Tag Archives: Hugo /nom
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Read August 2020 Recommended ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 “‘Of course, but do you understand what is at stake,’ he asked? She had no idea… She was, however, curious. ‘Tell me,’ she said, knowing a story lay … Continue reading
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones
Read 2020 Recommended for fans of fantasy ★ ★ ★ ★ Before there was TV Tropes, there was The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. In 1996, Wynne Jones created the ultimate epic fantasy trope list. Done in a … Continue reading
The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer. Tell me more secrets!
Read July 2020 Recommended for fans of rouge AI ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I first read this about the time that Murderbot installments were coming out, leading me to an epiphany that I had … Continue reading
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Read February 2019 Recommended for fans of djinn, interesting reads ★ ★ ★ ★ Cairo, 1912 or so. There’s a ghost in Tram Car 015, although Senior Agent Hamed is fairly certain it isn’t a ghost. You … Continue reading
Hugo 2019 Novelette Nominations
“If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again” by Zen Cho Best Novelette nomination and Winner https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-try-try-again-by-zen-cho/ Sweet. A touch uneven but a solid heart. Chinese dragons, karma, transformation, all rolled in to a modernized version of a traditional … Continue reading
Short Story Round-up: 2019 Hugos
“The Rose MacGregor Drinking and Admiration Society” by T. Kingfisher, 2018 Best Short Story Nomination https://uncannymagazine.com/article/t… “But far beyond the merriment and the music and the trapped mortals, there was a campfire, and around it sat a half-dozen men, and … Continue reading
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Read October 2018 Recommended for fans of Bloody folk tales ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Nominated for a Hugo, Nebula, and Shirley Jackson Awards,* The Ballad of Black Tom is a fine little novella, made accessible to horror dilettantes by … Continue reading
Blindsight by Peter Watts
Read September 2018, re-read March 2021 Recommended for fans of hard sci-fi ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This is a very dense book, packed with ideas. Although Watts mentions he’s a biologist by training, … Continue reading
The City & The City by China Mieville
Read January 2018 Recommended for Fans of Miéville ★ ★ ★ Can a city have a personality? I think so. Certainly the feel of Los Angeles is entirely different from NYC, and different again from Chicago, right? … Continue reading
The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson
Read November 2017 Recommended for fans of classic sci-fi ★ ★ ★ Winner of both a Nebula and a Hugo, The Saturn Game tempted me by being a mix of both fantasy and sci-fi. I’ve had some success with Poul … Continue reading
