Awards:
Colson Whitehead won the National Book Award for The Underground Railroad. Read Bill’s 5-star review here. The graphic novel series March, written by John Lewis, who is also a congressional representative, won for best children’s literature.
John Lewis, author of March, talks in his acceptance speech about being turned away from a library because it was “for whites only.”
Conventions:
The co-chair of WorldCon 75 is stepping down from her position,
November 23rd, 2016. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 6 comments |
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
Chasm City (2001) is the fourth Alastair Reynolds book I’ve read in his REVELATION SPACE series, though it is a stand-alone and a much better book. The main trilogy (Revelation Space, Redemption Ark, Absolution Gap) featured a lot of good hard SF world-building, but was heavily weighed down by clunky characters, dialogue, and extremely bloated page-count.
November 23rd, 2016. Stuart Starosta´s rating: 4.5 | Alastair Reynolds | Audio | SFF Reviews | 5 comments |
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Last Wish (1993 in Polish, 2007 in English) is the first book in the WITCHER series by best-selling Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. You might recognize the name from the popular video games based on the books. The series features a hero named Geralt of Rivia who, when he was an orphaned child, was transformed into something more than human through a process involving magic and drugs. Now he has white hair and some subtle superhuman powers — for example,
November 23rd, 2016. Kat Hooper and Tim Scheidler´s rating: 4 | Andrzej Sapkowski | Audio | SFF Reviews | 8 comments |
so you're saying I should read it? :)
As a native New Yorker, I love the idea of the city being filled with canals and no skyscrapers! And…
How did I miss this? Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
I guess that is true, Marion. And when it comes to "You Only Live Twice," I saw the movie TWICE…
You managed to work in your two loves; vintage fiction and films!