Waking Gods (2017) is the sequel to last year’s breakout debut and Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction, Sleeping Giants. In Sleeping Giants, Sylvain Neuvel introduced readers to Dr. Rose Franklin who, as a child, fell into a hole and discovered a giant metal hand. Driven by passion and destiny, she would grow up to identify, discover and put together the remaining pieces of a giant metal goddess,
April 4th, 2017. Jason Golomb, Jana Nyman and Tadiana Jones´s rating: 4 | Sylvain Neuvel | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold
Penric’s Mission (2016) is the fourth novella in Lois McMaster Bujold’s PENRIC AND DESDEMONA series which is part of her multiple-award-winning FIVE GODS series (The Curse of Chalion, The Paladin of Souls, and The Hallowed Hunt). It follows the novellas Penric’s Demon (2015), Penric and the Shaman (2016) and Penric’s Fox (2017) which you should read first to get caught up.
April 4th, 2017. Kat Hooper´s rating: 4 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Audio, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Our weekly sampling of free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about.
The Litany of Earth by Ruthanna Emrys (2014, free on Tor.com, 99c Kindle version)
Aphra Marsh lives in San Francisco, listening to the sounds of the sea and relishing freedom after spending years in an American internment camp. Her crime: belonging to a peculiar heritage, a dark legacy, and a little New England town called Innsmouth.
April 3rd, 2017. Jana Nyman, Bill Capossere, Tadiana Jones, Marion Deeds and Kat Hooper | JY Yang, Marion Deeds, Ruthanna Emrys, Theodora Goss | Audio, Horror, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | 12 comments |
Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald
I want to start this review by saying that many readers are going to absolutely love Luna: New Moon (2015) and, even though I’m not one of them, I can completely understand why they will. I admired this a lot more than I enjoyed it.
Luna: New Moon, the first installment in Ian McDonald’s LUNA series, is an epic soap opera. It’s like The Godfather,
April 3rd, 2017. Kat Hooper and Jana Nyman´s rating: 4 | Ian McDonald | Audio | SFF Reviews | 6 comments |
Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold’s FIVE GODS novels — The Curse of Chalion (2001), The Paladin of Souls (2003), and The Hallowed Hunt (2005) — are some of the most beloved in fantasy literature. They won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards. That’s why her fans (of which I am definitely one) where so pleased when she began writing novellas set in the same world.
April 3rd, 2017. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Audio, Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Sex (Vol. 1): Summer of Hard by Joe Casey (writing) and Piotr Kowalski (art)
or, Considering Ethics and Literature:
I have been hesitant to read Joe Casey’s Sex because it seems like such a blatant attempt to gain the type of readership of which I did not want to be a part. However, I recently decided I should not judge so harshly before reading it. I must admit, now, that I am impressed with the first eight issues: Sex is a fantastic story with an actual point to it,
April 1st, 2017. Brad Hawley´s rating: 5 | Comics | SFF Reviews | 9 comments |
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