Tag Archives: novella
The Album of Dr. Moreau
Read February 2021 ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Daryl Gregory always gets a second look from me. I thought Afterparty interesting and clever, Harrison Squared interesting and clever, We Are All Completely Fine interesting and disturbing, Pandemonium interesting … Continue reading
Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard
Read December 2020 Recommended for fans of de Bodard ★ ★ ★ ★ An unusual genre-bender set in de Bodard’s Xuya Universe. It combines sci-fi, a murder mystery and a bit of romance, wrapped in the feel … Continue reading
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Read December 2020 Recommended for fans of Chambers ★ ★ 1/2 A travelogue with frankly underdeveloped characters and a bonkers ending–and I don’t mean in the Gideon the Ninth kind of way. No, I mean in the Tana … Continue reading
The Expert System’s Brother by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Read October 2020 Recommended for people who want a faster Book of Koli ★ ★ ★ If I were a teacher, I’d say, “I expected better.” Comparisons are insidious, no doubt, but his book Children of Time … Continue reading
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
Read July 2020 Recommended for fans of Kingfisher ★ ★ ★ Really, how can any baker resist a title like that, along with the lure of an enthusiastic but somewhat unreliable sourdough starter named Bob? But what … Continue reading
Sauerkraut Station by Ferrett Steinmetz
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
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
How to Survive an Undead Honeymoon by Hailey Edwards
Read April 2020 Recommended for fans of Sookie Stackhouse ★ ★ 1/2 The series is wrapped up, but what, you are surely wondering, did Grier and Linus do on their honeymoon? Never fear, this novella answers the question … Continue reading
Sea Change by Nancy Kress
Read February 2020 Recommended for fans hope ★ ★ 1/2 Surprisingly, for all my years in sci-fi, I’ve never read Nancy Kress. I think it has often been a subject/person (me) mismatch, so when Tachyon Publications had a review … Continue reading
Uncanny Collateral by Brian McClellan
Read January 2020 Recommended for fans tough guys with tats ★ ★ ★ A decent urban fantasy; for those who follow the field, I’d say better than the first books in the Dresden series and on … Continue reading
