I’m almost ashamed to admit that this is the first Seanan McGuire title I’ve read. Last year, her novella (which is now a Nebula Award winner) Every Heart a Doorway, was all I heard anyone talk about. Well, if Down ...
Read More »River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey: Always have a backup plan
I have been looking forward to this novella since I interviewed Sarah Gailey almost six months ago (listen to the interview here). How could you hear this premise and not immediately want to read it? Hippo cowboys! I say again: ...
Read More »Patchwerk by David Tallerman: What science fiction novellas should be
This is what science fiction writing should be. Having fun with outlandish ideas while keeping the prose simple and elegant. My love of SFF writing was born from reading Ursula Le Guin and Tallerman’s new novella follows in her daunting ...
Read More »Hugh Howey’s ‘Wool’: The walls are too tight
I began reading Wool knowing little about the book other than it had roots in self-publishing, was hugely popular and highly regarded in the SF community. I had far more of an awareness of the author, Hugh Howey, from his ...
Read More »Short attention spans in the digital age
When starting out on setting up this website, a lot of people encouraged me to write a lot of ‘listicles’. Articles that consist of lists. Why? Well, modern readers have short attention spans. They don’t like to actually have to ...
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