We’re very excited to have novelist and short story writer Seth Dickinson here with us today. Most recently, Seth is the author of the short stories Kumara, Anna Saves Them All, and Sekhmet the Dying Gnosis: A Computation and the novel The Traitor Baru Cormorant (my review here), set to be published September 15th by […]
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Today Fantasy Literature welcomes Seth Dickinson for his second interview with us! (Woohoo!) We loved his first novel, The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Mr. Dickinson was kind enough to talk to me about its sequel (The Monster Baru Cormorant), the complexities of world-building, and the thrill of a peaty single-malt whiskey. One randomly-chosen commenter will win […]
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The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson (Foreword: actual rating: 5.5/5 stars. Do not read Dickinson’s short story of the same title; it’s a spoiler for the novel’s ending. Consider yourself forewarned. Also, please see my interview with Seth Dickinson.) Breathtakingly original and carefully crafted, The Traitor Baru Cormorant by debut novelist Seth Dickinson is […]
Read MoreKevin Wei and Stuart Starosta´s rating: 5 | Seth Dickinson | SFF Reviews | | 4 comments |
The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson The Monster Baru Cormorant (2018) by Seth Dickinson is one of those push-me-pull-me books. I admired it more than I enjoyed it. I found it stimulating rather than engaging. I thought it overly talky but liked the level of intellect in the conversation. I could reason out the […]
Read MoreBill Capossere and Jana Nyman´s rating: 4 | Seth Dickinson | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
The Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson I’ll confess up front I’ve struggled mightily with Seth Dickinson’s series that started with The Traitor Baru Cormorant and continued with The Monster Baru Cormorant. I’ve found lots to admire in the first two books, especially intellectually, but I can’t say I actually much enjoyed them. So it […]
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My favorite email every other week is the one containing the new issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Each issue contains two stories of what the online magazine calls “literary adventure fantasy.” The quality of the stories has been high throughout the year or so I’ve been reading the magazine, but it seems to be getting […]
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Issue 142 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a special double issue for BCS Science-Fantasy Month 2, which, according to the magazine’s website, features “stories that combine the awe-inspiring fantastical settings of BCS fiction with futuristic details like spacecraft, laser rifles, and advanced scientific concepts.” It makes for the best issue of the magazine so far […]
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There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we read this week that we wanted you to know about. “Please Undo This Hurt” by Seth Dickinson (2015, free at Tor.com) Not speculative fiction, but a very insightful and poignant story of Dominga, an EMT […]
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There is so much free or inexpensive short fiction available on the internet these days. Here are a few stories we’ve recently read. “Please Undo this Hurt” by Seth Dickinson (2015, free at Tor.com, Kindle version) This is a really beautiful story about compassion, pain, and what it means to burn out. “Please Undo This Hurt” […]
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This week’s crop of short speculative fiction stories includes a couple of highly recommended stories from prior years, as well as some very recent stories, all available on the internet for free. Lion Walk by Mary Rosenblum (2009, originally in Asimov’s, reprinted and free online in July 2016 Clarkesworld, paperback magazine issue) Tahira Ghani is […]
Read MoreTadiana Jones, Kate Lechler and Jana Nyman | Caighlan Smith, Kij Johnson, Seth Dickinson | Short Fiction | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016 edited by Karen Joy Fowler & John Joseph Adams Karen Joy Fowler is the guest editor of the Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2016. This is the second book in the annual series, which John Joseph Adams conceived of, and he still plays a large role in the […]
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