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Microreview [book]: Wolfpack by Rem Wigmore
Wolfpack is a spiky solarpunk that wrestles with questions of leadership and belonging.Cover by Layla Rose Mutton-RogersWolfpack is the second book in the Foxhunt series, so spoilers ahoy! Also,...
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Review: Level Five by William Ledbetter
If an out of control AI is scary, multiple competing AIs could be game over for usWilliam Ledbetter is by no means a newcomer, but until last year he hadn't published a novel. His debut in this format,...
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Microreview: Obelisks Book One: Dust by Ari Marmell
The horror oriented story of a group of astronauts and cosmonauts who find that the Earth below them has suddenly changed, and not at all for the better. Flight Engineer Cynthia Han has a problem....
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Review: Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People
A selection of prominent Jewish writers imagine deviations in the course of historyAfter an uncertain couple of years, during which it seemed at times as if this project might not be completed, the...
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Review: A Blackened Mirror by Jo Graham
A Blackened Mirror is a fascinating and deep turn into secret Historical Fiction from Jo Graham. Giulia Farnese has a problem, and it is a rather large one. She is bright, intelligent, curious, but her...
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Microreview[Novel]: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
A hauntingly impressive epic that plays with voice and form to create something truly unique and delicious.What if a book were written in a mixture of first, second and third person? And what if it...
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Microreview [book]: Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso
The Rook and Ruin series continues with an even more dangerous demonic mystery, set in a border state to two great powersSo, your grandmother is possessed by a legendary demon, the very land you live...
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Nanoreviews: The Assassins of Thasalon, Lost in the Moment and Found
The Assassins of Thasalon, by Lois McMaster Bujold (Subterranean Press)The Assassins of Thasalon is the first full length novel in the the Penric / Desdemona series following nine previous novellas....
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Microreview: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus
Maurice Broaddus’ Sweep of Stars starts a new series in a deftly and imaginatively created near future interplanetary society.You are, for the purposes of this review, immersing yourself in the culture...
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Microreview: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
An attempt at a cosy fantasy historical romance whose lack of attention to detail manages to undercut any charm it pulls together.We’ll get to the more substantive critique in a minute, but I want to...
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Microreview[Graphic Novel]: Real Hero Shit by Kendra Wells
A genuinely funny romp through an RPG-style world, with enough meat under the comedy to be a really substantial read.Real Hero Shit follows a fairly standard RPG style group on a mission to...
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6 Books with Marshall Ryan Maresca
Marshall Ryan Maresca is a fantasy and science-fiction writer, author of the Maradaine Saga: Four braided series set amid the bustling streets and crime-ridden districts of the exotic city called...
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2023 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Awards Recommended Reading, Part 1: Fiction...
One of our favorite jokes is that the Hugo Award season is eternal. No sooner have the awards been presented that we start thinking about who to consider for the following year's awards and then start...
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2023 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Awards Recommended Reading, Part 2: Visual Work...
Welcome to our continuing presentation of the Nerds of a Feather 2023 Hugo Award Recommendation List. Today will look at Graphic Story, and the two Dramatic Presentation categories. As before, we here...
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Welcome to the third part of the Nerds of a Feather 2023 Hugo Award Longlist. Today we take a look at the categories recognizing individuals for their body of work during 2022: Editor (Short and Long...
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Welcome to the fourth and final instalment of the Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together 2023 Hugo Awards Longlist!This time we are looking at what are, for lack of a better term, the "nonfiction and...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: Treasure Hunt Edition
I am going to take a small departure from your regularly scheduled program to discuss a hobby that has kept my attention for a number of years. The hobby is treasure hunting and I was introduced to it...
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In 'Extraordinary,' British classism mutates into super-classism
This surreal twist on the "loser roommate" comedy format is a clever metaphor for the ways the same old cutthroat rat race hits even harder for the post-Brexit generationIf superhero stories are...
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Review: Kalyna the Soothsayer by Elijah Kinch Spector
A frank portrayal of the cruelty of class inequality and the poisonous allure of belief in destinyThe world of Elijah Kinch Spector's debut novel Kalyna the Soothsayer isn't a nice one. The royals are...
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Review: The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
An extended philosophical dialogue against human supremacyRay Nayler's debut novel The Mountain in the Sea employs the techniques and tropes of multiple genres to explore one overarching question. It...
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