This is the third entry about the Hugo 2009 Finalists. A page with all reviews can be found here. The Novellas (A) “Truth” by Robert Reed A prisoner has knowledge that seems to imply that he comes from the future. He is a terrorist who doesn’t believe in the goals anymore and offers his help [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Hugo 2009 (3)
Posted in Reading, tagged Hugo and Nebula, Robert Reed on March 30, 2009 |
Judging Science Fiction and Fantasy stories
Posted in Reading, This and That, tagged Fantasy, SF on March 27, 2009 |
Recently, after reading more short stories than ever before, I made an interesting observation: normal fantasy stories don’t appeal to me anymore. This was kind of surprising as I used to enjoy fantasy novels a lot. Has my taste changed in the last year or are short stories too short to draw in the reader? [...]
Anthology “Other Earths” available soon
Posted in eBooks, Reading, tagged anthology on March 27, 2009 |
Other Earths will be available soon. This is an original anthology of stories about alternate history. Usually I am not a big fan of this stuff but this time it’s different. Among the authors who have contributed are Robert Charles Wilson, Jeff Vandermeer, Gene Wolfe, Alastair Reynolds and Lucius Shepard! This is really exciting. I [...]
Hugo 2009 (2)
Posted in Reading, tagged 2009, Hugo and Nebula, Paolo Bacigalupi on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Following up on my review of the Hugo Finalists 2009 I have read another story. Update: I have read all stories, a page with the reviews can be found here. The Novelettes (A) “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi A disturbing view on the media landscape of the new future – or today??? Men like Ong [...]
Hugo 2009
Posted in Reading, tagged 2009, Elizabeth Bear, Hugo and Nebula, Kij Johnson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Mike Resnick, Ted Chiang on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last year I tried to review the various nominees for the Nebula and Hugo and although many have been available online, I failed poorly. This is going to change this year. I have reserved some time and already started to read some shorter works. The finalists including download links can be found here. The stories [...]
