a fun little book. It is filled with absurdity of Hitchhiker's Guide and all the glitter of a every single glampunk band from the 70s. Valente has managed to construct a overly flamboyant and somewhat humorous satire of humanity and life throughout … Continue reading Review: Space Opera
Review: The Night and the Land
Matt Spencer is back with a new edition of his debut novel, THE NIGHT AND THE LAND. It dropped yesterday on May, 13th from Back Roads Carnival Books, but I was happy to read and review the new edition. Book one of the Deschembine trilogy, we follow Sally Wildfire, who is on the run from … Continue reading Review: The Night and the Land
Review: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
This was definitely a different sort of memoir. I listened to this as an audio book, performed by Ray Porter and translated by Phillip Gabriel. This was the first thing that I have read from Haruki Murakami and I enjoyed it, even if his thoughts and reflections became tedious and more vague than anything truly … Continue reading Review: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Review: Trial of Lightning
First review for a novel that is on both the Hugos and Nebula lists is here! TRAIL OF LIGHTNING by Rebecca Roanhorse is everything anyone could want from a fantastic, dystopian world. Add in the indigenous culture and characters and you have a knockout premise that revives and refreshes old tropes and makes new ones. Maggie … Continue reading Review: Trial of Lightning
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