I might have had my expectations too high for the writer of Old Man's War, but John Scalzi did not exactly dazzle me with this first installment of his Interdependency Series. This was also a Hugo nomination from last year that I'm still wrapping up(got caught up on my own TBR list). The Collapsing Empire is really … Continue reading Review: The Collapsing Empire
2018 – Hugo short lists
Review: Raven Stratagem
Yoon Ha Lee does it again with creating another high stakes, complex, and very human story. This one misses my interest with the lack of o "on the ground" fighting that the previous book had. I'm a sucker for politics though and this book is chock full of it! There's a ton more intrigue … Continue reading Review: Raven Stratagem
Review: Six Wakes
There was a lot of good with this one, by Mur Lafferty, but by the end I was kind left with an "eh." The book begins with a big bang and lots of intrigue. The crew has been murdered, but this isn't your mother's "whodonit." Maria is a junior tech who awakes in her clone … Continue reading Review: Six Wakes
THE HUGOS: 2018
So, I wasn't able to do it guys. At the time that they were announced, I said back in April, that I would be reading all the Hugo nominated stories and post them here. I managed to get through the short fiction, short stories, and novellas on time. I even managed to get through a … Continue reading THE HUGOS: 2018
Review: The Stone Sky
So, in case you aren't up to speed with this triology you can refer back to the reviews I did on The Fifth Season and The Obelisk Gate. This is also my first review concerning any of the Hugo novel finalists. I just found out yesterday that The Stone Sky won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and boy … Continue reading Review: The Stone Sky
Hugo Nominations 2017: Best Novellas
These Novella finalists were even harder to judge, but I enjoyed them all! Sorry it took so long to get through them. Great reads to be had here and they are really showing me the breadth of current fantasy and science fiction. The field of genre is wide and varied! I've linked these back to … Continue reading Hugo Nominations 2017: Best Novellas
Hugo Finalists 2018: Best Novelette
I managed to chew through the Novelette finalists over the past two weeks and this category was much harder to pick from. There are some great pieces and I believe I liked these better than the short fiction entries, so far, but overall great pieces of writing and it's so awesome to get a feel … Continue reading Hugo Finalists 2018: Best Novelette
Hugo Finalists 2017: Best Short Fiction
Okay, so as promised I have each of the finalists for the Short Fiction category blow. I've assigned them ratings (based off a five-star scale) and with short summaries and reviews from yours truly. I've also linked them so that you can read them for yourselves at your leisure. “Carnival Nine” by Caroline M. Yoachim 5 … Continue reading Hugo Finalists 2017: Best Short Fiction
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