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 |
It’s the first Thursday of the month. Time to report!
What is the best book you read in July 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.
August 5th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 19 comments |
It’s the first Thursday of the month. Time to report!
What is the best book you read in June 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.
July 1st, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 20 comments |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US!
June 1 marked our FOURTEENTH birthday!
Yep, we’ve been hanging out together (well, some of us) since June 2007!
To celebrate, we’re giving away gifts!
FIVE commenters from the US will receive some FanLit BOOKMARKS (quite practical!) and a cozy FANLIT T-SHIRT (as long as supplies last, we have S,M,L,XL). Or, if you prefer, you may choose a book from our stacks, or a $5 Amazon gift card.
You can leave any sort of comment —
June 24th, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 39 comments |
On June 26, 2021 Connie Willis will host the Virtual 2021 Locus Awards Ceremony. The Locus Award finalists, listed below, are chosen by a poll of readers using an open public ballot. The Locus Award list is always fascinating because it’s a lot different from the Nebula and Hugo lists.
Click the title links below to read our reviews and on the author links to visit our page for the author. (Sorry we didn’t manage to read all of them this year!)
We’ve included the cover art for our favorites.
Which,
June 17th, 2021. FanLit | Locus Award | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 10 comments |
It’s the first Thursday of the month. Time to report!
What is the best book you read in May 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.
June 3rd, 2021. FanLit | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 21 comments |
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s 56th Annual Nebula conference (June 4-6) will be held online this year (as it was last year) and the 2020 Nebula Awards will be announced on Saturday, June 5, 2021.
Last week we discussed the finalists for Best Short Story and Best Novelette. Today we’ll talk about the novels and novellas, including the Middle Grade and Young Adult novels nominated for the Andre Norton Award.
Here are the finalists in these categories. Click the links to read our reviews and get the links to the stories.
May 27th, 2021. FanLit | Nebula Award | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 18 comments |
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s 56th Annual Nebula conference (June 4-6) will be held online this year (as it was last year) and the 2020 Nebula Awards will be announced on Saturday, June 5, 2021.
Today let’s talk about the finalists for Best Short Story and Best Novelette. We’ll talk about other categories in a future column.
Here are the finalists in these categories. Click the links to read our reviews and get the links to the stories. Most can be read for free online.
BEST SHORT STORY:
May 20th, 2021. FanLit | Nebula Award | Giveaway!, Thoughtful Thursday | 13 comments |
Pretty challenging book. Cut by half, speed up the cadence. Trying to figure out the plot, the main point of…
Thanks for the kind words, Marion! Coming as they are from a professional writer, they are much appreciated!
Wonderful review, Sandy.
The "body count" bothered me a bit less because being dead seemed more like an inconvenience than anything else... unlike…
Detailed, thoughtful review, Bill. I'm going to read it for two reasons. First, Karen Russell wrote it, and second, it…