Alternate history stories always bug me, because I want to know everything when it comes to how different the world is. In The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, we have a world that is driven to the psychological and physical brink of extinction and then proceeds to fall right back into old habits, despite one literal earth-shattering … Continue reading Review: The Calculating Stars
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Review: Rogue Protocol & Exit Strategy
Murderbot is back! I finally got around to crush the last two novellas in this series. Too bad Network Effect, the full length novel, isn't slated to come out for another year or so, but in the meantime, Martha Wells keeps teasing us along with such a fun series of books, with of course our ever lovable, but … Continue reading Review: Rogue Protocol & Exit Strategy
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: 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
Hugo Finalists 2019: Novella
While there are some repeats from last week's Nebula post, there are a couple new books below! Don't miss out on those! Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells (Tor.com Publishing) 3 out of 5 Wells does it again! Murderbot is so much fun, but this one seemed to take some time going. And there were some … Continue reading Hugo Finalists 2019: Novella
FUTURES: A Science Fiction Series (Updated)
So, I haven't really spoken about my forthcoming short story chapbook that is being released by Radix Media yet(announcement link is here), so I think I will finally talk about it in full. First, the quick and dirty on the FUTURES series: The Futures series explores critical contemporary issues in an imagined future. You’ll find … Continue reading FUTURES: A Science Fiction Series (Updated)
Hugo Finalists 2019: Novellette
Below are the Hugo Novelette finalists! There wasn't as much overlap with the Nebulas as there was in the short fiction category before, but be sure to check out the new stories by Zen Cho, Daryl Gregory, Naomi Kritzer, and Simone Heller. You really don't want to miss these! “If at First You Don’t Succeed, … Continue reading Hugo Finalists 2019: Novellette
SYNTH #1: An Anthology of Dark SF
The blurb compares this to Blackmirror but I'll be honest, I think anthology wins at being more bleak, more strange, and more relevant. Edited by C. M. Muller, SYNTH: An Anthology of Dark Science Fiction is exactly that and does it ever deliver on that promise. All of these stories circle existential issues, while also … Continue reading SYNTH #1: An Anthology of Dark SF
