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Category Archives: Recommended Reading
2015 Science Fiction & Fantasy Novel Recommendations
This list is not comprehensive. It’s just a dash of things I liked. This year, there were a number of novels that I found interesting, but also think I was an audience mismatch for. The books carry significant emotional weight … Continue reading
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2015 Recommendations for Young Adult and Middle Grade SF/F Novels
(I was reading this year for the Norton Award. For those who don’t know, the Norton Award is given annually by SFWA (alongside the Nebulas, although it is technically not a Nebula award) to a young adult or middle grade … Continue reading → Continue reading
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2015 Recommendations for Young Adult and Middle Grade SF/F Novels
(I was reading this year for the Norton Award. For those who don’t know, the Norton Award is given annually by SFWA (alongside the Nebulas, although it is technically not a Nebula award) to a young adult or middle grade … Continue reading
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What I’m Reading: Spinster, by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
I’ve been slowly making my way through Spinster, a novel by Sylvia Ashton-Warner. The book, which was first published in 1959, is a fascinating story about a white teacher of Maori children in New Zealand. The books is really interesting … Continue reading
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Short Story and Novelette Recommendations, 2014
Over at Apex Magazine, I did a quick round-up of some short stories and novelettes I really enjoyed in 2014. Yes, it’s a while ago now, but I never managed to make my 2014 recommendation posts for short stories and … Continue reading
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If You Like Chess….
…you should definitely check out Arunava Sinha’s translation of “The Game,” by Humayun Ahmed. Here’s an excerpt: At babu Nalini Ranjan’s farewell on the rainy July afternoon, therefore, the subject of chess cropped up repeatedly. And at the end Suruj Mian – … Continue reading
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“My Kind of Girl,” by Buddhadeva Bose – A Kind of Canterbury Tales Writ Small
I’ve just finished reading My Kind of Girl, a novel by Buddhadeva Bose, an important 20th century Bengali writer. In addition to the books he wrote in his native language–he was a fiction writer, a poet, a playwright, and an essayist–Bose also … Continue reading
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RIP, Ray Bradbury
RonF has commented twice, now, that Ray Bradbury’s passing has passed without comment here. I have to admit I’m a little puzzled, myself. Here we celebrate, among other things, creative endeavor, including writing and speculative fiction. If this non-commentary state … Continue reading
UNICORN PEGASUS KITTEN CONTEST! And, announcing Clash Of The Geeks!
We have a very cool contest for “Alas,” “TADA,” and “That Which Deranges The Senses” readers this week, relating to the new and spectacular chapbook Clash Of The Geeks. First, a bit about Clash of the Geeks from John Scalzi: … Continue reading
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Review: Soulless, book one of the Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger (Orbit, 2009)
When I first laid hands on Gail Carriger’s Soulless (Orbit, 2009), I began to wonder if the book had been written specifically to irritate me. 1. To start out, the novel is urban fantasy. Already we’re on bad terms. 2. … Continue reading
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