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Hugo 2018

Review: The Collapsing Empire

January 8, 2019January 6, 2019 / PylesofBooks / Leave a comment

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

Review: Raven Stratagem

October 5, 2018October 4, 2018 / PylesofBooks / Leave a comment

  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

September 4, 2018September 3, 2018 / PylesofBooks / 1 Comment

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

August 19, 2018October 4, 2018 / PylesofBooks / Leave a comment

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

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