I have finished my Hugo reading for the year. My eyes are so blurry, but I am brimming with happiness. Here are my choices along with a brief word on each category: Best Novel Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com Publishing) The Light Brigade, by Kameron Hurley (Saga; Angry Robot UK) Middlegame, by Seanan […]
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Six Wakes by Mur LaffertyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars A brilliant novel with so many delicious treats: mindmaps and cloning and a murder mystery with a big payoff. I loved the characters but the solution of the crime is pure gold. What an awesome story!!! View all my reviews
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Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha LeeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Brilliant story. The worldbuilding of Ninefox Gambit comes to fruition here. The story also packs a killer plot twist & reveal, though there is plenty of foreshadowing of the possibility, so it’s both surprising and inevitable. One of my favorite 2017 sci-fi novels. 🙂
Children of Thorns, Children of Water by Aliette de BodardMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This story, a novelette of just under 12000 words, is not only a wonderful story of loyalty and friendship but also a glance through a display window into a dark and vivid world. De Bodard’s prose is excellent, especially the
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After several years of political influence that resulted in No Award votes for the Hugo Awards, this year’s were largely uncontroversial, but the results were surprising to many who are not paying attention to SFF. A picture is better to convey the information: Also, N.K. Jemisin who just finished The Broken Earth trilogy. Her series
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