Tag Archives: novella
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
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
The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
Read June 2017 Recommended for people who want a fast read, Scalzi fans ★ ★ 1/2 Written at the proverbial, easy-to-access, reach-all-literacy-levels eighth-grade level, The Dispatcher has an intriguing core idea. Unfortunately, the writing kept it only two … Continue reading
bellwether by Connie Willis
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
Lustlocked by Matt Wallace
Read February 2017 Recommended for fans the Sin series ★ ★ ★ It’s been awhile since I read any entries in the “Deadly Sins” series, so I had forgotten just how short a novella can feel. With that in mind, … Continue reading
Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher
Read February 2017 Recommended for fans of fairy tales ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Kingfisher wants to turn idea of goblins and elves on its head. Perhaps this is a side story to Lord of the Rings, where a … Continue reading
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
Read July 2016 Recommended for fans of mythology, Valente ★ ★ ★ ★ Take fairy tale mythology, the sideways structure of Native American folklore, a Wild West setting, weave it through with themes on race and gender … Continue reading
Pride’s Spell by Matt Wallace
Read June 2016 Recommended for ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Wallace is doing an interesting thing with his urban fantasy series wrapped around the adventures of a catering firm the works with the supernatural. As he states on his … Continue reading
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor. Or, Watch for Jellies.
Read December 2015 Recommended for fans space tribes, jellyfish ★ ★ ★ Binti is a curious little novella by Okorafor, an author who has been my radar for bringing winds of Africa into science fiction and fantasy, and … Continue reading
The Master by Claire North
Read December 2015 Recommended for fans of global games ★ ★ ★ ★ The third in North’s triptych of novellas about The Gamehouse. You keep using that word. I know, I know, but I’m having a … Continue reading
The Thief by Claire North. Or, Hide-n-Seek
Read December 2015 Recommended for fans of hide and seek ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Tag–you’re it! This is the most adult version of hide-and-seek. The boundaries are Thailand, the resources, only what is available … Continue reading
