Tag Archives: Short

Brisk Money by Adam Christopher

Brisk Money Adam Christopher 2014-08-18 2014-08-19 **1/2 2014-08-22: Enjoyable. A bit predictable.

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It’s About Squirrels Lynn Abbey

It’s About Squirrels Lynn Abbey 2014-08-18 2014-08-18 **1/2 2014-08-18: Amusing short story.  

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Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology

Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology     Brandon Sanderson, et al     2014-08-15         in-progess     in-progess 2014-08-18: I started listening to Writing Excuses because they were on the Hugo ballot and I’ve quite enjoyed the podcast.  … Continue reading

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The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away by Cory Doctorow

The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away     Cory Doctorow     2014-08-14     2014-08-15     ** 2014-08-15: Meh. Didn’t have anything to do with the song. Very bleak and hopeless.  

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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

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2014 Hugo Awards: Short Story

Wow.  These were all excellent. “The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere” by John Chu “If You Were a Dinosaur, My Love” by Rachel Swirsky  “The Ink Readers of Doi Saket” by Thomas Olde Heuvelt “Selkie Stories Are for … Continue reading

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2014 Hugo Awards: Three Short Stories by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

Three short stories by Benjanun Sriduangkaew Started 2014-06-02 / Finished 2014-06-03    The Bees Her Heart, the Hive Her Belly Too odd for me. Interesting, but very strange. I was half-way or more through the story before anything at all made sense.  Fade … Continue reading

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