Locus awards:
Here’s the list. Charlie Jane Anders’s The City in the Middle of the Night won the Locus Award for best science fiction novel. Best fantasy novel is Middlegame, by Seanan McGuire, best horror novel is Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James (horror, though?). and Tamsyn Muir won the Best First Novel category with Gideon the Ninth.
Books and Writing:
Publishers Weekly is putting out a call for fiction addressing race and equity,
July 1st, 2020. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | 4 comments |
Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
If you’re a fan of David Mitchell (I am) and think five years is way too long to go without a Mitchell novel (I do), you’ll probably eat up his latest, Utopia Avenue (I scarfed it down in two sittings). If you love music (yep) and are particularly a fan of the incredibly fertile 1960s music scene in both England and America (check), you’ll almost certainly absolutely revel in the novel (revelry was had). If you enjoy vivid characterization,
July 1st, 2020. Bill Capossere´s rating: 5 | David Mitchell | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Light of Impossible Stars by Gareth L. Powell
Gareth L. Powell brings his EMBERS OF WAR trilogy to a satisfying conclusion with Light of Impossible Stars (2020). You’ll need to read Embers of War and Fleet of Knives first. There will be some spoilers for those novels in this review.
When we left Captain Sal, she had just brought a few new crewmates aboard Trouble Dog: Captain Johnny Shultz,
July 1st, 2020. Kat Hooper´s rating: 3 | Gareth L. Powell | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Kind of you to say. I certainly like to think so!
BTW, Steve Sterner will be performing at seven films during this upcoming fest: https://filmforum.org/series/clara-bow
As far as I know, Bill, Steve Sterner is the only person who does the live accompaniment to silent movies…
And I'm positive that Kaidan will fondly remember watching these movies with his old man for the rest of his…
You bet, Marion!