I said this week’s column would be a single-issue one, and it is, but that issue is the Hugo winners. WorldCon 79 was held last weekend in Washington D.C. and the winners were announced on December 18.
This will be short. Find all the winning works here.
Best Novel:
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Best Novella:
The Empress of Salt And Fortune by Nghi Vo
Best Novelette:
Two Truths and Lie by Sarah Pinsker
Best Short Story:
Metal like Blood in the Dark by T.
December 22nd, 2021. Marion Deeds | World Wide Wednesday | no comments |
Abbott by Saladin Ahmed & Sami Kivela
BOOM! Studios has released the trade edition of the first series of the period dark fantasy Abbott (2018), words by Saladin Ahmed and art by Sami Kivela. Set in 1972, the story follows Elena Abbott, a reporter for the Detroit Daily. Abbott may not be the paper’s only woman reporter, but she is probably its only Black reporter and definitely the only Black woman reporter. Currently, she is in trouble with the paper’s owners for her accurate expose of the police murder of a Black teenager.
December 22nd, 2021. Marion Deeds and Brad Hawley´s rating: 4.5 | Saladin Ahmed | Comics | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
This book made no sense to me at all. I was hoping for some explanations at the end but it…
Oh, Marion, you say "but dark" as if it were a bad thing! 😂
Hammer Studios is... reborn? I only ever read the "Kane" stories, which I found good but dark. It's a little…
Oh...and the men used the name "The Great Northern Expedition" to throw people off as to their actual destination, even…
Oh, it IS, Marion! It is!