As I said in an earlier post, I'm not doing NaNoWrMo this year, but I am doing more writing. Now I'm here to share the first fruit of these labours. Wait, that sounded weird. Maybe I've been doing too much writing. Introducing the Six Big Do Nots of Earth Tourism, a flash fiction piece about …
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So, Coronavirus is a thing, and my country has started going into lockdown. I'm not going to say too much more about that, because I'm sure your newsfeeds and social media accounts are as full of news about that as mine. My day job is in food production, so I'm an essential worker. Whilst I …
It’s that time of year again where the Hugo Nominees are announced. This year I’m going to try and read the novels, novellas, novelettes, short stories and maybe graphic stories of both the current 2019 awards, and the 1944 Retro Hugo awards. Damn, I have a lot to read in the next couple of months. …
So it’s now 2019. The year of Akira, Bladerunner, The Running Man, The Island, and probably a few other stories. From now on I’m going to have a little helper with all my posts. Meet Knight. He likes sleeping on the keyboard and chasing stuff on the screen. From now on, I’m blaming him for …
I have read a lot in 2018. I completed my Goodreads challenge of 60 books, started reading graphic novels more regularly, diversified my short fiction reading, and covered this year’s Hugo Awards, even though I dropped the ball a bit when it came to the Retro Hugos. I have had so much fun with my …
Just a reminder that The Hugo Award Ceremony Will be held in just a few days time, and Worldcon has released details about the coverage of the award ceremony which can be read here. The winners will be announced on Friday the 11th August, and the ceremony will start at 19:30 local time. Which is …
I Got a Book in the Mail! I get most of my books through the amazon kindle store. As much as I like physical books, I have limited space. Besides, moving house four times in recent years has made ebooks seem very appealing; I don’t have any problems carrying them. But now that I can …
This year I have made my own book bingo card, with some challenges I want to complete. I’m going to put more effort into finishing these challenges than I did for last year’s one; not that there was anything wrong with the challenges last time, I’m just more motivated to set reading goals this year. …
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For years, my Aunty has been saying how I told her this story about a mouse when I was little (7 or 8) and that she wrote it down and would one day find it and give it to me. That day was today. Or, yesterday I suppose. Anyway she dropped off the story, and after …
Review #3 Beacon 23 Hugh Howey Published April 12 2015 Stars: 5 Last year, the Silo series blew me away. Great characters, great world building, and a really chilling looking into the human condition. Common themes in Howey’s works are - to put it in his own words - about “overcoming odds and of …
