Tag Archives: sci-fi
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
Earthrise By M.C.A. Hogarth
Read March 2020 Recommended for fans of light sci-fi ★ ★ ★ Taken for what it is, Earthrise is perfectly enjoyable. The captain of a ragtag ship with a mysterious benefactor has a favor called in–a rescue of … Continue reading
The Last Human by Zack Jordan
Read March 2020 Recommended for fans of mindbending sci-fi ★ ★ ★ The Last Human is an intriguing sci-fi debut that has a serious case of over-reach. When I began it, I knew nothing except the blurb and … 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
Semiosis by Sue Burke. Or, Don’t Believe the Hype
Read February 2020 Recommended for ? ★ ★ I need a good solid hate read in my life, or at least I need to find a book that doesn’t leave me with this much ambivalence. A buddy read … Continue reading
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Read January 2020 Recommended for genre mash-up ★ ★ ★ 1/2 A difficult book to rate. A difficult book to rate. Following a young person desperate to get off her residential planet, it has the distinctive voice … Continue reading
House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
Read January 2020 Recommended for Reynolds fans ★ ★ Surprisingly uninteresting. (Un)profound thoughts on genre: every genre has its icons, and Reynolds seems to be one of science fiction’s favorites, with at least sixteen books and many, many, … Continue reading
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
Read November 2019 Recommended for fans of Chambers ★ ★ ★ ★ There’s something incredibly campy sounding about nuns in space. But this is less meme and more character study in the most unique space faring vehicle yet … Continue reading
Finder by Suzanne Palmer
Read July 2019 ★ ★ ★ ★ A bit of a slow start that required a reboot, then once I reached chapter seven or so, became very hard to put down. It didn’t occur to me while reading, … Continue reading
