Awards:
The World Fantasy Awards were announced on Sunday, October 30, 2016. The Chimes, by Anna Smaill, won for best novel. The long fiction award went to “The Unlicensed Magician” by Kelly Barnhill, and the short fiction award went to “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers” by Alyssa Wong.
Books and Writing:
Gemma Files talks with NPR about H.P. Lovecraft. She’s deeply bothered by his racism, but that isn’t the only thing she dislikes. On the other hand,
November 2nd, 2016. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 3 comments |
The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred by Greg Egan
Subterranean Press is one of my favorite publishers because they’re always putting out distinctive speculative fiction that’s beautifully packaged. I especially appreciate the many novellas they publish because I am often in the mood for shorter works these days and novellas give me the opportunity to read authors whose stories I might not otherwise have time for.
The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred (2016) is Greg Egan’s recent science fiction novella about a woman named Anna who directs the spaceport on the asteroid Ceres.
November 2nd, 2016. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Greg Egan | Short Fiction, Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds
Absolution Gap (2003) is the third book in Alastair Reynolds’ REVELATION SPACE series of large-canvas hard SF in which post-human factions battle each other and implacable machines bent on exterminating sentient life. The series has elements of Bruce Sterling’s Schismatrix, Frank Herbert’s Dune, Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey,
November 2nd, 2016. Stuart Starosta´s rating: 2 | Alastair Reynolds | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
The Jennifer Morgue (2006), the second novel in Charles Stross’ LAUNDRY FILES, is a science fiction spy thriller that’s an obvious homage to Ian Fleming and H.P. Lovecraft. Bob has been sent to the Caribbean to try to find out why Ellis Billington, an evil megalomaniac billionaire, is interested in The Jennifer Morgue, a place deep in the ocean which may be an access point into our universe by tentacled eldritch horrors. For this assignment, Bob is paired up with someone from the American agency that deals with this kind of supernatural stuff — a gorgeous woman possessed by a succubus.
November 2nd, 2016. Kat Hooper and Marion Deeds´s rating: 4 | Charles Stross | Audio | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
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