I have been itching to make a new book bingo card, and with the year more than half over, it seems like a good time to see if anyone is up for a new reading challenge. I'm doing terrible at my yearly Random Book Bingo Card, but why not start another one? This isn't a …
Tag: science fiction
Recent Reads, July-August 2018
There have been so many new books released these past three months, and it seems my reading has been too fast for my reviewing. I think going forward, I might try and do monthly mini reviews. The Revenant Gun By Yoon Ha Lee Published June 2018 Score: 10/10 I don’t think I can actually …
Hugo Award Novella Finalists 2017
I’ve now finished reading all the written fiction nominated for the 2017 Hugos. And I did it all before the voting deadline this time. Yay! This year was full of really strong stories, and the novellas were some of the best I think. Most I have read, or have been intending to read for a …
三体 by Liu Cixin and Wayfarers by Becky Chambers
I know it’s unfair to lump two great series together for one review, but after reading both series back to back for the Hugo Awards, I was struck by how utterly different they were to each other. These two series are total polar opposites, and I thought it would fun to compare the different views …
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Review – The Source
The Source By Ayreon Released 28th April 2017 (Mascot Label Group) Starring: James LaBrie, Simone Simons, Floor Jansen, Hansi Kürsch, Tobias Sammet, Tommy Karevik, Michael Mills, Russel Allen, Tommy Rogers and Zaher Zorgati Score: 9/10 I’m not going to make a habit of reviewing music. After all, just because readers are interested in the same books as me, doesn’t mean you’ll like …
Magazine Rack
A few weeks ago one of my friends was throwing away a rotating magazine rack. I decided to salvage it, and have now gained a home for a small part of my SF magazine collection. It makes a wonderful display; There's still a lot of issues in storage under my bed. For the magazine …
Review – New York 2140
New York 2140 By Kim Stanley Robinson Published March 14th 2017 (Orbit) Score: 8 2312 is the only other book by Kim Stanley Robinson that I have read (a scandal, I know!) and I loved it so much I had to grab this one too. New York 2140 is about well, New York in …
Review – Two Girls
Two Girls By Justin Sirois Published 15/3/17 (Kindle Press) Score: 7/10 I came across this book on the Kindle Scout program. After reading an excerpt, I nominated it for publication and when it was published, I got an advanced copy. From the excerpt, I didn’t think I was going to get anything awesome that …
Review – The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem By Cixin Liu (Translated by Ken Liu) Published 11/11/2014 (First English translation, originally published 2007) Score: 9/10 I’m a bit late to the party here. This book has already sold over a million copies in China, and the hype for the English translation was massive back in 2014. It then went on …
Worldcon75 and the Hugo Awards
Nominations for the 2017 Hugo Award are open now. The Hugos are the biggest awards in the Science Fiction and Fantasy world, and are given out each year at the World Science Fiction Convention. Awards are given in dozens of categories, and honour everything from novels to short stories to comics to movies. The awards …
