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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Neptune’s Brood by Charles Stross
Neptune’s Brood Charles Stross 2014-06-27 DNF DNF 2014-07-08: Burn out and exhausting weekend road trip so not much reading lately. 2014-06-30: Hugo-related reading burnout has caused me to take a little break this weekend AND … Continue reading
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2014-06-22 DNF DNF 2014-07-08: Burn out and exhausting weekend road trip so not much reading lately. 2014-06-26: Slow going as I’m alternating books and I took a reading break for day or … Continue reading
Hard Magic by Larry Correia
Hard Magic Larry Correia 2014-06-21 2014-06-26 ***1/2 2014-06-26: Slow going as I’m alternating books and I took a reading break for day or two. I like it very much BUT…. with a lot of caveats. First … Continue reading
Parasite by Mira Grant
Parasite Mira Grant 2014-06-19 2014-06-21 ***1/2 2014-06-21: I’m about halfway through this and quite enjoying it. 2014-06-22: Good but very annoying. I hate it when I’ve figured out things the characters haven’t. It makes me think … Continue reading
Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages
Wakulla Springs by Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages 2014-06-18: I’m at the movie showing and it’s not very interesting so far. Set in the Jim Crow South which I find irritating. Would be more interesting if a time traveler would … Continue reading
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Tagged GenFiction, Historical, Hugo
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The Chaplain’s Legacy by Brad Torgersen
The Chaplain’s Legacy by Brad Torgersen Read 2014-06-17 / 3.5 out of 5 2014-06-18: I think the aliens came around a little easily in the end but overall it was pretty good.
Equoid by Charles Stross
Equoid by Charles Stross 2014-06-17: This might actually be a four but I think I’m suffering from overload due to all the Hugo related reading. I enjoyed the story and it’s just the kind of weird & humorous stuff that … Continue reading
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The Butcher of Khardov by Dan Wells
2014-06-17: So… a story about a psychotic giant who keeps seeing his dead girlfriend and who murders lots of innocent people. That sounds fun. Or not. Especially disturbing is when the queen decides he’s the paragon of loyalty and conveniently … Continue reading
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M Valente
Six-Gun Snow White 2014-06-14: I was very intrigued by the title and the setting of the book. The opening went well enough but was a bit bleak. Then it turned out to be… not exactly a wrist-slitter but pretty close. … Continue reading
2014 Hugo Awards: Novelette
“The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling” by Ted Chiang (Subterranean, Fall 2013) 5 stars: A great examination of the changes that technology creates in human interaction. Loved it. “The Waiting Stars” by Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half … Continue reading