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The Dragon Prince Re-Read: The Dragon Token
Welcome back to my Dragon Prince re-read! Last month we looked at Stronghold, the first volume of Melanie Rawn's Dragon Star trilogy and the fourth overall in the larger Dragon Prince sequence. The...
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Microreview [Book]: Blood Heir by Amélie Wen Zhao
A princess with unsettling magical talents leads the way in this YA debutI don't want to talk about Blood Heir without acknowledging the route this book took to publication. Originally scheduled for...
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Contributor Profile: Andrea Johnson
Today we are absolutely delighted to welcome Andrea Johnson to our flock! Andrea is better known as The Little Red Reviewer and if you haven't been following her work there, you're in for a treat!...
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6 Books with Gareth Hanrahan
Gareth Hanrahan’s three-month break from computer programming to concentrate on writing has now lasted fifteen years and counting. He’s written more gaming books than he can readily recall, by virtue...
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24 Books I'm Looking Forward to In 2020
I'd like to take a moment to talk a little bit about some books I'm looking forward to maybe reading in 2020. This is a much higher level look at the year than what we do in the New Books Spotlight...
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Nanoreviews: The Testaments, Laughter at the Academy, The Ascent to Godhood
Atwood, Margaret. The Testaments [Nan A. Talese]The thing about reading and ultimately discussing a novel like The Testaments is that it is nearly impossible to separate the novel itself from the...
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Microreview [Book]: Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw
Grave Importance closes Greta's adventures but leaves its main character uncomfortably sidelined in a world of powerful supernatural menCover design by Will Staehle and Lisa Marie PompilioGrave...
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Nerds of a Feather 2020 Awards Eligibility
It's that time of year again!As we look back on all the exciting and wonderful novels, stories, movies and games that our flock read this year, we once again want to take a moment to shine a light on...
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Microreview [book]: Inverted Frontier: Silver, by Linda Nagata
Linda Nagata’s Inverted Frontier: Silver wraps up a duology while tying back to yet another of early works, and providing plenty of canvas and room for future books in the universe.Inverted Frontier:...
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Joe's Books of 2019: Part Two (July - December)
Good morning, and welcome to the second half of a feature listing out everything I read in 2019. It's a lot. Also, this isn't exactly everything because I have a separate list for comic books /...
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2020 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Awards Recommended Reading, Part 1: Fiction...
Several years ago our erstwhile founding editor The G asked the flock here at Nerds of a Feather if we would come together to put out a longlist of works we would recommend for Hugo consideration....
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2020 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Awards Recommended Reading, Part 2: Visual Work...
Welcome to our continuing presentation of the Nerds of a Feather 2020 Hugo Award Longlist (see part 1 here). Today will look at Graphic Story and the two Dramatic Presentation categories.  As before,...
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2020 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Awards Recommended Reading, Part 3: Individual...
Welcome to the third part of our presentation of the Nerds of a Feather 2020 Hugo Award Longlist (see parts 1 & 2). Today we take a look at the categories recognizing individuals for their body of...
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2020 Nerds of a Feather Hugo Awards Recommended Reading, Part 4:...
Welcome to the fourth and final installment of the Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together 2020 Hugo Awards Longlist! (Parts 1, 2, and 3.)This time we are looking at what are, for lack of a better term, the...
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Microreview [book]: The Bone Ships, by R.J. Barker
The Bone Ships by R J Barker is a jump from low power and small scale fantasy into full and blazoning epic fantasy in a world where dragon bones provide the construction material for naval conflict and...
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Microreview [Book]: The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
So much for fantasy temples covered in snow: The Unspoken Name is a queer, world-hopping grimdark delight.Cover art by BillelisStarting off 2020 with a bang, The Unspoken Name is an epic fantasy debut...
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Microreview [Comic]: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Tempest
The Last HeadscratcherAlan Moore is finished with comics. A scent of nostalgia in the air suggests that he may have announced something similar before, but this time it seems final. The British comics...
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Questing in Shorts: January 2020
Hello, friends, and welcome to a new year of short fiction adventures! I'm back after a little unplanned hiatus at the end of next year, and ready to tackle what 2020 has in store - ready, that is,...
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Microreview [Book] Gamechanger, by L.X. Beckett
Gamechanger by L X Beckett (a pen name for Alyx Dellamonica) manages tot excellently avoid the pitfalls of near future SF and rises to tell a story of hope, survival and explores what a near future...
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Interview: A.K. Larkwood, author of The Unspoken Name
A.K. Larkwood's debut fantasy novel, The Unspoken Name, is already garnering rave reviews ahead of it's February release. A novel that offers Gods who may not have your best interests at heart, a...
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