In which I overreact to an underwhelming and annoying email from Amazon Kindle.
Read MoreI did what now? No, exactly what was it I did?
Underwhelming
in Rants, Reading Notes
Reading Notes
Cover is unrelated to stories…
Grim and Dark and New?
in Reading Notes, SFF
The January 2023 edition brings grim-dark fiction and asks some good questions.
Read MoreWho Is Johnny B. Truant?
January 2023’s author focus zeros in on a vampire and unicorn fan.
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Reginald Bretnor In Review
An interesting and unusual man who wrote some interesting and unusual things.
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Black Table
When is good good enough? And does it matter if it’s written in Finnish or English?
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The Slow Sad Suicide of Rohan Wijeratne
Deep thoughts about existence, God and a black hole’s event horizon.
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The Chronicles of Jason Rokku's Many, Many Jobs
Jason Rokku has many jobs. You’re invited to explore them…if you can figure out why he’s doing what he’s doing.
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Harrow The Ninth
A challenging and often-frustrating read leaves me wondering if I should go forward with the series.
Read More“Hang on, and I insist you fasten your seatbelts. No seriously, this spacecraft is not noving until everyone is buckled in.” —Probably the crew’s ship’s computer, at any given moment of crisis.
Gravity Storms And More
Interstellar adventures, intrigue and excitement — and a computer that looks and acts like the captain’s mother.
Read MoreLiberty of Death!?
No, not a typo for “Liberty or Death” — I checked. Complex and with dangerous hints of nuance and darkness!
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December 'Zines
in Collection, Reading Notes, SFF
The good, the…well, none of it was bad or ugly, really. Three solid short publications for December, 2022.
Read MoreNot content with awesome writing, she made an official (and awesome) trailer for the series….
Daylight Savings Update
in Series, Science Fiction, Reading Notes, Mil SF, SFF
I used the extra hour on November 6 to put the finishing touches on this long set of capsule reviews, covering late summer into the autumn. Dive in for some great series, stand-alone, and compilations, as well as one or two you might consider avoiding.
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Immerse or Die: The Novel Smackdown
Exactly like it says! An eight-pack of solid SF from prolific author, critic and treadmill owner Jefferson Smith. Nothing bad, some truly excellent!
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Labor Day Labor of Reading Love
That’s me slaying my procrastination! Hahaha…of course it isn’t. Time to read has been plentiful for the last seven months. Energy to write, not so much. Catching up with this post.
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A Master of Djinn
in Reading Notes, SFF, Steampunk
Fantastic novel-length addition to a vivid world, by a highly-awarded author. Please tell us more is on the way!
Read MoreExit Spring
New Saad Z. Hossain! And an end-of-spring cleaning: what’s done, what’s paused and what’s out.
Read MoreWinter Author Special Look: P.K. Lentz
SF/SFF from an interesting independent author who’s not afraid to color outside the genre lines.
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The Interdependency Trilogy
A polished trilogy from a modern master who brings echoes of the future into today.
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