We are on Christmas break with limited reviews/columns for the next several days.
Next week (on Thursday) we’ll announce our favorite books of 2021 and we’ll ask you about yours.
We wish you a Merry Christmas!
(And for those who don’t celebrate Christmas, we wish you a lovely holiday season!)
We hope you’ll have time to spend with some wonderful books.
Stay safe and healthy!
December 23rd, 2021. FanLit | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Winners of the 2021 Hugo Awards will be announced at the 79th World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) which will be held December 15-19 in Washington DC (DisCon III). (Usually WorldCon is held in August but it was delayed this year due to COVID). The award ceremony takes place on Saturday December 18. The Hugo Award finalists, listed below, are chosen by a poll of readers.
There are no Retrospective Hugo Awards being presented this year because the 1946 Retros were presented in 1996. We’re covering only the categories you see below but there are lots more that you can find on the 2021 Hugo Award page.
December 9th, 2021. FanLit | Hugo Award | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 14 comments |
It’s the first Thursday of the month. Time to report!
What is the best book you read in November 2021 and why did you love it? It doesn’t have to be a newly published book, or even SFF, or even fiction. We just want to share some great reading material.
Feel free to post a full review of the book here, or a link to the review on your blog, or just write a few sentences about why you thought it was awesome.
And don’t forget that we always have plenty more reading recommendations on our Fanlit Faves page and our 5-Star SFF page.
December 2nd, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 10 comments |
It’s the first Thursday of the month. Time to report!
What is the best book you read in October 2021 and why did you love it? It doesn’t have to be a newly published book, or even SFF, or even fiction. We just want to share some great reading material.
Feel free to post a full review of the book here, or a link to the review on your blog, or just write a few sentences about why you thought it was awesome.
And don’t forget that we always have plenty more reading recommendations on our Fanlit Faves page and our 5-Star SFF page.
November 4th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 20 comments |
Usually we do this on the first Thursday of the month (that would be next week) but we’ll be on Fall Break next week, so we’re doing it on the last day of the month this time.
What is the best book you read in September 2021 and why did you love it? It doesn’t have to be a newly published book, or even SFF, or even fiction. We just want to share some great reading material.
Feel free to post a full review of the book here, or a link to the review on your blog,
September 30th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 18 comments |
It’s time again to share some of our favorite (new or old) quotes from speculative fiction.
They can be deep, poignant, witty, hilarious, or otherwise memorable.
You can choose quotes from books you’ve read, or from interviews or blog posts from the authors who write those books. SFF films and shows are fine, too.
Give us the quote and the source (book or film title, link to interview or blog, etc).
Here are a few of the fantastic quotes that readers mentioned last time we did this.
September 9th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 11 comments |
It’s the first Thursday of the month. Time to report!
What is the best book you read in August 2021 and why did you love it? It doesn’t have to be a newly published book, or even SFF, or even fiction. We just want to share some great reading material.
Feel free to post a full review of the book here, or a link to the review on your blog, or just write a few sentences about why you thought it was awesome.
And don’t forget that we always have plenty more reading recommendations on our Fanlit Faves page and our 5-Star SFF page.
September 2nd, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 22 comments |
Time for another “Rename This Horrible Cover” contest.
We like Isaac Asimov‘s The Gods Themselves, but wonder if you can come up with a better title for this particular cover? (Click to embiggen.)
The creator of the title we like best wins a book from our stacks.
Got a suggestion for a horrible cover that needs renaming? Please send it to Kat.
August 19th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 17 comments |
It’s time for our annual Fantasy Limerick contest!
Your task is to create an original limerick that has something to do with speculative fiction. It could be about a character, a series, an author, or whatever fits the theme. Here are the rules for creating a good limerick (quoting from this source). A limerick:
August 12th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 20 comments |
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