Tag Archives: awards

The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler

Posted on December 19, 2024 by thebookgator

 + Read October 2024 Recommended with reservations  ★     ★     1/2     This book was on Esquire’s 75 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time. A bold claim, but admittedly, their list comes closer to reader-quality rather than literature-expert-determination. The … Continue reading →

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The Mimicking of Known Successes

Posted on November 13, 2024 by thebookgator

Read November 2024 Recommended for fans of Holmes fanfic  ★     ★     ★     1/2   Gives a very Holmes and Watson vibe, set on a gas planet. Hugo, Locus and Nebula nominee, it worked well at novella length, … Continue reading →

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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Posted on February 25, 2024 by thebookgator

Read February 2024 Recommended for fairy tale fans  ★     ★    ★    ★    ★    There was a period in my life when I read every fairy tale I could get my hands on. Way back when, … Continue reading →

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Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

Posted on January 5, 2022 by thebookgator

Read December, 2021 Recommended for people who really like classic sci-fi ★   ★     1/2 I abandoned this at about page 183. Why? I fully admit much of it is me, in this particular mood in my life at this … Continue reading →

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Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on August 14, 2020 by thebookgator

Read August 2020 Recommended   ★     ★    ★     ★   1/2 “‘Of course, but do you understand what is at stake,’ he asked? She had no idea… She was, however, curious. ‘Tell me,’ she said,  knowing a story lay … Continue reading →

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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones

Posted on August 7, 2020 by thebookgator

Read 2020 Recommended for fans of fantasy  ★     ★    ★    ★  Before there was TV Tropes, there was The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. In 1996, Wynne Jones created the ultimate epic fantasy trope list. Done in a … Continue reading →

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The Secret Life of Bots by Suzanne Palmer. Tell me more secrets!

Posted on July 26, 2020 by thebookgator

Read July 2020 Recommended for fans of rouge AI  ★     ★    ★    ★    ★     I first read this about the time that Murderbot installments were coming out, leading me to an epiphany that I had … Continue reading →

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Short Story Round-up: Nebulas 2019

Posted on May 29, 2020 by thebookgator

  Best Short Story • Give the Family My Love by A.T. Greenblatt (Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 149, February 2019) I enjoyed it, despite a recently noted dislike of epistolary storytelling. A pessimistic anthropologist astronaut is the last chance for humanity … Continue reading →

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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark

Posted on May 28, 2020 by thebookgator

Read February 2019 Recommended for fans of djinn, interesting reads  ★     ★    ★     ★  Cairo, 1912 or so. There’s a ghost in Tram Car 015, although Senior Agent Hamed is fairly certain it isn’t a ghost. You … Continue reading →

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Round-up: P. Djeli Clark

Posted on May 22, 2020 by thebookgator

One of my favorite new writers is P. Djèlí Clark. I first discovered him from longer length short-stories, and then his novellas. As I enthusiastically reviewed his work, it led to interesting discussions on the ability of male authors to … Continue reading →

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