Tag Archives: Nebula /nom

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on August 14, 2020 by thebookgator

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 →

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Sauerkraut Station by Ferrett Steinmetz

Posted on June 24, 2020 by thebookgator

Read June 2020 Recommended for fans of space station sci-fi  ★     ★    ★    1/2 My absolute favorite thing by Steinmetz. It entirely deserves the 2012 Nebula nod. A young woman aboard the tiniest space way-station imaginable meets … Continue reading →

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Short Story Round-up: Nebulas 2019

Posted on May 29, 2020 by thebookgator

  Best Short Story • Give the Family My Love by A.T. Greenblatt (Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149, February 2019) I enjoyed it, despite a recently noted dislike of epistolary storytelling. A pessimistic anthropologist astronaut is the last chance for humanity … Continue reading →

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The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Posted on October 23, 2018 by thebookgator

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 →

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The City & The City by China Mieville

Posted on January 24, 2018 by thebookgator

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 →

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The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson

Posted on November 15, 2017 by thebookgator

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 →

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All Systems Red by Martha Wells

Posted on September 10, 2017 by thebookgator

Read  September 2017 Recommended for fans of sci-fi, AIs ★    ★    ★    ★   1/2 “Confession time: I don’t actually know where we are…. I hadn’t looked at the maps yet and I’d barely looked at the survey package. In my … Continue reading →

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Borderline by Mishell Baker. Yep.

Posted on August 29, 2017 by thebookgator

Read  August 2017 Recommended for fans of urban fantasy looking for a new take ★    ★    ★      One of my friends once called me ‘The Anti-Drama.’ It was one of those moments of startling clarity, when one thinks, ‘wow; … Continue reading →

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When Gravity Falls by George Alec Effinger

Posted on June 11, 2017 by thebookgator

Read  June 2017 Recommended for people who enjoy futuristic detective noir ★    ★    ★   ★    1/2 I don’t even. This book engrossed me, sucked me in, took me to the seediest bar in town, plied me with cheap booze and left … Continue reading →

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bellwether by Connie Willis

Posted on March 26, 2017 by thebookgator

Re-Read March 2017 Recommended for fans of light romantic comedy ★    ★    ★    ★     ★    I owe bellwether a review.   Bellwether is a book that I inevitably turn to when I want something that is light, clever, literate … Continue reading →

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